Filters

[Akyra]

I looking to pick up a filter or two to aid my observing. I've looked on eBay and found a shop for Astronomica.

Which filters would you guys recommend or could I really do with them all?

Thanks, Philip

[Whippy]

I've just bought a set off this guy...

http://tinyurl.com/23sn8z

Tony..

[Akyra]

He's the guy I bought my 15mm from. I am watching that item so I might pick it up soon.

[John]

I don't use coloured filters but I do use a Baader UHC-S filter for nebulae and it's great - I highly recommend them in both small an large scopes.

John

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

For UHC and narrow band filters, check out this guy:-

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/BJOMEJAG-EBUYER-STORE_Astronomical-FIlters_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZQ2d1QQfsubZ2QQftidZ2QQtZkm

Great prices for stuff and quick shipping to UK. Something about the packaging alerts the postie that you need to pay tax when it lands, but its not much.

Kaptain Klevtsov

[CH]

Have a look at ebay.com the U.S version there are some good deals on there from reliable suppliers

[robindurant]

CC, Thanks for the website, have just ordered one.

Robin

[Astroman]

If you're considering the colored glass filters for planets, I highly suggest you wait and observe the planet carefully first. The differences in contrast mentioned in the literature and reviews is very very subtle and can easily be missed by the inexperienced. Get to know Jupiter, Mars and the others first, THEN add filters to ever so slightly augment the features mentioned in reviews, such as clouds on Mars or bands on Jupiter.

[The Warthog]

What are you going to use the filters for? For planets, the only one I have got much use out of is the yellow filter, which slightly improves the bands on Jupiter. I could make out U2 and UB40 much more clearly with this filter. On Mars I could see a little more surface detail. On Saturn, I found it dimmed the planet too much, but that is a factor of the size of my scope, and my godawful eyesight.

On the Moon, I often use Green or Orange to improve the contrast of the maria on the fully sunlit parts of the Moon.

I have a UHC filter which helps with things like M40 or M27. I also have a 2" minus violet filter which I put in the male end of my 2" diagonal on my refractor, and just left there, to help deal with false colour. Works very well.