Skywatcher 1.25" light pollution filter

[Adamchiv]

Hi guys, just wondering how much this filter might help me, live in about as light polluted a place as imaginable. What should I expect from this filter? only really hoping for lunar and planetary observations from my home location but would be nice to clear the sky up a bit and see a few more stars somehow. Thanks

 

[Charic]

I don't use any filtering, and I have 5 sodium street lights  visible from my garden.
What I do find beneficial is to hide in the shadows, averting my eyes from any direct light pollution, I even have a tent for the same task.

[orley]

I have one and have yet to find it of much use I'm afraid. I'm not far from the end of runway 2 at Manchester Airport!

Tom.

[mcsheffield]

I also have 1 of these filters, and have found it useless and a waste of money, getting into the dark shadows makes a far bigger difference (we have 1 sodium street lamp in front of our front garden, and if i use the rear garden we have all the bright lights of Sheffield) so its a bit of a loosing game, but creating shadows & using them does make a big difference, at least for me it does.

[JG777]

Can only echo the experiences above, maybe my least used bit of astro kit. Far better to get away from the lights.

[Adamchiv]

Thanks guys, I shall not be purchasing one of these!