H-Beta filter owners

[bish]

Hello all,

I am hopefully going to Kielder this year.  I have seen the Horse head in a 10" with H-Beta from there, but not my kit.  As much as I would like to try with my 250px, I am not sure about how useful a £90 H-Beta would be other than occasional dark sky trips just for the HH. My Oiii works a treat on the veil from a very light polluted back garden, and UHC also comes in handy. I think the H-Beta may be too limited to justify the money. What are your thoughts?

Thanks

Edited August 12, 2020 by bish

[Waddensky]

There's a small number of nebulae that really benefit from a H-Beta filter (M43, NGC 1499 and IC 405 for example). On most of these UHC also performs well. So yeah, it's kind of specialised and maybe not really worth the investment.

[John]

I have the Astronomik H-Beta in the 1.25" size. Apart from the Horsehead Nebula I have not really used it on much else

I'm glad that I have it because seeing the HH was a long held objective of mine.

My UHC and O-III filters see a lot, lot more use.

Perhaps we need a rental / loan arrangement for these seldom used tools ?

 

 

[bish]

Thanks for your replies. I suspected that might be the case.

@waddensky  , great link!

Edited August 12, 2020 by bish

[Mark at Beaufort]

I had a 1000 Oaks H.Beta filter and failed to see the HH from home. At one of the SGL star parties a few years ago I saw the HH using a 16" Dob and an Astronomik H.Beta filter. I have since bought another H.Beta filter but I have not seen it since.

I have a TeleVue Nebustar UHC filter and its bandwidth covers the 486 line so I will try again this winter.

If I was going to a really dark site I think I would try using a UHC filter  buying a H.Beta filter.

[bish]

1 hour ago, Mark at Beaufort said:

I had a 1000 Oaks H.Beta filter and failed to see the HH from home. At one of the SGL star parties a few years ago I saw the HH using a 16" Dob and an Astronomik H.Beta filter. I have since bought another H.Beta filter but I have not seen it since.

I have a TeleVue Nebustar UHC filter and its bandwidth covers the 486 line so I will try again this winter.

If I was going to a really dark site I think I would try using a UHC filter  buying a H.Beta filter.

Kielder is very dark. If it"s clear I will use the UHC on the flame neb and have a go at the HH while I am in the area.

[DirkSteele]

California Nebula as well.

i own a 2” Thousand Oaks H-Beta. Used to spot the HH with an 11”.