Filters

[Kain]

I'm thinking about getting a few filters now I have a decent scope, having looked about, theres so many different ones I have no idea where to start!

Is there a few basic ones that would be useful to start with?

I already have a green moon filter

Kain

[FLO]

I already have a green moon filter

I'd consider changing that for a good Neutral Density Moon filter (doesn't alter colour) like Meades ND76.

A light pollution filter would also be good - if needed:

http://stargazerslounge.co.uk/index.php?topic=2527.msg25872#msg25872

Otherwise, play safe and buy filters as and when you need them.

[Astroman]

Colored filters are useful, but to the untrained eye they can seem like a waste of money. Most colored filters are recommended to bring out subtle details in planets-blue for jupiter and Mars' clouds, yellow for Saturn's surface details and so on. I generally recommend you wait to buy them until you've gleaned all the detail you can with your naked eyes. Train your eyes to see the detail that's already there, then add the colored bits of glass to see how the view changes.

That said, a particularly good filter for most nebulae, including emission and planetary, is a UHC filter. Series 4000 from Meade or the Lumicon UHC are both excellent. Check out the Swan nebula M17 without one, then plop it in and see what happens. It also works wonders on the Veil in Cygnus.

[Saso]

I recommended that you also consider this filter - http://stargazerslounge.co.uk/index.php?topic=2527.0 . I find out that this filter is very good.

Saso

[Ambermile]

I already have a green moon filter

I'd consider changing that for a good Neutral Density Moon filter (doesn't alter colour) like Meades ND76.

Following in Moondog's footsteps, I have a Meade series 4000 ND/Moon filter you are welcome to...

Arthur

[Kain]

Oh thanks Arthur

PM sent

Kain