Filters

[Whizzwoz]

Whats the best allround filter to here or not to bother with them?

I have seven of them but do not have a clue.

[E621Keith]

Different filters are used for different task. There are no such thing as all round filter. Obviously, the moon filter is for the moon, light pollution filter is for reducing sky glow, and IR filter is for removing IR when you do CCD imaging. In other words asking which is the best all round filter is like comparing apple and oranges.

What filters do you have?

Here are some SGL primer for filters

http://stargazerslounge.com/primers-tutorials/84192-primer-understanding-choosing-filters-visual-use.html

http://stargazerslounge.com/primers-tutorials/38541-primer-planetary-filters-guide.html

and a site explaining filters

--> The Use of Filters

[Merlin66]

You'll probably end up like the rest of us and leave them in the box...once in a blue moon (excuse the pun) you'll ask the same question, get them out dust them off....and put them back again.

maybe, just maybe the Moon ND filter will get used...if you remember.

[brianb]

maybe, just maybe the Moon ND filter will get used

Yeah, the moon is just about the only thing that the beginner really needs to use a filter on, and only then to protect night vision. (Apart from the Sun which requires specialist devices).

When you have built up a couple of years observing experience, you will learn how to predict which filters will make certain features a bit easier to see. They do not make a huge amount of difference & are certainly not a "magic bullet" which will transform a rubbish scope into a great one, avoid the need for proper cooling or collimation or do much to work around the common issue of atmospheric turbulence ("bad seeing").

Orange or pale red usually helps a bit on Mars. It's worth trying a light green on Jupiter, and a light yellow on Saturn (but only if you have lots of aperture). When conditions are abnormally good, a violet filter may show cloud shadings on Venus.

[nicnac]

i dont take pics, im just an observer.

i only have two filters,

Moon & Neutral Density Filters - Variable Polarizing Moon Filter

Light Pollution Reduction - Baader Neodymium Filter

these do me proud

[Whizzwoz]

Thankyou everybody for the info,I forgot to mention what shades I had lookoing at the box it says Moon,Polariser,#12,#21,#23A,#56,#82A.