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Well I have my New Lunt Engineering 102 ED, with an AVX mount. I've had it for 6 weeks but cold weather & cloudy condtions have not allowed me to use it yet although tomorrow looks favorable.
I enjoy viewing Jupiter Saturn & Mars when close as well as DSO'S like the Orion Nebula, Andromeda & clusters.
Once I am used to the scope & spend a good year just obseerving I will add an autoguider & a camera.
I dont have any filters at this time. If I was to buy 2 or 3 filters for now, what would they be that would enhance my overall viewing experience? Also my diagonal is a 2" but all eyepieces but one is 1.25" Although more expensive I would think the 2" filter screwed into the diagonal would make the most sense.
Lunt 102 ED, Celestron AVX, Orion Q70 38mm. Meade Super Plosl 26mm. Orthoscopic 18mm. Antaras Plossl 12.5mm.
Viven SLV 5mm. GSO 2.5 3 element barlow
Hi ,
i have this same telescope.
for this time, I advise you to look at the planet as it is.
they are not really in a good position anymore.
May be Mars still a little but not for long.
As for filters, I advise you to wait a little longer, as the planets are not in a favorable position to watch them.
learn to look at them so that your brain keeps details and you get used to seeing them in eyepiece.
I also recommend two-inch filters to put on your diagonal, you won't have to change the filter if you change your eyepiece each time.
filters.
for march, i like the baader contrast booster.
to Jupiter Baader's Moon and Sky Glow.
the contrast booster works very well too.
for saturn, I prefer it without filter, but the sky glow gives a bit more contrast on the rings.
As for the filters for the dso, I am still trying them.
so I can't give you a cometary at this time.
I hope you will have fun with your new scope,
clear sky to you.
I LOVE REFRACTORS ,
REFRACTOR , TS-Optics Doublet SD-APO 125 mm f/7.8 . Lunt 80mm MT Ha Doublet Refractor .
EYEPIECES, Delos , Delite and 26mm Nagler t5 , 2 zoom Svbony 7-21 , Orion Premium Linear BinoViewer .
If you like to observe nebulae, good quality UHC filter is useful. I would recommend Lumicon, Astronomik or Orion brands.
For the Moon my favorite is Orange filter #21. It also works nicely on Saturn and Mars, so it is a win win. Again quality is the key, I recommend Baader, Lumicon or older made in Japan Celestron, Meade, Orion.
Finally, Baader Neodymium, Moon and Sky Glow is another multipurpose filter. It is my favorite on Jupiter and it also works as borad band light pollution filter. It helped me to pool a few galaxies, globs and comets from light polluted sky.
Good quality filters cost good money, I would go with 1.25" good quality filters over 2" lesser quality.