So I have got a chance to buy an Astronomik UHC filter and I got it finally.
Last night I stayed up so Orion rise and I wanted to test it out to see what's the difference it will do with my
I live under a class 9 sky in a white zone so it is so bad for me...
I know not to expect much but what I was looking is to at least see some sort of a faint nebula with my eyes as to indicate this is a nebula or something.
What I got was some similar view really with less brightness and some hard time to resolve the stars of the nebula. Basically it was the 4 visible stars in the Trapezium cluster at the center of the nebula, plus the 3 stars lining under that with no indication about any haze or a faint cloud or anything. Also there was some red color shadow for the stars that you would think one star is actually 2 on top of each other...
So I got confused a little bit really about what to consider a faulty filter from what is a normal situation and an expected view considering my sky conditions...
Any feedback on this? Or does anyone had a similar experience?
I'm just looking to know if there is something wrong with the filter or this is completely normal for my case as I am unable to judge due to no prior experience with this and I haven't attempted to do this in a better sky conditions...
Thanks all for the help!