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Hi there, Nick from Altair here. I'd like to thank Admins from allowing me to post about new products here! Much appreciated!

Firstly, I thought I'd introduce the new Altair Astro Quad-band and Tri-band filters:


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Product info & specs:

Altair QuadBand Filter
Altair TriBand Filter


We had a kickstart in the Altair Astro Facebook Group here, so you can see images taken with these filters mainly by customers in Germany, the USA and UK.

The Tri-Band filters will ship sometime near the end of this month, followed by the Quad-Band a week or so after that. If you want to be notified when ready just click the "Notify me when available" link on the product you prefer.

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Very interesting products. Thanks!
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Thanks for posting this Nick, I'm sure the growing membership here will find these filters useful.
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I've already " clicked " to be notified !
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Thanks for the info, Nick! I'd sure like a TriBand :D
Funny you should post this; I've been looking at this scope, the Starwave ASCENT 102ED F11, thinking that this is going to be my first "new scope" purchase. You folks make nice products! :Clap:

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Thefatkitty wrote: Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:17 pm Thanks for the info, Nick! I'd sure like a TriBand :D
Funny you should post this; I've been looking at this scope, the Starwave ASCENT 102ED F11, thinking that this is going to be my first "new scope" purchase. You folks make nice products! :Clap:

All the best,
I too am thinking of the ASCENT.....
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Hi there, thanks very much for your interest - I hear your comments about the ASCENT range and I'm working on it as soon as I can...!
(I will figure out how notifications work on this software soon!)
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altair_astro wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:58 am Hi there, thanks very much for your interest - I hear your comments about the ASCENT range and I'm working on it as soon as I can...!
(I will figure out how notifications work on this software soon!)

Hi Nick,

Regarding the notifications.
Click on your profile button up at the top right of the page(next to your notifications button), then open your user control panel.
From the control panel select board preferences and then edit notifications and away you go. :D
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Many thanks, I just found it :) Is there a way to setup email notifications to inform of responses to my posts or questions?
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altair_astro wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 6:30 am Many thanks, I just found it :) Is there a way to setup email notifications to inform of responses to my posts or questions?
When you open the "Edit notifications" under board preferences it gives you the option to receive your notifications on the board or as a email.
So you could subcribe to or bookmark this topic and ask that those notifications be sent to you via email.
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thanks! I'm on it... Sorry for all these newbie questions! I get that I can't send PM's yet :)
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altair_astro wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:27 am thanks! I'm on it... Sorry for all these newbie questions! I get that I can't send PM's yet :)

Only a pleasure to help you Nick.
Post any queries or questions and we will always be happy to assist.
The PM's should be available for you soon, these are measures put in place to keep the malfeasance out and the good guys in. :D
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I got one of the kickstarter Quad filters... So far i am very impressed. Eastern Veil which i posted a couple of weeks ago cam out rather nice... Ill have the Witches broom posted up sometime soon as i have just finished a couple of hours on it.
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My Triband will ship next Wednesday, hoping for cloudless sky !
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Hi Guys, here's a short YouTube video by Astrostace (who was on the TriBand kickstart) about a processing workflow in APP - how to extract the channels, Debayer, etc.



There's more on the website now too here with various tutorials: https://www.astrostace.com/astropixel-p ... -tutorials

Hope it helps

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Thanks for the link Nick, I've bookmarked it. Very impressive.
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Is the Quad like OPT'S quad from triad I'm curious because I had a issue with my 294 pro and there filter giving me a weird artifact
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Hi there, I imagine it would depend on the artefact type, and I guess camera settings, filter position, optical system, focal ratio, sky conditions, target type, processing, scope, etc. So many variables there.

We do have images taken with our filters posted on our Facebook group, so it may help to check there? Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/altairastro/

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Dear USA customers, the TriBand and QuadBand filters can be ordered from Land Sea and Sky in the USA here:

Altair TriBand 2" Filter

Altair QuadBand 2" Filter
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Many thanks to Nick. My Triband that I pre-ordered was due to be shipped tomorrow but it arrived this morning !. How's that for service. A couple of hours before the Sun sets and there's lots of clear blue sky, hope it stays that way .
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