looking for a filter to enhance nebulas in bortle 7 visual observing
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Re: looking for a filter to enhance nebulas in bortle 7 visual observing
got to test the O-III filter. but the moon was out at a very bright 44% enough to read by and cast a bright shadow.. and the only thing it seemed to make a difference on was lagoon nebula (made stars very faint though.)
and orion nebula.
I couldn't find anything else to try to look at with it.
Lagoon nebula is invisible without the filter. and just barely detectable in averted vision with it as a vague featurless glow
orion nebula is almost the same as without the filter. just darker background sky. and fainter stars.
and orion nebula.
I couldn't find anything else to try to look at with it.
Lagoon nebula is invisible without the filter. and just barely detectable in averted vision with it as a vague featurless glow
orion nebula is almost the same as without the filter. just darker background sky. and fainter stars.
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svbony UHC 1.25 filter + astromania 1.25" O-3 filter + also an svbony H-B filter.
Canon EOS 100D/SL1
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-F6.3 II VC lens
canon 50mm STM F1.8
svbony 8-24mm zoom eyepiece
svbony goldline 66 degree 9mm and 6mm + 40mm plossl + 2x barlow.
svbony UHC 1.25 filter + astromania 1.25" O-3 filter + also an svbony H-B filter.
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Re: looking for a filter to enhance nebulas in bortle 7 visual observing
I live in a Bortle 7 setting, and use a narrowband filter for viewing planetary nebulas. I have an OIII filter, but seldom use it. Nebulas are just about impossible at Bortle 7 for me, with a few exceptions, such as M42 and M17 and a few others. The planetary nebulas are the only objects I view with a filter.
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