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Old 12-10-2018, 05:47 PM
astro744
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... in that order. However Lumicon has gone through a generational change so I cannot comment on the current offering. Thousand Oaks has incredible jet black background with white nebulousity (eta carina nebula) but I feel it would benefit from a larger aperture than the 10.1" f6.4 Newtonian I was comparing with the other on.

I am also partial to the original Tele Vue O-III Bandmate filter as it is a bit broader that the three above and gives a very natural background with more stars visible but also plenty of nebulousity. This filter has now been replaced with the Type 2 version by Tele Vue in a partnership with Astronomik but I have not used the latter for comparison.

See http://www.televue.com/engine/TV3b_page.asp?id=24
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