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Old 25-10-2011, 02:56 AM
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Alistair,

Some food for thought.. if you want to bump up the mag on those targets, and many from what I understand take higher mag well, that 2" filter wont carry across your 1 1/4". Higher mag eyepieces don't come in 2". I didn't know that when I first bought my scope and spent lots of $$ on a 2" barlow.. Just something to think about.
I'm not a big expert when it comes to pn's but I know with the Ring neb (M57) takes a 10mm very nicely on my 10" dob (I see you have an 8" ?), the Ghost of Jupiter takes a 15mm nicely, and the Orion Neb looks amazing in a 15mm and a 10mm. Just a couple of examples.
My advice (whether taken is completely up to you of course), go the 1/4" filter for now, get the 20mm ep in a 1 1/4" and then later if you still find you want it, go for the 2".

As for your request, your wish is my command, so here you go.

http://www.eaas.co.uk/cms/index.php?...-zone&Itemid=8


http://www.lumicon.com/astronomy-acc...d=1&cn=Filters


And my favourite one: http://www.raycash.org/filters.htm

Knock yourself out!

Last edited by Suzy; 25-10-2011 at 03:10 AM.
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