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Old 16-02-2020, 11:40 AM
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I think Astronomiks are probably the current best bang for buck. Mike uses them and his images are superb.

The Astronomiks I had did good colour but needed that stupid plastic spacer to fit (cost over $100 for that - still annoyed!).

They have also improved their filters over the years and also have a nice range of clip in DSLR filters.

I don't like the Baaders much. Not parfocal and not 1:1:1 exposure values.
Also the colours were different. A bit more reddish overall. Reflections may still be an issue. I notice QHY600 images on Astrobin using Baaders had nasty reflections. But to be fair they didn't say how old the Baaders were. Gen 2 have antireflection coatings.

Make sure whatever you get that they have good antireflection coatings or you'll get nasty reflection halos on bright stars.

Greg.
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