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Old 07-07-2006, 08:52 AM
bonox
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Originally Posted by ausastronomer
If you live in the middle of Sydney and want to pursue astronomy, IMO you would be better specialising in an area where the targets aren;t affected by light pollution. eg Double Stars, Variable stars, Moon, Planets, Solar.
just happens that i'm only really interested in dso and can't make it to a dark site particularly often - would you rather I sat in a corner and did nothing, or made use of technology and knowledge to be able to continue my hobby where and when i'm able? My point was that the types of filters the OP was asking about do work - sure you'll never get a replacement for a dark site, but not all of us have silver spoons up our .... either.

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