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Originally Posted by RAJAH235
Well, it all comes down to just what you can discern with each coloured filter that you use.. Some say the #58 green & #12 Yellow are good for the bands etc. Personally, I find the #80A light blue is great for all the surface details.
Really a personal choice, as everyones eyes see different colours, ummmm, differently..  ...  L. |
I agree with all of what Rajah has said above.
I will also add the following. 56 (light green) works well at enhancing GRS and other reddish features as does 82A (very pale blue). I also have a not so common 81A pale coffee colour filter (almost transparent) which lifts everything, particularly when using very cool neutral eyepieces like Orthoscopics or Pentax XW's. I don't use it all the time but it's a great change. I also have a Y(K2) filter (pale lemon) and an 85B (pale orange)which lifts the cloud bands.
Now here is where it gets tricky. While I own a lot of planetary colour filters I still spend most of my time observing unfiltered. I only use a filter when I want to extract some additional specific detail in the target that I can't quite get unfiltered. That is probably less than 5% of the time I observe Jupiter.
Now here is where it gets even trickier. Don't skimp on the filters, if you are going to buy colour filters buy good ones, if you own a decent scope and eyepieces. There are other things important about the quality of the filter other than its mere colour tint alone. Particularly quality and smoothness of the glass surfaces and the antireflective coatings on the filter. A $10 colour filter in a $500 eyepiece in a $10,000 telescope gives $10 views. These cheap filters being sold by several dealers are made in China or Taiwan and are of very dubious quality. There are several companies that make very good quality filters. I actually use 2" Hoya filters. These are high quality Japanese made photographic filters that use a standard 48mm camera thread. They screw straight into a 2" eyepiece or a threaded 1.25"/2" adaptor. They cost about $30 each if you shop around. They are about 3 light years ahead of the Chinese stuff that costs not much less.
CS-John B