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Old 15-03-2008, 12:50 PM
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wavelandscott (Scott)
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Good to hear that you are enjoying the filters!

If you have not tried to "blink"" with them, you might find this another way to find "hard to see stuff"...

To "blink" instead of putting the filter on the eyepiece, you simple hold it on the edge with your fingers (careful not to get your fingers on the filter) over the eyepiece and move it back and forth...this creates a filtered/non-filtered "blinking view". To me this is sometimes an easier/faster way to tease out hard to find things than pulling the eyepiece out, puttinig on the filter, putting the eyepiece back in...it is also cheaper than a filter wheel. 2 inch filters are easier to use in this way than 1.25 inch filters but either work well (I think).

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