Hi. I'm new to astronomy, hence why I'm here.
I brought a Skywatcher SW450 114mm reflector about a month ago to start me off, and I'm been having fun learning the ropes and getting use to it all.
Anyway to my question. I do most of my star gazing in the suburbs, and while it's not too bad at times (I live about 30km's SW of the Brisbane CBD), there is still quite a bit of sky pollution as to be expected. Which got me thinking about filters for my eyepiece.
Now I'm under no preconception that that filters will be a solve it all solution, I know the best viewing conditions are for starters away from major population areas. But I just want to try and make the best of my situation which got me looking at Light Pollution Filter's.
First question I want to know, how much of a difference do they make?
Second question, what is the difference between the types you can get and which is better?
From what research I've done I've found 3 different types.
UHC-S Nebula Filter
Oxygen III Filter
UHC/LPR Filter
From the limited information I've found, they all seem to do the roughly the same thing except the UHC/LPR appears to do the most plus it's the more expensive of the 3 (which usually means it's better?). I'm confused as to which to get, if any.
Would really appreciate it if someone could shed some more light on this.
Thanks.