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Originally Posted by sas
Hi All,
I am in possession of a 12" dob and live approximately 13km out from the city centre (Melbourne), so obviously, seeing on the best of nights is punished from the amount of light pollution.
Are there filters i can get that will offer me a new view on the deeper / dark regions of the sky? Getting away from the light pollution is not so easy - so if there's something that will offer me a new set of wow's right from my back yard, that would be fantastic. I just don't know what to expect from them (filters)?
*edit* It may not even be a filter that will give me new wows... maybe an eyepiece? 
Thanks all in advance.
- Michael |
If you get a chance, do a search on the topic of light pollution and you will find a fair bit of information on this topic here.
In summary, yes filters can help...but no, there are not nearly the solution that getting to a dark sky is.
Light pollution hurts the search for faint fuzzies two ways...
#1 The light makes it difficult to pull out the deep sky objects...a filter can help this.
#2 The light nevers lets your eyes dark sky adapt...filter can't help this.
I've owned and used Light Pollution Filters and others...in my opinion a UHC/Narrow Passband filter has the most utility.
My general advise for light pollution impacted folks is...instead of a filter use the money to buy petrol to get to a dark spot.
If that is not an option, concentrate on viewing things not impacted...moon, planets, double stars
Gotta run to a meeting! Good Luck...