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Old 21-11-2005, 10:54 PM
jC_7
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Hey H0ughy,

I have the Baader Fringe Killer I use it on my 90mm F6.6 refractor.

I'd say (in my very newb opinion) that it works good, however, and it have read this elsewhere too, it puts a yellow tint on objects, most noticably the moon.

Now, I also have a Baader Moon and Skyglow filter, when I use both that and the Fringe Killer the yellow tint goes away as does the CA, albeit with a little less light transmission.

I find that I only use the Fringe Killer on really bright objects (venus, moon..) at magnifications of ~100x on my scope, and when I use the fring killer I typically end up always using the Moon and Skyglow filter in conjunction with it as well, but since the objects are bright the reduced tranmittence is not a problem.

So I guess the moral of the story:
Bright object = CA
with Fringe Killer = Yucky yellow tint (IMO) but "no" CA
with Fringe Killer + Moon & Skyglow = Natural colouration and no CA.

I say "no" because one could argue that the yellow tint is a Chromatic Abberation... though not one caused by out of focus light.

Hope this helps !!

-Justin
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