[pgc hunter]

I've never been much of user of colour filters, as I've always preferred the au naturale view. I've got a red, orange, green and yellow that have been sitting in my eyepiece box for perhaps the last decade have been used less times than the number of annual sunny days in Melbourne. I guess they never really did anything for me.

Last night I was observing Mars and decided to have a play around. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The Orange filter was excellent on the planet, it increased the dark surface markings not only subtly, but quite significantly in my opinion. Without filter, they are quite subtle, but using the filter they were certainly enhanced with additional detail visible. Looks like I'll be making more use of these.