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Farewell Cygnus

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« on: December 10, 2008, 11:34:44 pm »

Despite strong moonlight last night I thought I'd try out my 'Halpha' Kenko filter (which is very similar to the Lumicon model - but at a fraction of the price - £15.00) & take a last shot of IC1318, the Butterfly nebula, for 2008.

The picture below (converted to B/W) was a stack of 30X 180 secs each with a cheap 135mm lens set at f4 and mounted on my AstroTrac. I also took seven dark frames & two flats as well - all with my modified 350D.

I was happy at the amount of nebulosity that the filter picked up. It's a pity that this cheap filter is not also available for 1.25" and 2" eyepieces as I'm sure they would sell like hotcakes!

Anyway here is my effort:

I was hoping to use the filter again tonight but unfortunately the skies have other ideas!
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2008, 04:19:53 am »

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I was happy at the amount of nebulosity that the filter picked up. It's a pity that this cheap filter is not also available for 1.25" and 2" eyepieces as I'm sure they would sell like hotcakes!
Nice image ... I'm amazed to hear this filter described as "H alpha", it's a broadband short-wavelength blocking filter not at all dissimilar to the Wratten 29 - which certainly is available in eyepiece fittings (I have one in 1.25", I use it as a moon filter because it preserves night vision.) I would have thought a "H alpha filter" should be a narrow band-pass filter.

The W29/B+W 091 has a bandpass which starts about 10nm shorter thus has a little more transmission in the visual range - which is probably useful as it is quite dense. It still blocks almost all the light pollution, even full moonlight when used photographically.

Baader do a fairly reasonaly priced 7nm bandpass filter in eyepiece fittings, two versions centred on Ha and OIII.
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2008, 02:47:34 pm »

Andy, that is a superb image!. Well done on catching the intricate details of this complex and beautiful nebula. Excellent image considering the influence of the Moon too. Keep up the great work  Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2008, 03:34:36 pm »

Thanks for the kind words all.

I'm amazed to hear this filter described as "H alpha",


I notice on the Hutech site (which is where I bought the filter) that they are careful to put 'Halpha' in inverted commas.

That said, I did a side by side review on another of my forums of the Lumicon Ha filter Vs the Kenko version. The unprocessed results IMO put the Kenko in a good light.
http://astrochat.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5112&highlight=lumicon
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