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HALOS – viewed without prejudice

This entry was posted on December 19, 2019 by Michael Risch Last modified on May 25, 2023.

The moment you insert any type of filter into the optical setup, which consists of your specific camera, the appropriate flattener/reducer or coma corrector and the telescope, the filter becomes part of this unique optical system. And every optical system is different because many products from different manufacturers are involved. All optical surfaces interact with each other in some way. One possibility is that coatings of the camera reflect unwanted light back into the telescope and onto all optical elements in front of the filter. If there is no other optical surface that will reflect the light back to the filter a second time, then it is perfect. There are no halos other than residual halos or scattering, which are unavoidable, depending on the filter...

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Off-standard single filter sizes from Baader - why not:

This entry was posted on July 12, 2017 by Team Baader Planetarium

Quite often we receive requests for a single filter in an off-standard size. In all cases we are sorry that we must answer as follows: Sorry (we know it would be so very much cheaper in production - and we would be so much more flexible to fill special requests) - but we have decided long ago to not cut or saw our filters from large plates because this would leave the coating stack open and mutilated (with microscopic cracks) all around, prone to aging and peeling. Many times we had the chance to inspect our competitors filters after several years of use (due to our 30+years of servicing SBIG-CCD-cameras/and filter wheels) and we realized already 15 years ago how moisture and heat stress can...

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Unmounted Filters – which side should face the telescope?

For our CMOS-optimized filters we have created the following images showing which side of the filter should face the telescope. LEGACY FAQ for older unmounted CCD-Filters without black outer rim Question in Detail: I just bought LRGB 36mm unmounted filters. I have question: which side of filter should be placed towards telescope? Is it better way of distinguish than "more shiny surface towards telescope"? Answer: Always put the more reflective side towards the telescope side. To guide you we already put a small arrow on the filter rim, on those filters were the position matters. This arrow indicates which face of the filter should be directed towards the sky (telescope-sided). All cell-mounted filters are already oriented in a way that the most appropriate filter face...

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