A True Galaxy Filter?

I recently learned through Rod Mollise's blog page - http://uncle-rods.blogspot.com/ - that there may now be, in fact, a true "galaxy filter".

http://www.omegafiltersebuyer.com/servlet/the-GCE-Filters/Categories

Dave Mitsky

This is VERY interesting, and if true, it could benefit a lot of people, specially in the Urban areas, which are plagued with LP...

I can't wait to see/hear what they can really do in the field...


Thanks for the heads up Dave! 8)

BTW, Rod confused D & G Optical with DGM Optics, the company that is actually carrying the filters.

http://users.erols.com/dgmoptics/

Dave Mitsky

The IceInSpace forum has a short thread on this filter here:

http://tinyurl.com/znnqt

Dan McShane, one of the posters, is the designer of the filter. I have the DGM NPB 2" nebula filter and its excellent.

Tom

Given that galaxies are mostly empty space, what ends up on the filter, hydrogen? And what do you do with all the stars that come through the pores? I suppose you need a good vacuum to use this effectively.

And is it any good on the false galaxies?

Jess Tauber