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Mars Visual Filter

Started by richardpeters5, 08/17/2003 05:45AM
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Rich Peters
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Anyone have any suggestions as to what type of filter, or ???... would be best for mars observing, to help cut out some of the glare? Would I be better off with a colored type of ep filter, or a tinted type of adj. filter similar to the one Orion sells?
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Rich
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Rich…

Try a standard moon filter. Mars is so bright that I have trouble looking at it for any length of time, and I'm only using a C5. The moon filter dims Mars just enough, and I think it enhances contract a bit too. I have a set of color filters and they do a good job, but I like the moon filter the best.
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