Lumicon Deep Sky Telescope Filter

Catalog description

Lumicon Deep Sky Telescope Filter, part number LUMI001, is a discontinued product from the 2007–2011 catalog. It was last listed at $99.95, down from a high of $199.95.

The Lumicon Deep-Sky Filter is THE foremost broadband filter efficiently blocking ALL mercury-vapor and high & low pressure sodium-vapor lamp light neon lights and airglow while allowing the rest of the visible spectrum through. The superior contrast gain between the object you're viewing and the black background of space allows you to view galaxies nebula star clusters comets etc. wonderfully when observing from light-polluted urban skies making it the best all-around visual light pollution filter. The Lumicon Deep-Sky Filter's high transmission in the H-alpha end of the spectrum makes it THE ONLY premium astrophotographic filter on the market for not only color photographs but also for black & white photos and CCD work. Lumicon tests every filter individually on a Perkin-Elmer Double-Beam spectrophotometer inscribing on the filter its % transmission for each of the primary spectral lines . Do not settle for cheap foreign-made low-transmission broadband filters. Intended for viewing nebulae from light-polluted skiesBlocks all mercury vapor and high & low pressure sodium vapor lamp light neon lights and airglow while transmitting the rest of the visible spectrumThe best all-around visual light pollution filter for use in urban skiesThis filter also provides high-contrast views of the Martian polar caps

• Filters
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