2021-06-17, 03:23 PM
Hi Dennis,
Perhaps you can have someone with a large aperture scope point it at your target & see what it looks like. I'm sure if you explain what you're trying to see you'll have more help than you know what to do with. We astro nerds love a challenge
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I don't know what eyepiece filters run these days, mine are 30 years old. That's one nice thing about astronomy, the gear lasts for years. A filter intended to work on the Helix nebula should enhance the visibility of a planetary & do nothing for a galaxy.
When's your next meet-up?
Phil S.
Perhaps you can have someone with a large aperture scope point it at your target & see what it looks like. I'm sure if you explain what you're trying to see you'll have more help than you know what to do with. We astro nerds love a challenge

I don't know what eyepiece filters run these days, mine are 30 years old. That's one nice thing about astronomy, the gear lasts for years. A filter intended to work on the Helix nebula should enhance the visibility of a planetary & do nothing for a galaxy.
When's your next meet-up?
Phil S.