Best Light Pollution Filters for Astrophotography
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- In this video, I'll show 10 light pollution filters and discuss how you can fight light pollution in urban areas. Please check out my blog for more links to filters, including different sizes (1.25", 2", Canon APC-S and Canon Full Frame) here:
Read my full blog on light pollution filters with links to all sizes of astrophotography filters here:
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Links to astrophotography filters (1.25" or 2" versions) mentioned in the video:
United states (OPT, Amazon):
Optolong L-Pro: bit.ly/2UJgYWI
IDAS LPS D1: bit.ly/3d99d2M
Astronomik UHC: bit.ly/3e33qgj
BAADER UHC-S: bit.ly/2YBVDQ8
Optolong L-eNhance: bit.ly/2Y4yWoK
Triad Radian Ultra QUAD-BAND: bit.ly/30GcfZs
Astronomik H-alpha 12nm: bit.ly/3e33qgj
ZWO 7nm H-alpha, Sii, Oiii (combined): bit.ly/3gfvWgn
Astrodon 5nm H-alpha: bit.ly/3fp0zhR
Astrodon 5nm Sii: bit.ly/3hqXQq5
Astrodon 5nm Oiii: bit.ly/30J6cU0
Europe (Astroshop):
Optolong L-Pro: bit.ly/3d1ezNh
IDAS LPS D1: bit.ly/2Y2WHNV
Astronomik UHC: bit.ly/3d1Jzgd
BAADER UHC-S: bit.ly/3hDt0uC
Optolong L-eNhance: bit.ly/2BaRH0s
Triad Radian Ultra QUAD-BAND: bit.ly/2zwHR8L
Astronomik H-alpha 12nm: bit.ly/2Y3RGo0
ZWO 7nm H-alpha, Sii, Oiii (combined): bit.ly/2B8OezA
Astrodon 5nm H-alpha: bit.ly/2Y3C6ZI
Astrodon 5nm Sii: bit.ly/3fC6xfJ
Astrodon 5nm Oiii: bit.ly/2AB2H7z
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Link to clear outside app: bit.ly/2YSZ5pu
Link to lightpollutionmap.info: bit.ly/2CeHrVw
Take into account that due to COVID-19, delivery can take up to 30 days unfortunately. But the T's will be delivered as evidenced in this video :-).
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Good Compilation about filters! Good Work!
Thanks for the positive feedback Ray! Clear skies.
One of the best videos I have seen on light pollution filters. Well done!
thank you for your kind words, clear skies.
I like your filter intro much better than Astrobackyard's, more informative :)
Glad you like it! Trevor is a great inspiration to all of us, so thank you for the complement.
Totally agree with you. I see that Wido provides info based on the deeper experience and it's not labile. If I search something and Google tells me that Wido have related video then I'm checking him at first :).
This was another topic that I never quite could wrap my head around, but somehow your explanation managed to get through my thick noggin! :D Thanks!
Great, thanks for watching!
Great video with well structured content. You could almost do this video annually as an update on new filter designs
Thanks!
Your videos are so helpful. It is really helping my daughter and I understand how to get started
Thanks!
Thank you for using my Wizard Nebula Image. What a surprise!!
Thanks Wido. I'm just study what to buy for my new ASI 2600 mono. Very helpful.
Tx!
Great information and very well presented, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
That was an exhaustive review and I liked it very much.
Very informative for us beginners. Thanks!
Thank you for posting, great video and very informative! The only thing I didn’t get from this is where you got that awesome shirt from. 😉
LOL, thanks. I design them myself, check: astroforumspace.com/shop/
great video again! I like the T-shirt :)
Check: astroforumspace.com/shop/ no pressure :-)
Very clear and detailed explanation, thank you!
you're welcome
Your videos are excellent with a lot of details always
Thanks for the compliment!
I like that's shirt mate :)
For an insane amount of money, it can be yours as well:. astroforumspace.com/shop/ LOL. Just having a little fun with this, clear skies Ryan.
Excelente vídeo.
El blog está de primera!!!!!
gracias Christian, te deseo cielos despejados :-)
Very good and useful video thank you and love the tshirt
thanks a lot Nick! Shirts are available if you're interested :-) astroforumspace.com/shop/
Goeie video met duidelijke uitleg. Die vele filters maken het soms moeilijk om te kiezen welke ik moet nemen. Ik woon in Hoofddorp met licht niveau 7. Ik heb de asi294mc. Ik wil alles kunnen fotograferen in de ruimte dus heb de optolong L pro al. Maar zal ik ook een narrowband nemen? En welke? Triad?
Hi Stefan, ik ben eerst begonnen met een ha filter om mijn kleurenfoto's te versterken, dat werkt best goed. Groetjes!
Thank you!! Very good and detailed information !
Nice breakdown. I'll be battling a lot of sodium when in the city, and I'm thinking about getting either the L-Pro or L-Enhance
After seeing the nice colors that the L-Pro gives, I'm leaning a bit towards it, but I'm kinda worried maybe it would be too broadband for the amount of lightpollution I'm talking about (Bortle 8)
Thanks, I know the feeling. I've been using my IDAS lps D1 under similar conditions. It leads to some LP in your pictures but a lot can be done in post processing nowadays and it allows you to shoot broadband galaxies. Alternatively the L enhance is interesting but mainly for use with nebulae. Clear skies.
Thanks for your excellent video. Help a lot.
Clear skies Enrique.
Very good video with lots of useful information. I'm trying to research my first filter for my astro modded Canon full frame. The Optolong Enhance looks interesting. What two filters would you recommend for most useful as a begginer. Also do I need to consider a IR/UV cut filter on my modded DSLR?? Thanks again videos are very useful👍🙏
Hi Oliver, I always like to use clip in filters for my canon camera. I would recommend a light pollution and an Ha filter for beginners. The ha brings out hydrogen rich nebulas and a light pollution filter is always useful when you are imaging under light polluted skies. Links to the filters mentioned in the video are in the video description. Clear skies.
Hi Wido - great video, thanks for sharing! I live in Ouderkerk a/d Amstel but I'm currently in Greece for the summer. Here I started my astrophotography "addiction" with a RedCat 51 and an ASI294MC + OAG (in bortle 3 skies). When I return, I'm looking on how to continue this beautiful hobby in the Netherlands (bortle 7-8)! I'll continue to check out your videos for advice. I'm looking to get a 'backyard' setup that I can use in light polluted Amsterdam suburban skies (in addition to my travel setup). Take care and thanks again. Andrea
Hi Andrea, great to hear you're getting into astrophotography and thanks for the nice feedback. I'm imaging from downtown Utrecht :-). If you want to discuss your options for your backyard setup you can always contact my if you want. Clear skies!
@@AstroForumSpace I may take you up on that :-) I have a current idea / design in mind, if I can share that with you in some way (either here as a comment or email) I'd love your feedback. Thanks again
@@deckardbr yes of course. You can use the comment section on TH-cam or send me a personal chat on Instagram. Just search for astroforum in insta. Have fun in Greece!
Would I be ok with the ZWO ASI294mc and HA/OIII Light Pollution Filter for deep sky or would it cut to much? Also I will be at a dark sky site with little to no light pollution.
Hi Rick! Narrowband filters are great for nebulae that contain hydrogen and oxygen (most of them do), but it'll block all other light sources found in galaxies, star clusters and planets. Cheers!
Hi, Ive been trying to find a light pollution filter for my nikon d5100 but cant seem to find any. Do you have any recomendations(preferably cheap)?
Perhaps the optolong lpro?
A single clarification the Canon used for the California Nebula is not modified and the movie is made by Jerry instead of the article is by Francopanetta.
Hello everybody
Apologies, thanks for the correction. Clear skies 🌃
Hey there, good sir. This is a very interesting and informative video for newbies like me, that are just starting in the astrophotography field. Just a quick question: I have heard of a meter that you point in the sky and it gives you a reading on SQM. Is there any similar technology that you can point into the sky and get a reading on what light frequency makes up the most of your light pollution?? It seems to me, that such a device would be in high demand for people in the astrophotography field, as it would help eliminate the purchase of filters that don't have the effect you would be trying to achieve. If such a piece of equipment doesn't exist, would you happen to know how one would be crafted? I imagine it could be made as you are simply letting it "read" the night sky and give you the frequency that is the most dominant in the sky. I'm just too ignorant to build something like that myself. Any info you could give me would be greatly appreciated! Keep up the great videos!
Hi Kevin, interesting thought. I never used an instrument to read the light pollution in the sky. I guess you could buy a spectrograph filter of some kind to determine what spikes you have in the light spectrum between 400-700nm, but such a filter in itself would already cost as much as a broadband light pollution filter. Most people just buy a broadband LP to block most of the well-known light pollution that is present in most cities.
@@AstroForumSpace Thank you for the response! So, there are light filters for light pollution in cities. Are there any filters for blocking the moonlight? Such a filter would expand the number of nights that you could gather more signal. Thanks for you information and response. You have a new subscriber!
I shoot from a Bortle 8-9 site with the ZWO ASI533MC-Pro camera on either an Astro-Physics 130 mm f/6 triplet refractor or Celestron EdgeHD 9.25-inch SCT at f/7. So far I have no filters. For lunar and planetary imaging are filters needed in a light polluted area? If a filter is needed which filter is best for lunar & planetary imaging -- a simple IR and UV blocking filter or the Optalong- L Pro? If the Optalong-L Pro is used, will this be worse for lunar imaging than a simple IR & UV cut filter or no filter?
Very nice description Sir. I live in Bortle 4 sky . My main concern is my northern sky which is little light poluted. I have an Optolong moon and sky glow filter. I image with Canon 200 d LpF2 removal modding. Which filter will be benifits for me l pro, l enhance or extreme?
Do you know what the "7t Cloud" means in the Clear outside app?
Great video, thanks a lot!
Glad you liked it!
Congratulations for the excellent video as always.
Thanks to you I think I have almost clarified my ideas but I have a doubt: shooting from polluted skies (bortle 7) with very close LED street lighting I would use a l-enhance but knowing that I would exclude most of the colors of reflection nebulae and galaxies, if instead I still want to photograph these objects what can I use having the nearby LEDs and shooting with a not-modified reflex? Could Idas lps d3 work?
Thank you
Do you have friends or family that live under darker skies :-)? If so, pack up your gear and leave the city.
Great informative video. I use a ZWO ASI533MC-P and Astro-Tech AT65EDQ Quad scope. I image from my Bortle 4 backyard and the only narrow band filter I have is an Optolong 12nm H-Alpha. I would like to purchase a second NB filter, but not sure which I would benefit the most from shooting Nebula. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you..
Hi there, it's totally up to you of course, but a duo or tri-band narrowband filter in combination with your colour camera would enable you to get a great multicoloured image in a single shot.
@@AstroForumSpace I have been thinking about the Optolong L-Enhance or Extreme... Thank you
IDAS NGS1 is also awesome
Thanks Bas, I'll check it out.
very interesting Wido, what do you think of the newest Optolong L-extreme ?
Which filters would you buy if you only had an ZWO color camera ?
Hi there, are you imaging from urban/city light polluted skies?
@@AstroForumSpace Wido I live in a village, bortle 6 classified, and of course in Belgium there are always city lights
@@siegfriednoet in that case you could consider the l-extreme. Be aware that it will only capture Ha and oiii. Some nebulas such as the veil, North America, pelican Nebula are perfect for this filter as they emit light at these particular wavelengths. For galaxies and globular clusters, I would buy a broadband light pollution filter. Good luck and clear Belgian skies!
@@AstroForumSpace Thanx Wido, any suggestions on a good broadband filter ?
what would the drawbacks/disadvantages be of such filters?
Filters block parts of the visible light spectrum that may be present in your DSO.
Those damn Freddy Mercury lights!!!!!!!!!!
which is the cheapest light pollution filter
Uhm, that depends on your gear and your goals.
Very nice shirt 😂
In your opinion, what's the best filter for led lights? Without breaking the bank!!
LED light is (unfortunately) everywhere in the light spectrum. It depends a bit on your exact situation. Do you live in the city/suburbs?
@@AstroForumSpace, suburbs. Class 4 bortle. Street leds are the worst.
@@astroazores Ah, but the BC is pretty good. I would go for the Optolong L-pro or IDAS LPS D1 type if you want a general, broadband light pollution filter (see description below this video). They do a decent job blocking out most areas of the visible light spectrum where LED (and other sources) emits its light. It would enable you to take multi minute pictures of DSO's while still preserving (close to) true colors of that DSO. Good luck!
@@AstroForumSpace, thanks!
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Tri-band filter mate
l-eNhance or other?
@@AstroForumSpace L Enhance is very good as well mate
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