Astronomik CLS Filter
The Astronomik CLS filter is pobably the best light pollution filter in the market and now comes in 2 forms - one for primarily visual use and one for use with your CCD camera.
The Astronomik CLS filter is the right filter to gain the contrast of nearly all objects under light-polluted skies with all sizes of telescopes. to the design of the transmission curve the filter reduces the sky background and gas nebulas, planetary nebulas as well as open clusters, globular clusters and galaxies are seen better. The Astronomik CLS blocks the emission of Hg and Na streetlights as well as all Skyglow-lines . All major emission lines from deep-sky objects are passed without surpression. As you can see from the chart below the most important part of the eye´s night-sesitive region is passed with maximum transmission.
The filter are optimised for the use with focal ratio from 1:4 to 1:15. Loss of transmission and colour displacements, that appear at other filters, emerge with the Astronomik filters only at extreme fast focal ratios of 1:2 and bigger.
Compared to the "Deep-Sky" filters sold by other manufacturers the Astronomik CLS shows you more stars and more details in the nebulas. Because of the high quality of the glas you will see stars as the small pinpoints you know from your scope.
NB The visual filters are not IR blocked but the CCD filter are.
Features
- High transmission of nearly 100% between 450nm and 530nm
- transmission of ca 96% at H-alpha
- total blocking of all unwanted light from light-pollution
- the ideal allround filter for deep-sky observing, even with small scopes
- completly resistant against high humidity and scratches
- highest optical quality on the market
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NB The Astronomik CLS is NOT suitable for Solar Observing!
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| Available from Venturescope as 1¼", 2" and Canon EOS Clip-Filter | ||
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| Astronomik CLS Visual Filter 1¼" | 65.00 |
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| Astronomik CLS Visual Filter 2" | £135.00 |
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| Astronomik CLS Visual Filter EOS Clip | 109.00 |
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| Astronomik CLS CCD Filter 1¼" | £85.00 |
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| Astronomik CLS CCD Filter 2" | £169.00 |
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| Astronomik CLS CCD Filter EOS Clip | £123.00 |
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