Optolong L-PRO vs Baader NEODYMIUM vs IR UV Filters

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2 жыл бұрын

To help you decide on buying the right telescope EAA or astrophotography FILTER i did a full side by side comparison between OPTOLONG L-PRO, BAADER NEODYMIUM MOON & SKYGLOW FILTER and BAADER UV/IR CUT L-FILTER with Nebulae, Galaxies and Planetary nebulae in bortle 5 with different night sky conditions and light pollution with my 12 inch dobsonian and my ZWO 294MC. Important details and information that will be valuable for your final decision.
What's your favorite filter for astrophotography or EAA? Tell me in the comments below.
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@DobsonianPower 2 жыл бұрын

8" vs. 12" comparison: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtqDdtR2r5fMh30.html

@deepskywindow 2 жыл бұрын

I’m in a bortle 6/7 zone and was actually considering L-Pro or Neodymium filters and your review clarified a lot of things. Thanks!

@DobsonianPower 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@MADHIKER777 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the side-by-side comparisons!

@DobsonianPower Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@ohwell2790 2 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel and I am just getting into photography. A very amature. Using a Celestron 120mm Omni XLT, 1000 focal length telescope on a Meade XL70 mount with motor in RA and a SvBony 305 color camera. So, have gotten images of Saturn and Jupiter so far. I compare mine to others using similar equipment. They are OK. Just bought the Baader semi apo filter and will continue on this journey. MY site is light polluted but from what I have seen not like a big city. But, at 3,700 ft above sea level and very low humidity in the north west desert of Arizona USA. Even at my age of 78 ( for real ) it is fun learning from people like your self.

@DobsonianPower 2 жыл бұрын

I truly believe the only limitation we may have to enjoy astronomy is the lack of health. While i have enough to watch the sky, i'll enjoy it all my life 👍🙂 keep progressing on what you're doing, worth it

@avt_astro206 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Review Tiago. The Optolong Ultra high contrast filter is On my List. good for Visual and Nebula In specific Wavelengths Of Oxygen and Ha! Hoping to get One sometime this Year!👍🏻

@DobsonianPower 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@mercury7 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this review, excellent

@DobsonianPower Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@ABCMO-bl5pi 3 ай бұрын

As I’ve gotten much more into DSO astrophotography, I decided to try the 1.25” Baader Neodimium filter I acquired for visual use but hadn’t used that much. My city of 130,000 is classified as Bortle 8 overall although I believe that may vary from 6-8 depending on which portion of the sky is involved and where one is in the city. As far as street lights go, it’s a mix of LEDs and sodium vapor lights, with the latter being the ones closest to my house. I was amazed at the job the Neodimium filter did for the stars compared to no filter. The stars were far less bloated. So by chance I happened to have just what I needed resting unused on a shelf when I started looking for a filter!

@DobsonianPower 3 ай бұрын

Excellent! Thanks for the feedback 👍✨️

@AlejandroGonzalez-AGS 2 жыл бұрын

Great video…the Baader is clearly the winner for me! Thanks for sharing. Cheers..

@DobsonianPower 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@jonathanshields2016 Жыл бұрын

Another good video. I have Bortle 6 and mostly LED lights in my area from streetlights and my neighbours security lights. I think I will buy the Baader Neodymium soon. I have the Svbony UHC filter but its adds an aggressive purple tint and cuts too much detail on galaxies I think.

@DobsonianPower Жыл бұрын

Not the first one complaining about that uhc filter. I always use the baader in my imaging train and like it. The Lpro it's also an excellent one but has only 1 thread which is a cumbersome to me.

@JVRost Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for such a quality review. I was upset), because just yesterday I bought an L-Pro and the seller already sent it to me, took it in addition to my Askar D1 and D2 for my OSC camera. But on the other hand, my street lights were replaced last year with LED ones and they shine only until 24.00 .. war .. but I still shoot in Odessa.

@DobsonianPower Жыл бұрын

Lpro is a very good filter and it will help you 👍

@MySolarSystem Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much)

@charlesowillford2474 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Video.

@DobsonianPower Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@alexanderwagner9524 Жыл бұрын

The filter doesn't need 2 threads because you usually don't put stress on it. It is screwed into other parts that carry the weight of the camera. Extension tubes and adapters have inside threads for filters.

@DobsonianPower Жыл бұрын

Which for me, is a disadvantage.

@tullyfisher 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and good review/ comparison. Personally, I would not have included NGC 3242 (8:06) using those pictures..it's difficult to compare a target you can not really display with at least some details using your scope.. The rest I enjoyed very much. - Since I got my first astro-dedicated camera I used the Optolong L-Pro (broadband) filter (VERY happy with it! - Live saver in my Bortle 8-9 region.). And recently I did a video about the comparison against no filter and my new (narrowband) Optolong L-eXtreme filter...but I have to wait to really image some nebula with it. :) and do some proper comparison then. Clear skies!

@DobsonianPower 2 жыл бұрын

@actudoran 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Nice choice 😊 I have the SVBONY UHC and CLS filters and I like better the UHC ... I live in a Bortle class 8-9 with Sodium lamps. I found that the CLS removes nearly all the red colour giving the images a pronounced green tint... The UHC although more aggressive, still retains a good bit of red while the general tint is purple. They both allow me to take much longer exposures. I don't have a modified camera so Ha or double or triple narrow band filters would not be optimal. Mono camera on the way...

@DobsonianPower 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah at that bortle level it's tricky for sure.

@SFCounterfeiter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the intensive Tests. I wouldn‘t compare based on the Color. Because the tighter filter curve has less „realistic“ color. Maybe you could add a Video wer you make a color calibration to the pictures with the stars. By the way. Your stars locking round, is it coma or is the plattform tracking not accurate enough? Did you check your Plattform tracking with some tools?

@DobsonianPower 2 жыл бұрын

It's the tracking, i have no coma at all. When the stars are elongated only to one direction it tells you it's the tracking. Yes i know the tracking errors but unfortunately i can't fix them without changing the platform structure. For EAA we don't care too much about that anyway.

@gustavitousa 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I have a question. I do visual with my dobs. Will I see a improvement with filters or they are only for photography?

@DobsonianPower 2 жыл бұрын

There are filters only for visual. I have some but i rarely use them because i don't have much light pollution. They are good for skies with more light pollution than mine.

@gustavitousa 2 жыл бұрын

@@DobsonianPower I have a big problem with light pollution. If you can advise which one is good for that I'll thank you.

@DobsonianPower 2 жыл бұрын

@@gustavitousa what's your sky glow like? Is it white or green, orangish?

@JediScp 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tiago. Excellent video. Indeed this the type of comparison I was looking for. I have a worse sky than yours (bortle 6-7), though still very sodium vapor lamp based. I'm about to buy a broadband filter. The L-Pro is more suitable for my sky but threads in both sides of Baader Neodymium may eventually change my decision. Ideally filter should be placed between sensor and the cheap reducer, right? How should I do it with L-Pro 2"? Thanks so much in advance for your input and experience

@DobsonianPower 2 жыл бұрын

With the LPRO you can only place it at the end. But there's no problem with that. What we have to test is possible reflections and if any, change the position. In my 8" i'm using the filter at the end without problems but i could use it at the middle (not the LPRO of course)

@JediScp 2 жыл бұрын

Great. Of course as usual there is always a tradeoff. Ok, I will think about it, or get less light pollution and no reflection with the Baader Neodymium or I will try screwing the L-PRO at the end and see if there are any reflections. If there is, I can always remove the reducer (keeping for dark skies), screw the L-Pro near the sensor and increase the exposure time. With an EQ mount and good polar alignment I should manage it. Clear skies

@martinlukes7712 5 ай бұрын

Hi Tiago. Please I would be happy for your opinion. I did collimarion process with my laser colimator. I have it done bit I'm not sure that the colimation is OK. I will test it soon, when the will be good conditions for us. Trouble is. I only colimate primary mirror. I turn target of laser colimator that way I can see it from colimating knobs. I did colimate it well. Laser poin was in center of target. But when I rotate colimatot 180° so I have target turned to the input to the my dobson the laser point is not in the center of target, but is lightly moved. What does it mean? Bad colimation secondary mirror? Or what? Can you tell me what I should do better? Thank you very much. And also thank you for your videos. I look on your channel a thanks of you, my whife have 12" dob now. 😊

@DobsonianPower 5 ай бұрын

Secondary should be collimated as well. Please watch this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/od2qpMyr3ae8lI0.html

@Ajajambo Жыл бұрын

Nice review! Would you recommend the Baader Neo for visual use as well?

@DobsonianPower Жыл бұрын

I didn't use it on visual yet. I forgot to do it. But now that you said i will do it when weather allows and let you know here

@Ajajambo Жыл бұрын

@@DobsonianPower Great and look forward to your feedback. Cheers

@DobsonianPower Жыл бұрын

@@Ajajambo hi, i tested it today visually and i didn't like it. Didn't improve sharpness and with Jupiter at only 16° altitude it introduced chromatic aberration. Without it, no aberration with my 9mm ES 100°. That didn't happen in Saturn but also no improvement in my eyes and a bortle 5. So i will never use it for visual. Very good for imaging though. Always attached to my 12" and a Nexus.

@Ajajambo Жыл бұрын

@@DobsonianPower Thanks for doing that, really appreciated. So the baader Neodymiun & IR cut isn't suitable for planetary visual work but how about deep sky visual?

@DobsonianPower Жыл бұрын

@@Ajajambo same thing. Didn't like it.