Meade Filter Set #3: £39.83

Meade Series 4000 Filter Set #3

Series 4000 Photo-Visual Colour Filters:
Colour filters significantly enhance visual and photographic image contrast of the Moon and planets. Each filter threads into the barrel of any Meade 1.25in eyepiece, and into the barrels of virtually all other eyepiece brands as well. Meade filters are available in 12 colors for lunar and planetary applications, and in Neutral Density as a lunar glare-reduction filter. Filter Set #3 (4 filters):

#8 Light Yellow (83% transmission): Useful in observing red and orange coloured phenomena in the belts of jupiter and in enhancing the level of observable detail of small orange-red zonal features within the belts of the planet. Increases contrast of maria on mars. Can result in improved resolution of dusky detail on uranus and neptune in instruments of 10in aperture and larger. A popular filter for the enhancement of lunar features,particularly in telescopes of 8" aperture and smaller.

#21 Orange (46%transmission): Reduces or blocks transmission of blue-green wavelengths. Use on jupiter and saturn to enhance detail in the belts and polar regions. Sharpens boundaries between yellow-orange areas and blue-green regions on mars,resulting in a darkening of the edge-detail in the maria.

#38A Dark Blue (17% transmission) A popular filter for the study of jupiter disc,owing to the filters strong rejection of orange and red wavelengths. Increases contrast between the reddish belt structures and enhances detail of the red spot. Also useful for the study of isolated phenomena,such as dust storms,on mars,as well as thebelt structure of saturn. Increases contrast of subtle cloud markings on venus.

#56 Light Green (53% transmission): Excellent for the observation of martian polar ice cap as well as yellow-tinted dust storms on the martian surface. Increases contrast of the red and blue regions in jupiter's atmosphere as well as in the cloud belts. Also useful for enhancing lunar detail.

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