[AZ-Observing] Re: Further Comet Musings

Rick, thats really interesting, Id suggest a yellow
filter might do better than orange, but it would have
to be a very deep yellow.  

chris
--- "Rotramel, Rick (AZ77)"
<rick.rotramel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> By God he's right!=20
> 
> Last Friday evening after the SAC meeting I observed
> the comet in the 8"
> f4.5 telescope in my backyard and "ran through
> my...filter set". The
> swan, not much; OIII, ehh;, UHC, yuck; then the
> color filters,
> interesting, then finally the Orange, YES! The
> Orange filter did the
> trick!!
> 
> Rick R, comet fever sufferer.
> SAC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:06 AM
> To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Further Comet Musings
> 
> I forgot to mention that I ran through my color
> filter set (and my
> nebula filters while I was at it), and all of them
> but the orange filter
> harmed the view considerably.  The orange filter
> produced a slightly
> better defined disc.
> 
> Tom
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