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 > -- > See message header for info on list archives or > unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.