Nebula Filters


 Thousand Oaks Optical Nebular filters

Enhance your viewing with the latest in multi-layer coating technology.  These filters greatly enhance contrast when viewing deep sky objects.  These filters reject manmade and natural light pollution from mercury vapor lights, high pressure sodium lights and natural airglow.  Available for 1.25" and 2" eyepieces and mounted in color coded cells.   Manufactured in the U.S.

LP-1  Broadband LP-2  Narrowband  LP-3  Oxygen III LP-4  Hydrogen Beta 

LP-1  Broadband      (Black Cell)    1.25" $89.00    2" $179.00

LP-2  Narrowband      (Blue cell)    1.25" $89.00     2" $179.00

LP-3  Oxygen III     (Green cell)     1.25" $89.00     2" $179.00

LP-4  Hydrogen Beta  (Red cell)    1.25" $89.00     2" $179.00

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Nebular Filter Guidelines

Filters are listed on the following table with the most beneficial listed first.

LP-1 Broadband - Deep Sky or "Light Pollution"

LP-2 Narrowband - UHC (ultra high contrast)

LP-3 Oxygen 3 - OIII

LP-4 H-Beta - Hb

Object

Examples

Visual (light polluted)

Visual (dark site)

Stars and Clusters

M-13, M-11

LP-1 Broadband

none, LP-1 Broadband

Diffuse Nebula

M-8 (Lagoon), M-16 (Swan)

LP-1 Broadband, LP-2 UHC, LP-3 O3

LP-1 Broadband, LP-2 UHC

Planetary Nebula

M-57 (Ring), M-27 (Dumbbell)

LP-1 Broadband, LP-2 UHC, LP-3 O3

none, LP-2 UHC,  LP-3 O3

Faint Planetary

NGC-7293, Abell 33

LP-3 O3, LP-2 UHC

LP-2 UHC, LP-3 O3

Reflection Nebula

M-45 Pleiades, M-20 Trifid

none, LP-1 Broadband, LP-2 UHC

none, LP-1 Broadband, LP-2 UHC

Faint Nebula

Veil, Rosette

LP-3 O3, LP-2 UHC

 LP-2 UHC, LP-3 O3

Galaxies

M-101, M-33

none, LP-1 Broadband

none

H-Beta Emission

California, Horse Head

H-Beta

H-Beta

 


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