Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Sun, 10/20/2019 - 18:23

I am aware that this question may have been already submitted but as I would like to upgrade my filter setup I wonder whether some of you use Optolong filters for photometry. I can see that they offer the 5 filter setup at a competitive price.

Thank you for your advice.

 

RGN

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
I saw it too and I wanted to

I saw it too and I wanted to buy it as well.  Instead, I bought the more expensive Astrodon filters (my second choice was Baader) and this is one of the main reasons why.

 

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/602155-testing-optolong-and-baader-narrow-band-ha-sii-filter/

 

Maybe their UBVRI filters would have been better or maybe that was just a bad Optolong narrowband but the way I saw it, it would be better to pay extra for a functional filter.  The cost difference wasn't enough to warrant risking buying bad filters.