Polarizer Filter for Herschel Wedge

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Polarizer Filter for Herschel Wedge

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I recently have gotten a Lunt Herschel wedge and I am absolutely loving it. As a secondary polarizer filter to dim the view I have been using half of an inexpensive orion variable polarizer filter. Anyways I was wondering if it would be worth while to invest in a Lunt or Baader Polarizer filter to do this job? Will I get any noticeable improvements in performance?


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Unless you're viewing at really high magnification with a really large aperture, I suspect no...


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Hi Chris

I guess no


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Thanks for the valuable input Mark and Walter.
I am currently only using my Herschel wedge with a 80mm f/6 telescope with a max magnification around 150X-200X.


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