ITF replacement...how much!!!
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ITF replacement...how much!!!
Hi any ideas how I could get round this 'issue'.
I am after an ITF filter from Andover which cost $180.00..postage to the UK is $175.00, stunned to say the least.
The filter is so small it could be sent in a letter from the US :-), any ideas to get round this maybe & save my solar season ?
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I am after an ITF filter from Andover which cost $180.00..postage to the UK is $175.00, stunned to say the least.
The filter is so small it could be sent in a letter from the US :-), any ideas to get round this maybe & save my solar season ?
Appreciate any help members.
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Re: ITF replacement...how much!!!
That put me off buying before! A friend in the US did offer to allow it to be delivered to them, then they would post it for $5 but I gave up. You need a friend in the US
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Re: ITF replacement...how much!!!
Hi,Ewan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:11 pm Hi any ideas how I could get round this 'issue'.
I am after an ITF filter from Andover which cost $180.00..postage to the UK is $175.00, stunned to say the least.
The filter is so small it could be sent in a letter from the US :-), any ideas to get round this maybe & save my solar season ?
Appreciate any help members.
May I ask for which blocking filter ?
There is a guy in Germany who sells ITF filters.
Look here https://beloptik.de/en/
I have Coronado BF30 blocking filters which rust a lot.
Latest change I made based on info from here is to take out the ITF filter and just put a 12nm H-alpha filter there. H-alpha filter used for Deep Space Objects photography.
Look at my H-alpha full disk images where I use that combination.
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Re: ITF replacement...how much!!!
For a Quark Chromosphere, it's only 12.5mm x 6.4mmrsfoto wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:53 pmHi,Ewan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:11 pm Hi any ideas how I could get round this 'issue'.
I am after an ITF filter from Andover which cost $180.00..postage to the UK is $175.00, stunned to say the least.
The filter is so small it could be sent in a letter from the US :-), any ideas to get round this maybe & save my solar season ?
Appreciate any help members.
May I ask for which blocking filter ?
There is a guy in Germany who sells ITF filters.
Look here https://beloptik.de/en/
I have Coronado BF30 blocking filters which rust a lot.
Latest change I made based on info from here is to take out the ITF filter and just put a 12nm H-alpha filter there. H-alpha filter used for Deep Space Objects photography.
Look at my H-alpha full disk images where I use that combination.
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Re: ITF replacement...how much!!!
Ewan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 6:07 pmFor a Quark Chromosphere, it's only 12.5mm x 6.4mmrsfoto wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:53 pmHi,Ewan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:11 pm Hi any ideas how I could get round this 'issue'.
I am after an ITF filter from Andover which cost $180.00..postage to the UK is $175.00, stunned to say the least.
The filter is so small it could be sent in a letter from the US :-), any ideas to get round this maybe & save my solar season ?
Appreciate any help members.
May I ask for which blocking filter ?
There is a guy in Germany who sells ITF filters.
Look here https://beloptik.de/en/
I have Coronado BF30 blocking filters which rust a lot.
Latest change I made based on info from here is to take out the ITF filter and just put a 12nm H-alpha filter there. H-alpha filter used for Deep Space Objects photography.
Look at my H-alpha full disk images where I use that combination.
Why not contact Daystar ? the producer of that filter ...
In my opinion they should help you.
regards Rainer
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Re: ITF replacement...how much!!!
Yes they will, it's due to go back in a few months, after the UK solar 'season' but I would have sorted it my end before then.
Not a problem, a real shame there is not one UK manafactureer of these kinds of filters.
Not a problem, a real shame there is not one UK manafactureer of these kinds of filters.
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Re: ITF replacement...how much!!!
That postage is crazy Ewan, have you tried going through the UK representative? https://www.andovercorp.com/Contact/Int ... atives/#UK
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Cheers Mark,marktownley wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:43 am That postage is crazy Ewan, have you tried going through the UK representative? https://www.andovercorp.com/Contact/Int ... atives/#UK
I shall give it a go via that link.
Why specifically can the Maier 656 ITF Bandpass Filter NOT be used instead ?
It's not the cost but the lead time / distance.
Gave up yesterday & switched to WL as I'm just get a 'cloudy' stacked image now.
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Re: ITF replacement...how much!!!
It's not a narrow enough filter. The Andover is 1 angstrom. The Maier has a huge bandpass in comparison.
'In theory' you could run the Quark (minus rusted filter removed) in the nosepeice of a Lunt or Coronado blocking filter, but you would probably want to run something like a 2" 7nm Ha ahead of the blocking filter and use full aperture DERF. Focus could be interesting.
Another option; you could email Fred Jabet at Airylab, this is where I got a 25mm Andover blocker from, it was a couple of hundred Euros - can't remember exactly how much, he may still have them for sale? this can be mounted in a m48 to 28.5mm filter holder (with a few bits and pieces) https://www.365astronomy.com/Filter-Ada ... hread.html
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