Astronomik Deep Sky RGB Color Filter Set - 2" Round Mounted
Astronomik Deep Sky RGB 2" Color Filter Set
If you want to get the most out of your monochromatic astronomy camera, the Astronomik Deep Sky RGB filter set is what you’ve been needing. This filter set will unlock the colors of the universe, allowing you to capture high-contrast, true-color images of deep-sky objects like galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters! Shooting in RGB unlocks a wider array of targets, unlike narrowband, which isolates specific wavelengths; RGB filters give you more target options and creative freedom!
This Astronomik Deep-Sky RGB filter set is the most advanced RGB set for Deep-Sky imaging. The transmission curves on these filters are designed to provide clear, intense colors with a strong support of the most critical emission lines. Processing the data from these filters into a stunning final masterpiece is more straightforward! These filters from Astronomik filters are optimized for CMOS and CCD astronomy cameras, for example, ones from ZWO, QHY, QSI, SBIG, Atik, Altair, and are designed for use with telescopes that have a focal ratio of f/6 or faster.
Full Color Imaging: A Closer Look
How can you tell if a filter's filtering profile will work for your needs? What should you be looking at when comparing one filter's specifications to another? It's all in the chart! A filter's transmission chart gives you an in-depth at what wavelengths of light it is allowing through as well as how much of the total information on that wavelength is actually reaching your imaging sensor. While these graphs may seem a bit of an enigma at first, once you learn what to look for, interpreting is easy! We've put together a helpful guide that will quickly train your eye for these helpful graphs and have you reading and comparing filter charts in no time. You can find How to Read a Filter Transmission Chart and Choose a Filter alongside other guides, reviews, comparisons, and much more, in our Astronomy Hub!
Unlock your Creativity!
The Astronomik Deep Sky filter set was rigorously tested to develop high-quality filters that will capture clear, intense colors with strong support of the most critical emission lines, while making data processing a little more hassle-free. Read more below!
Versatile Camera Compatibility!
During the design of the Deep-Sky RGB filters, Astronomik took a close look
at the sensitivity curves of today’s popular CCD cameras. The result was
finding a way to make one set of filters for all kinds of sensors, ranging
from KAF- and KAI-sensors, to the chips made by Sony. You can do a 1:1:1
ratio RGB exposures with all sensors, with only minimal tweaking necessary
during processing to achieve perfect colors in your image.
About the Coatings!
Like all Astronomik Filters, these
Deep-Sky RGB filters are made using an extremely durable and
scratch-resistant coating, deposited on the finest polished optical
substrate, free of any striae or internal strains. All substrates are made
to the same thickness, so all of our filters are parfocal. Parafocal filters
are excellent at streamlining the imaging process, allowing you to swap out
filters with minimal focusing adjustments needed. Designed for telescopes
with focal ratios of f/6 or faster, making them suitable for a wide range of
setups.