I use #80A Medium Blue and #82A Light Blue for Jupiter and Saturn. The bring out the cloud bands and GRS on Jupiter and some bands on Saturn. #80A is usually the best because the planets are so bright. I use #25 Red and #21 Orange for Mars. I like the orange the best. They bring out surface detail. #80A brings out the polar caps on Mars. I use a moon filter for the Moon and Venus. It dims Venus enough that I can see the phase better. I haven't ever seen any detail on Venus. One Orions web page and in their catalog they give some suggested uses for each of the filters. I use this for a reference when I am observing. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Richard Tenney [mailto:retenney@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 9:29 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] The sky last evening I would be interested (as a person not owning any filters yet) in knowing what the experienced planetary observers on the list recommend as far as color filters go for planetary viewing; what color(s) seem to work best for Jupiter? How about the other planets? -Rich --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:

Great report, Brent. Thanks!

I'd like to emphasize that Brent used only 8" of aperture for these spectacular views. I've had similar views with my 6". You don't need a huge aperture for great planetary viewing.

Chuck

__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com

_______________________________________________ Utah-astronomy mailing list Utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com

http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Utah-astronomy mailing list Utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy