Zhumell Lunar and Planetary Color Filter Set

Enhance astronomical viewing with the Zhumell Lunar and Planetary color filter set!

The Zhumell Lunar and Planetary color filter set includes #21 Orange, #12 Yellow, #80A Blue and ND96-0.6 filters. These filters can be used individually or together to bring out detail in the images you see through your telescope. Why should you use filters? Here are just a few of the uses of the filters in this kit:

#12 Yellow - 74%VLT

Yellow filters help greatly in viewing Mars by

bringing out the polar ice-caps, enhancing

blue clouds in the atmosphere, increasing

contrast, and brightening desert regions. Yellow

also enhances red and orange features on

Jupiter and Saturn and darkens the blue festoons

near Jupiter's equator.

#21 Orange - 46%VLT

An orange filter helps increase contrast between light and dark areas, penetrates clouds, and assists in detecting dust storms on Mars. Orange also helps bring out the Great Red Spot and sharpen contrast on Jupiter.

#80A Blue - 30%VLT

A blue filter provides detail in atmospheric

clouds on Mars, increases contrast on the

moon, brings out detail in belts and polar features

on Saturn, enhances contrast of Jupiter's

bright areas and cloud boundaries. A blue filter

is also useful in helping to split the binary

star Antares when at maximum separation.

ND96-0.6 - Neutral Density

Neutral density filters allow all wavelenghts

to pass through equally. The effect of a neutral

density filter is to reduce the overall brightness

of an image. Neutral density filters are

useful for splitting binary systems and reducing

glare.

Zhumell filters will fit any standard 1.25" format telescope eyepiece.