Application and Performance:

• High transmittance and narrow bandwidth to maximize contrast
• Steep spectral profile minimizes halos around bright stars
• A single substrate to eliminate internal reflections
• Narrowband Objects: H-alpha Emission Nebulae, Planetary, Wolf-Rayet Nebulae and Supernova Remnants
• Use in light polluted areas and dark sites
• Extend imaging time when the moon is up
• Antlia narrowband EDGE filters can be used down to f/3 systems with minimal loss of signal
• Edge blackened to eliminate internal reflections from stray light
• Superior optical reliability reduces post image processing
• This filter is only effective for deep sky objects that contain H-alpha emissions

 

 

The Antlia H-alpha EDGE narrowband filter optimizes the FWHM (full width half maximum) to 4.5nm bandpass. The suppression of optical density (OD) 5 on unwanted wavelengths and the excellent transmittance characteristics found in the Antlia 3nm Pro series has been incorporated into the 4.5nm EDGE narrowband filters. The result is that these filters deliver superior SNR (signal to noise ratio) and better contrast in your images.

Antlia H-alpha 4.5nm EGDE filters are designed to deliver high transmittance at the 656.3nm line that provides you with the maximum signal to reveal the faintest H-alpha
nebulae structures.

 

 

Conventional broader narrowband filters cause a heavy loss in transmission due to the strong Center Wavelength (CWL)-shift. Antlia guarantees T>90% within 1nm range of the center bandwidth, which means that the H-alpha 4.5nm EDGE narrowband filters can guarantee high transmittance for working with both long focal ratios and fast optical systems. Blue-shift data shows that Antlia 4.5nm EDGE filters can be used with nearly all systems as fast as f/3 with minimal loss in emission signal and meets the requirements of fast optics.

When Antlia designs filters for astronomy imaging systems, they look at how they will work together with optical systems, carefully designing the out of band blocking rate, transmittance and band-pass parameters to achieve an optimum result. Each filter is individually tested and scanned by strict QC methods to ensure that the quality meets the high-performance parameters. The result is that Antlia is known for designing filters for astrophotography that achieve exceptional quality and performance parameters at affordable prices. We believe the price to performance ratio compares more favorably than similar premium filters in the market.

 

Technical Data:

• Schott optical substrate
• 31mm round unmounted (2mm thickness +/-0.05mm). Additional sizes available separately
• Surface Quality: 60/40 (Refer to MIL-O-13830)
• 2 sides fine-optically polished to ensure accurate 1/4 or better wavefront
• Parallelism: less than 30 arcsec
• Center-Wavelength of Antlia H-alpha 4.5nm filter: 656.3nm
• Peak transmission > 90%
• Blocking: > 5 OD (0.001%) @ 300-1000nm
• 2 sides Multi-layers anti-reflection coating
• Single / Non-glued substrate

Filter Ring:

• None. 31mm round diameter, unmounted

Not Recommended:

• Solar Observing and imaging
• Visual observation
• DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN WITH ANTLIA FILTERS. Serious eye damage will result if you fail to observe the warning.