Antlia 3nm Narrowband H-Beta Pro Imaging Filter - 2" Mounted
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PLEASE NOTE: Antlia is making a running change to their packaging. They are transitioning from 2-piece magnetic plastic cases to a smaller 1-piece non-magnetic design. Depending on the item(s) you order, you may randomly get one case type or the other or a mix of the two. We cannot entertain requests for any specific case type.
IMPORTANT: Please read this important note below before buying Antlia narrowband filters. No returns will be accepted for Antlia narrowband filters exhibiting halos around bright stars as disclosed below.
Please note that some users may see halos around bright stars in images made with this filter. Such halos have been observed with filters from other leading manufacturers and in the previous generation of Antlia narrowband filters as well. These halos can be caused and/or made worse by other optical accessories in the imaging train, their relative positions, telescope design/optics, camera, software, or a combination thereof. In general, OIII filters seem to have a higher propensity to show halos compared to H-alpha or S-II filters, but in rare cases the latter filters can also exhibit faint halos around bright stars.
Antlia has made great strides in their coatings to minimize haloing of bright stars, but you may still observe this effect to some degree. See the sample OIII image below of Alnitak (magnitude 1.74) and IC434 in Orion (SkyRover 155mm Apo, ZWO 6200MM-P Camera, 20 min exposure) provided by Antlia. In most cases, haloing will not affect your image unless you have very bright stars in the field of view.
Please note we are unable to accept returns of any Antlia narrowband filters if you do observe this haloing effect in your images.
If you must ensure there are no detectable halos in your images, you may want to consider Astrodon or Chroma narrowband filters instead. These filters, however, cost two to three times as much as Antlia 3nm filters do. Antlia is being honest and upfront. They are the ones telling us about these halos, that their filters are great for the money but still not as good as Astrodon/Chroma, and pointing out that with this full disclosure, they will not accept returns. They are leaving it up to the customer to decide if this is good enough for them or not. We believe that for most imaging applications, Antlia filters continue to offer excellent value for astrophotographers and these continue to be among our top sellers.
The Antlia H-Beta Pro narrowband filter optimizes the full width at half maximum (FWHM) to a 3nm bandpass. As the bandwidth narrows, these 3nm Pro narrowband filters enhance the contrast of emission targets by effectively reducing unwanted background signals. Designed to achieve an impressive 88% transmission at the 486.1nm line, Antlia H-Beta 3nm Pro filters provide maximum signal and well-defined nebula structures. The out-of-band blocking specification is rated at OD5 (0.001%), ensuring excellent signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and effective cutoff rates to minimize interference from other wavelengths. These improved sharp cutoff astrophotography 3nm Pro filters are specifically engineered to reduce halos around bright stars.
The Antlia 3nm Pro series currently comprises Ha, SII, OIII, and H-Beta filters that capture exceptionally narrow data from four channels, enabling a greater range of combinations in post-production to meet your diverse requirements.
It is important to note that Antlia also offers dual narrowband filters designed for OSC cameras: the ALP-T Dualband Ha&OIII 3nm and SII&Hb 3.5nm. The synergy of these two dual band filters enables the capture of exceptionally narrow-band images with OSC cameras by acquiring spectral data from four channels—Ha, OIII, SII, and Hb. The spectra from these four channels can be separated and recombined into various color palettes during post-processing. The resulting images can enhance luminance contrast in traditional RGB-balanced images or facilitate the creation of visuals in several popular false-color palettes such as H-O-Hb, S-H-O, H-S-OHb, H-O-O, among others.
Features:
- High transmittance and smallest bandwidth to maximize contrast
- Steep spectral profile minimizes halos around bright stars
- A single substrate to eliminate internal reflections
- Narrowband Objects: H-Beta Emission Nebulae
- Use in light polluted areas and dark sites
- Extend imaging time when the moon is up
- All Antlia narrowband Pro filters can be used down to f/3 with minimal loss of signal
- All Antlia Narrowband filters unmounted are 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-Beta emissions
Specifications:
- FWHM (Full width at half maximum): 3nm
- CWL (Central Wavelength): 486.1nm
- Peak Transmission: 88%
- Blocking: > 5 OD (out of band blocking) @ 300-1100nm
- Filter Thickness: 2mm+/-0.05mm
- Basic Substrate: Optical, Single / Non-glued substrate
- Surface Quality: S/D (scratch/dig)= 60/40 (Refer to MIL-O-13830
- Transmitted Wavefront: Lambda/4 or better
- Parallelism: less than 30 arcsec
Filter Ring:
- 2’’ (M48x0.75)
- Ultra-thin filter cell to minimize vignetting
- Black anodized finish
- Laser engraving No fading
Not Recommended:
- Solar imaging
- Night visual observation
DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN WITH ANTLIA FILTERS
Useful Resources
Filter Cell Specifications
D = Filter Cell Diameter = 50.3 mm / 2.0 in
T = Total Filter Height = 7.3 mm / 0.28 in
C = Filter Cell Height (Excluding Male Thread) = 4.9 mm / 0.19 in
M = Male Thread Length = 2.5 mm / 0.09 in
F = USABLE Female Filter Thread Length = Not threaded, so you cannot stack additional filters
S = Glass Substrate Thickness = 2 mm / 0.07 in
CA = Clear Aperture = 45 mm / 1.77 in
Other Information
- Country of Manufacture: China
The Antlia H-Beta Pro narrowband filter optimizes the full width at half maximum (FWHM) to a 3nm bandpass. As the bandwidth narrows, these 3nm Pro narrowband filters enhance the contrast of emission targets by effectively reducing unwanted background signals. Designed to achieve an impressive 88% transmission at the 486.1nm line, Antlia H-Beta 3nm Pro filters provide maximum signal and well-defined nebula structures. The out-of-band blocking specification is rated at OD5 (0.001%), ensuring excellent signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and effective cutoff rates to minimize interference from other wavelengths. These improved sharp cutoff astrophotography 3nm Pro filters are specifically engineered to reduce halos around bright stars.
The Antlia 3nm Pro series currently comprises Ha, SII, OIII, and H-Beta filters that capture exceptionally narrow data from four channels, enabling a greater range of combinations in post-production to meet your diverse requirements.
It is important to note that Antlia also offers dual narrowband filters designed for OSC cameras: the ALP-T Dualband Ha&OIII 3nm and SII&Hb 3.5nm. The synergy of these two dual band filters enables the capture of exceptionally narrow-band images with OSC cameras by acquiring spectral data from four channels—Ha, OIII, SII, and Hb. The spectra from these four channels can be separated and recombined into various color palettes during post-processing. The resulting images can enhance luminance contrast in traditional RGB-balanced images or facilitate the creation of visuals in several popular false-color palettes such as H-O-Hb, S-H-O, H-S-OHb, H-O-O, among others.
Features:
- High transmittance and smallest bandwidth to maximize contrast
- Steep spectral profile minimizes halos around bright stars
- A single substrate to eliminate internal reflections
- Narrowband Objects: H-Beta Emission Nebulae
- Use in light polluted areas and dark sites
- Extend imaging time when the moon is up
- All Antlia narrowband Pro filters can be used down to f/3 with minimal loss of signal
- All Antlia Narrowband filters unmounted are 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-Beta emissions
Specifications:
- FWHM (Full width at half maximum): 3nm
- CWL (Central Wavelength): 486.1nm
- Peak Transmission: 88%
- Blocking: > 5 OD (out of band blocking) @ 300-1100nm
- Filter Thickness: 2mm+/-0.05mm
- Basic Substrate: Optical, Single / Non-glued substrate
- Surface Quality: S/D (scratch/dig)= 60/40 (Refer to MIL-O-13830
- Transmitted Wavefront: Lambda/4 or better
- Parallelism: less than 30 arcsec
Filter Ring:
- 2’’ (M48x0.75)
- Ultra-thin filter cell to minimize vignetting
- Black anodized finish
- Laser engraving No fading
Not Recommended:
- Solar imaging
- Night visual observation
DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN WITH ANTLIA FILTERS
PLEASE NOTE: Antlia is making a running change to their packaging. They are transitioning from 2-piece magnetic plastic cases to a smaller 1-piece non-magnetic design. Depending on the item(s) you order, you may randomly get one case type or the other or a mix of the two. We cannot entertain requests for any specific case type.
IMPORTANT: Please read this important note below before buying Antlia narrowband filters. No returns will be accepted for Antlia narrowband filters exhibiting halos around bright stars as disclosed below.
Please note that some users may see halos around bright stars in images made with this filter. Such halos have been observed with filters from other leading manufacturers and in the previous generation of Antlia narrowband filters as well. These halos can be caused and/or made worse by other optical accessories in the imaging train, their relative positions, telescope design/optics, camera, software, or a combination thereof. In general, OIII filters seem to have a higher propensity to show halos compared to H-alpha or S-II filters, but in rare cases the latter filters can also exhibit faint halos around bright stars.
Antlia has made great strides in their coatings to minimize haloing of bright stars, but you may still observe this effect to some degree. See the sample OIII image below of Alnitak (magnitude 1.74) and IC434 in Orion (SkyRover 155mm Apo, ZWO 6200MM-P Camera, 20 min exposure) provided by Antlia. In most cases, haloing will not affect your image unless you have very bright stars in the field of view.
Please note we are unable to accept returns of any Antlia narrowband filters if you do observe this haloing effect in your images.
If you must ensure there are no detectable halos in your images, you may want to consider Astrodon or Chroma narrowband filters instead. These filters, however, cost two to three times as much as Antlia 3nm filters do. Antlia is being honest and upfront. They are the ones telling us about these halos, that their filters are great for the money but still not as good as Astrodon/Chroma, and pointing out that with this full disclosure, they will not accept returns. They are leaving it up to the customer to decide if this is good enough for them or not. We believe that for most imaging applications, Antlia filters continue to offer excellent value for astrophotographers and these continue to be among our top sellers.
The Antlia H-Beta Pro narrowband filter optimizes the full width at half maximum (FWHM) to a 3nm bandpass. As the bandwidth narrows, these 3nm Pro narrowband filters enhance the contrast of emission targets by effectively reducing unwanted background signals. Designed to achieve an impressive 88% transmission at the 486.1nm line, Antlia H-Beta 3nm Pro filters provide maximum signal and well-defined nebula structures. The out-of-band blocking specification is rated at OD5 (0.001%), ensuring excellent signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and effective cutoff rates to minimize interference from other wavelengths. These improved sharp cutoff astrophotography 3nm Pro filters are specifically engineered to reduce halos around bright stars.
The Antlia 3nm Pro series currently comprises Ha, SII, OIII, and H-Beta filters that capture exceptionally narrow data from four channels, enabling a greater range of combinations in post-production to meet your diverse requirements.
It is important to note that Antlia also offers dual narrowband filters designed for OSC cameras: the ALP-T Dualband Ha&OIII 3nm and SII&Hb 3.5nm. The synergy of these two dual band filters enables the capture of exceptionally narrow-band images with OSC cameras by acquiring spectral data from four channels—Ha, OIII, SII, and Hb. The spectra from these four channels can be separated and recombined into various color palettes during post-processing. The resulting images can enhance luminance contrast in traditional RGB-balanced images or facilitate the creation of visuals in several popular false-color palettes such as H-O-Hb, S-H-O, H-S-OHb, H-O-O, among others.
Features:
- High transmittance and smallest bandwidth to maximize contrast
- Steep spectral profile minimizes halos around bright stars
- A single substrate to eliminate internal reflections
- Narrowband Objects: H-Beta Emission Nebulae
- Use in light polluted areas and dark sites
- Extend imaging time when the moon is up
- All Antlia narrowband Pro filters can be used down to f/3 with minimal loss of signal
- All Antlia Narrowband filters unmounted are 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-Beta emissions
Specifications:
- FWHM (Full width at half maximum): 3nm
- CWL (Central Wavelength): 486.1nm
- Peak Transmission: 88%
- Blocking: > 5 OD (out of band blocking) @ 300-1100nm
- Filter Thickness: 2mm+/-0.05mm
- Basic Substrate: Optical, Single / Non-glued substrate
- Surface Quality: S/D (scratch/dig)= 60/40 (Refer to MIL-O-13830
- Transmitted Wavefront: Lambda/4 or better
- Parallelism: less than 30 arcsec
Filter Ring:
- 2’’ (M48x0.75)
- Ultra-thin filter cell to minimize vignetting
- Black anodized finish
- Laser engraving No fading
Not Recommended:
- Solar imaging
- Night visual observation
DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN WITH ANTLIA FILTERS
Useful Resources
Filter Cell Specifications
D = Filter Cell Diameter = 50.3 mm / 2.0 in
T = Total Filter Height = 7.3 mm / 0.28 in
C = Filter Cell Height (Excluding Male Thread) = 4.9 mm / 0.19 in
M = Male Thread Length = 2.5 mm / 0.09 in
F = USABLE Female Filter Thread Length = Not threaded, so you cannot stack additional filters
S = Glass Substrate Thickness = 2 mm / 0.07 in
CA = Clear Aperture = 45 mm / 1.77 in
Other Information
- Country of Manufacture: China
Antlia 3nm Narrowband H-Beta Pro Imaging Filter - 2" Mounted