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A filter decides what light reaches your sensor or your eye, and under Canadian suburban skies that decision often matters more than aperture. The right narrowband filter can make a nebula imageable from a driveway that visually shows almost nothing. David Astro carries filters in Canada — narrowband, LRGB, light pollution, planetary, solar and scientific — in 1.25", 2", 31 mm, 36 mm and unmounted formats, shipped from Canadian stock.

Filter selection is where our team spends a lot of time, because bandwidth, f-ratio and sensor size interact in ways that are not obvious from a product page. Tell us your telescope and camera and we will recommend a set that works together.

Filters

Original price CA$143.00 - Original price CA$401.00
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Baader UHC-S/L-Booster Filter - CMOS-Optimized

Options available
4 variants in stock

Targets modern LED and broadband light pollution Optimized blue transmission to reject artificial skyglow Serves as a "pre-filter" for finding obj...

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Baader UV/IR-CUT / L-Filter CMOS Optimized

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2 variants in stock

Blocks unwanted UV and IR wavelengths for sharper stars Optimized for modern CMOS sensors to prevent star bloat Serves as a high-transmission Lumi...

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Original price CA$153.00 - Original price CA$265.00
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Baader Visual OIII Nebula Filter

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Delivers the absolute highest contrast views of many diffuse and planetary nebula. For many objects, the Baader O-III reveals a level of intricate ...

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Celestron Moon Filter - 1.25"

CEL-94119-A

Reduces overwhelming brightness and glare from the Moon Enhances contrast to reveal finer surface details Threads directly onto most standard 1.25...

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Celestron Neutral Density Moon Filter - 1.25"

CEL-94105

Reduces overwhelming brightness from the Moon and bright planets Transmits only 13% of incoming light for comfortable viewing Fits all standard 1....

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Celestron Oxygen III Narrowband Filter - 1.25 in

CEL-93623

Isolates doubly-ionized oxygen lines (496nm and 501nm) Provides extreme contrast for planetary and emission nebulae Blocks the entire visual spect...

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Celestron Oxygen III Narrowband Filter - 2 in

CEL-93624

Isolates the 496nm and 501nm Oxygen III wavelengths Blocks the entire visual spectrum from 400nm to 700nm Ultra-hard, vacuum-deposited coatings pr...

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Celestron UHC/LPR Filter - 1.25"

CEL-94123

Selectively blocks mercury vapor, sodium vapor, and natural sky glow Achieves over 97% transmission of critical nebula emission lines Features a m...

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Celestron UHC/LPR Filter - 2"

CEL-94124

Selectively blocks light pollution from mercury and sodium vapor lights Achieves over 97% light transmission for maximum brightness 60nm bandpass ...

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Celestron Variable Polarizing Filter - 1.25”

CEL-94107

Adjustable light transmission from 1% to 40% Standard 1.25” filter format fits most eyepieces Reduces brightness without altering an object's natu...

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Chroma B-Bessel Filter

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Blue photometric filter in UVBRI series Filters designed for use with CCD and for f/4.0 or slower No reflections leading to image distortions or ""...

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Chroma Blue Filter

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Blue filter for color rendering with RGB set Filters designed for use with CCD and for f/4.0 or slower No reflections leading to image distortions ...

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Chroma Clear Filter

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Filters designed for use with CCD and for f/4.0 or slower No reflections leading to image distortions or "back reflections" Transmitted wavefront ...

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Chroma Green Filter

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Green filter for color rendering with RGB set Filters designed for use with CCD and for f/4.0 or slower No reflections leading to image distortions...

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Chroma H-alpha Filter - 3nm

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H-alpha filters are essential for imaging nebulae and other objects which are rich in ionized hydrogen. At 656.3nm, a narrow-band emission filter i...

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Chroma H-alpha Filter - 5nm

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H-alpha filters are essential for imaging nebulae and other objects which are rich in ionized hydrogen. At 656.3nm, a narrow-band emission filter i...

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Chroma H-alpha Filter - 8nm

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H-alpha filters are essential for imaging nebulae and other objects which are rich in ionized hydrogen. At 656.3nm, a narrow-band emission filter i...

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Chroma H-alpha Filter Optimized for f/3 - 3nm

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H-alpha filters are essential for imaging nebulae and other objects which are rich in ionized hydrogen. At 656.3nm, a narrow-band emission filter i...

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CA$805.00 - CA$2,170.00
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Chroma H-beta Filter - 3nm

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H-beta filters are also useful for imaging nebulae and objects rich in ionized hydrogen. At 486.1nm, a narrow-band filter is required to separate H...

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CA$805.00 - CA$2,170.00
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Original price CA$644.00 - Original price CA$1,932.00
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CA$644.00 - CA$1,932.00
CA$644.00 - CA$1,932.00
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Chroma H-beta Filter - 5nm

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H-beta filters are also useful for imaging nebulae and objects rich in ionized hydrogen. At 486.1nm, a narrow-band filter is required to separate H...

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Original price CA$644.00 - Original price CA$1,932.00
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CA$644.00 - CA$1,932.00
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Chroma HaLRGB Filter Set

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8nm H-alpha, Luminance, Red, Green, and Blue astronomy filter set Filters designed for use with CCD and for f/4.0 or slower No reflections leading ...

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Chroma I-Bessel Filter

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NIR photometric filter in UVBRI series Filters designed for use with CCD and for f/4.0 or slower No reflections leading to image distortions or ""b...

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Chroma Jovian Methane Filter

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Methane absorption band filter. This filter enhances contrast when imaging objects containing significant levels of methane. Methane-rich component...

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Chroma LoGlow Filter

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Blocks common spectral lines from lighting sources. This filter provides balanced color for the visible spectrum while blocking most emission from ...

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Filter Types and When Each One Earns Its Place

Filters do not add signal. They remove unwanted light so that the signal you want has better contrast against the background. Choosing well means knowing which unwanted light you are fighting.

  • Narrowband filters: Ha, OIII and SII passbands, typically 3 to 12 nm. Narrower bands reject more light pollution and moonlight but demand accurate focus and longer exposures.
  • LRGB filter sets: Parfocal luminance, red, green and blue for colour imaging with monochrome sensors, with the luminance channel carrying most of the detail.
  • Light pollution filters: Broadband rejection of mercury and sodium emission lines. Effective against older street lighting and much less effective against broad-spectrum LED.
  • Planetary and colour filters: Wratten-standard colour filters that raise contrast on specific planetary features — a red or orange filter on Mars, blue on Jupiter's belts.
  • Solar filters: Full-aperture white-light filters for safe observation of sunspots and transits.
  • Neutral density and polarizing: Variable brightness reduction for lunar observing without altering colour balance.

Why Choose David Astro for Filters

A filter that performs beautifully at f/7 can produce a shifted passband and soft results at f/3. That is the kind of detail worth asking about before ordering.

  • F-ratio matched recommendations: Narrowband passbands shift blueward in fast optical systems, so we recommend filters specified for your focal ratio rather than the narrowest available.
  • Sensor size and vignetting: We size filters to your sensor diagonal and filter wheel placement, so an undersized filter does not clip your corners.
  • Spacing accounted for: Filter glass shifts focus by roughly a third of its thickness, and we include that in the back-focus calculation we provide.
  • Authorized dealer: Genuine filters with full manufacturer warranty and verified coatings, in Canadian inventory and shipped domestically.
  • Ships from Canada: No duties or brokerage charges for Canadian buyers.

Filters in Canada — Frequently Asked Questions

Do light pollution filters still work under LED streetlights?
Much less well than they did under sodium lighting. LED emits across a broad spectrum, so there is no narrow band to reject. Narrowband filters remain effective because they pass only emission lines regardless of what the streetlight does.
How narrow should my Ha filter be?
For f/5 and slower, 3 to 5 nm gives excellent contrast. Below about f/4, the incident light cone shifts the passband and a 6 to 7 nm filter, or one specified for fast optics, performs better.
What size filters do I need?
Match the sensor diagonal plus the distance from filter to sensor. A 36 mm filter typically covers APS-C in a standard wheel; full frame usually needs 50 mm square or unmounted 2 inch.
Are filters shipped from Canada?
Yes, in-stock filters are held in our Canadian warehouse and reach Canadian customers without customs handling.

Building a filter set?

Tell us your telescope, camera and sky conditions and we will recommend the right bandwidths and sizes. Canadian stock, fast domestic shipping.