Chroma 3nm H-Beta Filter

Chroma 3nm H-Beta Filter

• 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-beta from nearby blue and green spectral lines. Although weaker than the H-alpha line, this is often used for visual detection as the longer red wavelengths of H-alpha are difficult to detect by eye
• Extremely durable coatings withstand humidity changes and extreme temperature fluxes and remain spectrally accurate
  in CWL and band pass adherence
• No reflections leading to image distortions or “back reflections”

The Chroma 3nm H-beta Filter is also useful for imaging nebulae and objects rich in ionized hydrogen. At 486.1nm, a narrowband filter is required to separate H-beta from nearby blue and green spectral lines. Although weaker than the H-alpha line, this is often used for visual detection as the longer red wavelengths of H-alpha are difficult to detect by eye. Chroma Technology is an employee-owned company. They specialize in the design and manufacture of sputtered optical filters and coatings for applications that require the greatest precision in color separation, optical quality and signal purity. Their astronomical filters are used worldwide in research and amateur applications. They are as comfortable designing and manufacturing custom filters as they are for their catalog items. Highly precise and accurate, the passbands of these filters remain spectrally stable and do not drift in response to extreme temperature fluctuations or changes in humidity. All filters may be used with apertures of f/4 or smaller. Chroma provides custom coating services for more demanding imaging applications requiring larger apertures such as f/3 or f/2. They also can provide larger sizes and unique passbands upon request. Chroma manufactures the highest quality astronomy filters with durable, sputtered hard coatings using single substrates of the best glass, eliminating the need for laminations. All primary filter coatings are applied on the front surface and anti-reflection coatings on the rear surface to prevent ghosting and to maximize transmission. All filters are manufactured in Vermont.

Technical Specifications

Durable sputter coatings
Parallelism: <30 arcsec
Thickness: 3.0 +/-0.05mm
Filters designed for use with CCD and for f/4.0 or slower
Transmitted wavefront better than 0.25 waves/inch

In the Box

• Chroma 3nm H-beta Filter of the chosen size

Warranty & Manuals

Chroma Astronomy Filters & Sets Brochure

Lifetime Warranty for Sputtered Catalog Filters