BAADER ultra-narrowband - getting much BETTER! And quite unique, too!

[@patchyadventures]

Get well soon Cuiv, and thank you for all the information which you shared with us over the years!

[@BaaderPlanetarium]

Thank you very much for passing on the changes that happened with our filter categorization as well as our general information about the subject. Let us please mention that the filter selector tool has been improved even further. You can now enter up to four of your telescope data sets into the same graph, to let you compare which filter may fit more of your telescopes - 3.5nm or 6.5nm Narrowbands. Of course everyone must still decide, if he will opt for the narrower filters due to prevailing sky background conditions. We're looking forward to see more of your work and hope for your back to improve greatly!

[@jamieamendolagine205]

Sorry to hear about your back trouble. I hope all goes well, I really enjoy and get a lot out of your videos. I've had a bad back since I was a teenager. It left me bed ridden on several occasions. I eventually learned what things to avoid and live pretty normal nowadays. I doubt my problems were anything like yours, as I did not need surgery, and no scary bolts were put in my back. I hope you can recover, or get to a good place to be mobile again.

[@roymedina638]

It’s great to have you back Cuiv! Definitely missed your enthusiasm and tips for our community. Sure hope your surgery helped ‘cause I know firsthand how painful a back problem can be. Get well brother!

[@garyrear]

I hope you have a speedy recovery Cuiv! I have had a decompression and fusion of the c3 c4 and c5 in my neck and know it can be a painful process, almost as painful as waiting for my zwo AM5 that I ordered back in January 😉

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Almost as painful eh? :D

[@damiengalanaud3817]

I ordered mine in December and just received it, so you should get yours pretty soon now ;-). Cuiv, do you plan to review it ? It is the kind of gear you should be able to test without too many problems with your back: it is very light (5kg), and it would be an ideal mount for your C6 hyperstar or your small refractor. And if it works as well as it seems, it could ease the bad memories you had with the previous harmonic mount.

[@NeilCorke]

Glad to hear Baader took care of you Cuiv. They’ve always been great with me. Coincidentally having back surgery in a couple of weeks too!

[@Matty7272]

Geez Cuiv, those rods and screws are chunky! Health always comes first. Take care of yourself and wishing you a speedy recovery. The hobby and viewers of your content will be here when you get around to your next video.

[@johnday2676]

Thank you so much for taking the time to help inform other, myself included. Our hobby needs people like you! Speedy recovery.

[@larryhibbitts2099]

Cuiv, I hope you have a speedy and complete recovery! Take care of yourself first - we'll be here for you when you get back. As always, great video!

[@gwzapo]

Hope you have a speedy recovery but full recovery. Hope the pain goes away too.

[@marcom647]

Thank you for the time and effort in doing these tests and videos. Your work keeps these companies on the straight and narrow.

[@tomabxl4374]

Hi Cuiv, Good to see you back, i broke my spine 16 years ago, I had several screws and plates as well when they fixed my vertebrae which actually blew up, so be strong, and continue the recovery!!! Take care ( and thank you for inspiring to do this beautiful challenge- the astrophotography).

[@christopherbaker8621]

Cuiv, I really appreciate your videos, your unique perspective, and overall approach to your channel. Your passion for the hobby and associated tech shines through your videos. I have been a supporting Patreon for that reason. I too have survived a major injury, to my leg, and the associated pain and grueling recovery ... but nothing to your level I am sure. I know how demoralizing that process can be, but please hang in there and we will appreciate whatever you can do when you are able. Take what you need to get healthy so you can get back to doing what is important to you, whatever that is.

[@Endymion4242]

Glad to hear the metal is finally out of your back; I hope you recover from the surgery quickly! I am *very* impressed that Baader has stepped up so professionally to the filter issues.

[@AstroDenny]

Glad to see you back and I wish you a speedy and complete recovery! Be well and clear skies!

[@desmcmorrow2978]

Get well soon. Great work on helping improve the provision of reliable NB filters for the community. Cheers, Des

[@philleng480]

Thanks Cuiv and I wish you a speedy recovery.

[@Alucard400]

Great to see you making videos again. I hope you recover quickly so you can start enjoying the hobby in the evenings!

[@astroworldcreations2047]

Hope you have a speedy and successful recovery Cuiv! Your personal health is most important so while we all love your great videos, take your time to recover properly!

[@JeffHorne]

I’m so glad you’re doing these videos. So amazing. I hope your back gets better soon!

[@WRX2001]

Thanks It's because of you i started this hobby...

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

I'm so happy that I can have that kind of impact, and I hope you're having fun! Thanks for the support!!

[@peterwebster2555]

What a great person you are! Thank you for all of your reviews, hopefully, your recovery will be a full one, within the amateur Astro community you are a guiding, funny, educational light, all the very best to you!

[@greeneskyAP]

Glad to see you on here again and hope you feel better soon. Thanks for the Baader info, I've been considering their H-Alpha 3.5nm for some time. Glad to know they're making improvements in QC.

[@larrymatney52]

Good luck with your recovery. Your videos are great and I really enjoy them.

[@slmdaddy1]

+1 for the Baader filters I recently purchased 2" narrow band filters and very happy with them.

[@paths1111]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[@jonathanclark6337]

Cuiv, so sorry to hear about your back - good luck for a speedy recovery! BTW, I'm currently trying to obtain the Baader filters for my new (as yet untried!) RASA 8. Yes, I already knew about the whitepaper and filter chooser - very interesting. I'll let you know what they are like when I get them and try them. I will probably still have to wait a while, so I'm ordering the RGB for now + Clearglass (because L is unavailable... and I'm not sure I'll need it on the RASA...).

[@yellowlynx]

Glad to see you. The Summer Sun is scorching my roof and I have wait till Autumn when it is cooler to do imaging. Your channel helped me get the hang of NINA.

[@nikanj]

It's great to see Baader have sorted out the previous issues. The f3 set of 3.5nm/4nm filters is particularly exciting. Previously there were no 3-5nm filters really suited to the f2.5-f3.5 range. You'd have to get 7nm+ filters or risk losing a lot of signal which is the whole point of fast optics in the first place.

[@davidaylsworth8964]

Hope your physio and recovery are successful. Good to see your interesting videos back again.

[@ricklaird2218]

Always good to see you Cuiv. Evey time I use my setup I think of all the content you gave to make my system work so well. Thank you.

[@alexandrefilion4480]

Bon retour Cuiv! Thanks for the vid. Really appreciated. I need to thank you for teaching so much about astrophotography during covid, when I started and did not have access to a club… Hello from Montreal!

[@urmymusemusic4825]

Great video Cuiv! All the best for a speedy recovery!

[@grandadjess1731]

Like your videos always. I have had three lower back surgeries over an eight-year period. My first surgeon a neurosurgeon surgeon had 39 years' experience; he was the only one that told me it will take about 2 years to feel somewhat normal after a spine surgery (not the simple discectomy procedure). My other is an orthopedic spine surgeon, most of them say you will be up in a matter of months. I know the old neurosurgeon was correct. So, knowing it's going to take time; a long time in years, helps a lot more than being told you're going to be fine in a few months. Then when you're not you then start to wander if something is wrong. Hang in there, it does take time. Takes at least six or more months for a fusion to fuse much less the body to get use to what happened to it. BTW sitting has and still is rough, so don't think that you're doing bad it is just normal. Sitting puts way more disc pressure than standing can ever. I used a tripod roller with my imaging system setup just roll out, turn on and in five minutes back inside imaging. Then moved and built an observatory and taking images is easy. However, I still cannot sit an hour to process that data four years after the last fusion. So, I understand how hard it is for someone to work at a computer and you doing video processing on top of image processing - here is to you my friend, good job. Search disc pressure on Google or the link below. This is an eye opener of how bad sitting is. I ramble about sitting because at first, I thought it was silly, somehow the doctors or people would think I was just whining about not being able to just sit upright. Also hate to eat out at restaurants because I would get up to rest my back and the table party would think we were leaving. ergonomictrends.com/back-spine-pressure-chart/

[@rodrigogutierrez2882]

Thanks Cuiv. Get well very soon!

[@henryparker4668]

Yeah, weather here in eastern US has been crappy too. Good luck with your back healing.

[@Diocrew]

It is so good to see you Cuiv! We love to hear you share your knowledge and passion for astrophotography. I hope you feel better soon! I have occasional back trouble, but after seeing the hardware you had in should not complain so much. Anyway, wishing you a speedy recovery and hope that you can get back to what you love doing!

[@uschi414]

Thanks for another great video, Cuiv. Just remember to take it easy and don't push yourself too far too soon. The only thing that's worse than going through recovery is going through recovery twice because you reinjured yourself. We'll be here when you're back to 100%.

[@azrayastrophotography2260]

Good to see you again Cuiv. I hope you have a speedy recovery and start having less pain. If you still want to do video content perhaps you can do some processing videos with Siril and Gimp. There is not many of that type out there. Thanks and get well soon.

[@Roope00]

Hope you feel better soon Cuiv, thanks for another video. 🙂

[@shauncraven7385]

Look after yourself and them come back stronger than ever - your health first - we can always wait for your video's.

[@msimmonsmcse]

It makes my day to see you producing content again :)

[@dumpydalekobservatory]

Its good to see Baader are upping their game so looking forward to seeing the results when you get a break in the weather, wishing you a speedy recovery.

[@danjensen9425]

Good to know I just bought the 3/4 nm set. Just got into narrowband. Haven’t even got a data set yet but maybe next week. Another learning curve in pixinsight.

[@TheFranqd]

Take for sure that we are learning a lot with you !!! Get well soon !!!

[@-Jeremiah-]

Cuiv, Just found your channel after buying a used Nikon and a new 50mm f1.8 (star adv gti is on my Christmas list) and I gotta say, pushing yourself after back surgery is dangerously close to no longer being a lazy geek. Hope you are recovering well and quickly.

[@MichealQuilligan]

Cuiv Top class content as usual ,Take care of your self and i hope you recover quickly.I know the feeling have had some accidents with motorbikes in my day all i can say is give time ,time to do its job ,only do what you are able to do and dont worry about the things that you think you need to do ,that can wait .Clear skies

[@bobsastrophotography7812]

Gods Speed to you Cuiv & the healing of your back. I’m about ready to go into surgery myself coz back in 2015 I had neck surgery with screws & plates & all that hardware is now falling apart in my neck & I have screws in the soft tissue now, but gotta say your screws are bigger than mine & I can’t imagine the pain you were feeling. Hopefully you can get back to your Astrophotography coz I can’t imagine life without it. Again, speedy recovery & hopefully you can bring us some more images soon. What about setting up & covering up? I think you did a video once on it that way you can image while recovering. Clear Skies My Brother In Astrophotography…

[@Tony-Elliott]

Thanks for the update, get well soon

[@Sid_Okay]

Nice to have you back!

[@yosmith1]

I really appreciate the analysis you've done with all of these filters, and I hope you continue to do so. But I have to admit, I'm done with BAADER with my own past experience and hearing about others. Once bitten, twice shy as it said :)

[@astro7996]

Get better Cuiv! All the best!

[@BryonStice]

Keep putting out these amazing videos! No other channel out there with this kind of content. Got a mini pc on order to try using NINA instead of the asiair (wanting to upgrade to a dual imaging rig and I want to be able to do synchronous dithering). Gonna be watching a lot of your NINA videos over the next few weeks!

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thanks so much Bryon! I also highly recommend PatriotAstro's NINA videos, which are more up to date than mine!

[@TiagoRamos79]

Another excellent Cuiv video. I hope that one day you will be able to test an Antlia Gold filter Highspeed. Regarding the operation, your back will be fine. Big hug

[@Mistr_A]

speedy recovery Cuiv

[@MrSameerMalik1]

Wooo you’re back

[@basfinnis]

Hello mate. Nice seeing you back 😉

[@garycampbell9709]

Another great video!!! Look after your back, hope you get those muscles built up soon🙂

[@kylejuedes341]

Really great seeing the spectrometer measurements for all these filters here. Can you also show the optical density on the y axis? Absolute units or percent transmission are pretty useless in showing how good the rejection band is. 1:500 or 1:100 are terrible rejection ratios by typical laser line or fluorescence filter standards. Likely they are a bit better!

[@sneakerset]

Baader made a wise decision. Thanks for your effort(s) on behalf of the hobby. The JWST has captured the news cycle - the reaction videos are forthcoming :)

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Yep, I've been watching that closely too! It's actually super cool that on the live broadcast, we could see one of the image processing people using PixInsight :)

[@RaysAstrophotography]

Good to hear

[@srikanthmeg]

Get well Cuiv! Processing video of jwst images maybe on the cards once you recover?

[@TheNarrowbandChannel]

Glad to know my Baaders should be good.

[@Luftbubblan]

Interesting. Ive waited about 7 months for my filters now. Hope ill get a new kit as well soon.

[@krzysztofchmielewski9246]

Would be great to have such a graph for dual pass filters.

[@astrophotonics9470]

I stated awhile back that these Companies should provide a certified print out of the accuracy of the filter, especially for filters over $200 +.

[@ASTROindi]

That’s a fantastic video. Have you thought of compounding Filters ?

[@davidealboresilenzi9234]

Welcome baci!!!!!!

[@josephfoster6110]

Nice effort in the face of medical issues! Peace man!

[@adrianthrockmorton7557]

How do you know what wavelength peak you should target with your specific set up?

[@youky6383]

Salut Cuiv. Congrats for your new filter! Glad to know this one is on specs. Is Baader a Japanese brand? Take care of yourself, take time to heal your back. Anyway, as you mentioned, this is not a great season at the moment for astrophotography in Japan. 😅 Cheers from Tsukuba, Yoan.

[@Astrofrank]

Baader Planetarium is a German brand.

[@bluecelox]

Cuiv, I really enjoy your videos. Great job. I bought the Fast Baader 3.5/4 nm set (Ha, OIII, and SII - but only the OIII appears off band) from Starizona for my C14 Hyperstar. I mentioned your video to Starizona (Dean/Scott) and Scott replied back “Baader says they are not going to make any change to the f/2 filters. That made me think there was no replacements coming for the bad ones, since they didn't acknowledge that there was an issue at f/2.” So is this consistent with what you found out? Thanks, Rex

[@williamhouse5081]

Great info, you are making a difference for those of us with no voice. Since you won't let us join your channel and pay you for your content I bought a coffee cup and T-Shirt.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thanks so much William and I hope you enjoy the merch!

[@Sanctimonial]

Can you do a halo test on these filters with a Newtonian please?

[@astrodojo1]

Hi, now I have another question, jaja, First of all, and most important, have a great recovery, sometimes we must learn new stuff to open new perspectives on things, and sorry for that, with covid this is old news, but anyway, for just a color camera, my ZWO ASI533MC Pro struggles with the C6 Hyperstar with light pollution from borlte 5-6, Its just an H-alpha what I need?, UHC and CLS filters do not let light, the good light come through, what you recommend?

[@alcosound]

Wishing for a complete and fast recovery. I am a bit surprised that Baader went into a real effort to rectify the situation with their filters. So, if I want to use my Canon camera lenses like the 135mm/2 and 85/1.8, it seems that I would need a different set of filters than for a typical refractor or Cassegrain scope, correct?

[@lordphilip]

Hello Cuiv, I hope your back is better and you have a speedy recovery. I do not know if you know me. I like to image the ISS. I have a EdgeHD 11' f10 and F20 with 2x barlow and 14" f11 and F22 with 2x barlow to image the ISS. I live on Long Island, Manorville, NY USA. I will be using the ZWO asi174mm camera. What filter would you recommend to be the best for ISS imaging in mono? Kind Regards Philip Smith

[@WRX2001]

Hi Cuiv, Just wondering I finshed setting up my automated telescope using your instructions, Stellarmate actually workes well go and Solved worked successfully the telescope reached it's target but it come with a message that it failed alignment? Is this ok and can you still take pictures? im new to atrophotography/astronomy...

[@orionm4268]

Random question, I got a sesto senso 2 af, and cannot connect it via NINA. What could be happening?

[@brandonrunyon]

It's Cuiv!!

[@Oxizee]

Cuiv please come baccck :)

[@komr323]

miss you!!!

[@psuaero100]

First, I hope you're on the mend. Second, those are NOT tiny screws! Lastly, PM me if you're interested in measuring my Astronomik 6nm SHO 36mm filters. I've only just gotten into narrowband and I'm having difficulty with combining the channels. Wondering if it's a filter problem. I'll pay the shipping both ways and compensate you for the effort.

[@possisvideos]

cuiv, how much nm blueshift the new baader f2 has applied?

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Better to check the charts in the whitepaper for your answer!

[@scottrk4930]

OMG ! Rods and those screws in your back? Still , it must be a good sign that they have been removed and now you're on to the next stage of the healing process . Stay strong eh ? As to this Video , excellent info again . Starts to make me think about the enormous contribution to this "Hobby" from so-called "Amateur Astrophotographers" . This would be an excellent Topic to explore . At what point , in Hardware and Software , does one go from Amateur to Semi-Professional ? We've all seen the incredible Scopes and Mounts available to Schools and Universities and Astro Groups but how do they compare , in Product development contributions , to the Astro World ? I doubt any Semi-Professional Setup would have even noticed the Bandpass Shift in those Filters as they tend to image from the rear of the Scopes even at F3 . Interesting . /SRK

[@AnakChan]

I got the first comment :D. Weather don’t look too good there. Sounds like Baader is listening to customer demands.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Haha, well done Sean! Yeah... need to wait for better weather...

[@area51xi]

I follow your videos. I also happen to be a neurosurgeon. Feel free to PM me if you need any spine (or brain) surgery advice.

[@y2ukr87]

Average working temperature just +30C max… probably will not work for Arizona with today’s temperatures above +45C (just joking)

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

hahaha those are nice and warm temps you have there!

[@TheAntibozo]

You can always setup Patreon as a per-video donation. Hope you continue recovery apace! support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002137871-How-per-creation-billing-works