Hutech LPS-P2 Lens Front Filter, 52 mm filter thread, for deep sky photography

The Japanese-made IDAS P2 LPS is in our opinion the BEST Light Pollution Suppression filter for astro photography with DSLR, colour and mono cameras.

Light pollution suppression (LPS) filters are designed to suppress the common emission lines generated by artificial lighting, yet allow the important nebula emission lines to pass, thus enhancing the contrast of astronomical objects, particularly emission nebulae (see filter plots).

Unlike other light pollution suppression filters, IDAS filters are specifically designed for balanced colour transmission using the IDAS unique Multi-Bandpass Technology (MBT) process. The balanced transmission allows colour photographs to be taken with minimal colour cast to broadband emission objects such as stars, galaxies and globular clusters.


IDAS LPS filters utilize the unique IDAS Ion Gun Assisted Deposition (IGAD) coating technology for superior coating durability (quartz hardness) and safer cleaning. IGAD coatings also improve temperature and humidity stability, reducing spectrum shifts down to +/-1nm from the +/-3 or 4nm shift of standard coatings.

CCD/CMOS imaging can also benefit, because although CCD/CMOS imagers can already shoot through light pollution to some extent, including an LPS filter to the setup gives an added (signal-to-noise) edge. The filter also blocks infrared so a separate IR blocking filter is not needed.

Astrophotographic results obtained with this filter on Astrobin

Here you can find some astrophotographs made with this filter type: Link to Astrobin

Astrophotographic results obtained with this filter on Astrobin

Here you can find some astrophotographs made with this filter type: Link to Astrobin