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  • First Images with the TEC200FL

    First Images with the TEC200FL

    This entry was posted on March 17, 2023 by Team Baader Planetarium

    The following statement and pictures were sent to us by our customer Bernhard Hubl. Hello astrophotographers, By lucky circumstances I can currently work with a dream optic, a TEC APO 200 FL (fluorite refractor with 200mm aperture). After unpacking the TEC 200 from the robust transport box, I couldn't wait and had to set up the optics as soon as possible in my small sunroof hut for the first tests. The dimensions of this refractor are really impressive. The interior space of my 2.5x2.5m sliding roof hut is now well utilised 🙂 As I expected for a device of this class, the workmanship is of the highest quality. Although I am only an astrophotographer, I could not resist putting a few eyepieces into the focuser...
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  • Baader Planetarium and 10Micron at the Practical Astronomy Show UK

    Baader Planetarium and 10Micron at the Practical Astronomy Show UK

    This entry was posted on March 17, 2023 by Lee Sproats

    Saturday March 11th saw the welcome return of the one-day Practical Astronomy Show (PAS) which was held at its usual venue at the Kettering Conference Centre located in the heart of England. The event hosts a large number of retailers and manufacturers and the event is free for the public to attend. Alongside the trade exhibition there are also a number of free talks spread across the day. Exhibitors usually set up the day beforehand, but storm Larisa hit large parts of the UK on the Thursday and Friday with heavy snow and cold temperatures leading to treacherous travel conditions for some (including our UK representative). Luckily all exhibitors who planned to attend did so and the weather improved considerably for the public attendees to...
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  • Product News: March 2023

    Product News: March 2023

    This entry was posted on March 10, 2023 by Team Baader Planetarium

    Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschelprism Mark II (Visual / Photo) 2" wedge prism according to Herschel - one-sided Phantom Group® anti-reflective coating, with ceramic solar finder and 2" ClickLock® eyepiece holder Integrated rotation mechanism for polarising filters – the best method for brightness adjustment in visual solar observation and solar photography in white light Stepless brightness adjustment is made possible in combination with the optional and the included Neutral Density Filter. The polarizing filters are not included in the scope of delivery Including the for an uncompromisingly sharp solar image S58 dovetail and Safety Kerfs on the 2" nose-piece, New 3-point adjustment system preset in the factory Available in visual and photographic versions, please choose from dropdown Baader Calzium GEN-II 1¼" with LPFC Single filter...
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  • Product announcement: QHY461M Photo

    Product announcement: QHY461M Photo

    This entry was posted on March 9, 2023 by Team Baader Planetarium Last modified on March 17, 2023.

    The QHY461 PH (photo) is a monochrome BSI CMOS camera with 102 MegaPixel, 16bit AD conversion, highest quantum efficiency with extremely low readout noise. New - especially for amitious amateur astrophotographs - The monochrome QHY461M PHis a completely new development of the larger, scientific camera of the monochrome model QHY461M-Pro. It has a more compact body and does NOT have the scientific features of the   QHY461 M/C PRO, BSI Cooled Scientific Cameras (various versions available) . These include the two 2 x 10 GB fiber interfaces, GPS timing, programmable FPGA and the external trigger input. An optional additional water cooling is also not available. Data is transferred to the PC via a standard USB 3.0 interface. Otherwise, the performance of the QHY461M PH is...
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  • New QHY 5 III series of planetary and guiding cameras

    New QHY 5 III series of planetary and guiding cameras

    This entry was posted on November 18, 2022 by Team Baader Planetarium Last modified on March 9, 2023.

    Update 03/2023 – soon available: New OHY Planetary- and Guiding Camera QHY 5 III 678 M/C The QHY 5 III 678 M/C is the latest evolution of version 2 of the QHY 5III series of planetary and guiding cameras. The QHY 5 III 678 M/C can be considered an improved version of its predecessor, the QHY 5-III-178M CMOS Camera (#1931024 , € 375) . Like the Sony IMX 178, the new IMX 678 sensor from Sony is a back illuminated (BSI) sensor in 1/1.8 inch format. However, compared to the IMX 178, it has a higher resolution (smaller pixels) and a higher QE, as well as increased sensitivity in the near infrared spectral range (NIR). In addition, the QHY 5 III 678 M/C camera modules...
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  • A comparison of the technical data between the Sony CMOS sensor IMX 461 and the Kodak CCD KAF 16803 sensor - CMOS vs.CCD

    A comparison of the technical data between the Sony CMOS sensor IMX 461 and the Kodak CCD KAF 16803 sensor - CMOS vs.CCD

    This entry was posted on March 9, 2023 by Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Paech

    Introduction For several decades monochrome CCD sensors were THE choice for astronomical image acquisition, be it for imaging, astrometric or photometric applications. At the beginning of the technical development, CCD sensors were much smaller in area than the standard 24 x 35 mm format, but they were much more sensitive and did not suffer from the reciprocity error (the black screen effect), a classical problem of all standard film emulsions. However, CCD sensors were very expensive - initially reserved for professional astronomy - and it took some time before 35mm-sized sensors were available at prices that amateurs could afford. In addition, the pixel dimensions were large (9 µm and larger) and thus hardly usable for short focal length imaging optics. In the meantime, telescope optics...
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  • Baader Planetarium at European AstroFest London 2023

    Baader Planetarium at European AstroFest London 2023

    This entry was posted on February 8, 2023 by Lee Sproats

    The European AstroFest returned to its usual London home last weekend, the first since 2020 which took place just before the start of the global pandemic. This two day event was held at the Kensington Conference and Events Centre on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th February. The event featured 3 floors of exhibition space showing the latest astro-gear from a range of suppliers and retailers. Over the two day event a total of 16 talks were given by astronomers and space scientists, including historian Professor Allan Chapman and Queen lead guitarist (and astronomer) Brian May. Baader Planetarium were invited to be part of the event by Dr Simon Bennett and Elena Kostyaeva from The Widescreen Centre and our UK representative attended on our behalf. We...
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  • Change in Standard Body Style of the QHY268C Camera:

    Change in Standard Body Style of the QHY268C Camera:

    This entry was posted on February 8, 2023 by Team Baader Planetarium

    The "C" model of the QHY 268 has a shorter chip distance to the contact surface as of now. Since January 2023, the QHY268C body configuration will be the same as the QHY268M camera. That is, both the mono and color cameras will have bodies with the short back focal length design. Previously the QHY268C body had the round dovetail ring on the front. However, the short back focal length design is being made standard for both mono and color 268 cameras in response to dealer and user requests to make the QHY268C more compatible with third party filter sliders, electric focusers, etc. This change is entirely mechanical and results in the QHY268C having only 14.5mm of backfocus instead of 24mm with the dovetail ring...
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  • First Impression of the new Baader Calcium-Filter

    First Impression of the new Baader Calcium-Filter

    This entry was posted on March 1, 2023 by Team Baader Planetarium Last modified on March 16, 2023.

    In the spring of 2022, I had the chance to give my opinion on a couple of prototypes of a possible successor to the K-Line filter. The calcium line (CaK) was the only part of the solar spectrum that I had not yet covered with my solar setup. This absorption line is indeed somewhat exotic, and the required filters are not very widely distributed. The familiar sight of the white-light (continuum) Sun through a Herschel prism or astrosolar film is probably well-known to everyone who has ever tried solar observation. White light is the cheapest and easiest part of observing the sun - in the simplest case, this can even be done by projection as with the Solarscope: Education (#2903405 , € 125) . I...
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  • Observe comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) in binoculars and telescope now!

    Observe comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) in binoculars and telescope now!

    This entry was posted on January 10, 2023 by Michael Risch

    The new year begins with a new comet that may even be visible to the naked eye Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF is coming close to the Sun for the first time in certainly 50,000 years, and on Thursday, January 12, it will come about as close to our central star as the Earth. It has been tracked by amateur and professional astronomers for several months now. It has now about 7th magnitude, so it is observable with common binoculars and even smaller telescopes. However, the currently three-degree-long plasma tail and a short dust tail fan shown in recent photos will not yet be seen visually with small optics. But that will change soon. The well-known comet photographer Michael Jäger sent us an impressive animation and...
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