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A look into the working world of Baader Planetarium: To mark the company’s 60th anniversary, the new corporate film shows development, production, integration and teamwork at the Mammendorf site – from precision components to complete observatory systems.

How did a small basement workshop in Munich become an internationally recognized name in astronomical education? This retrospective highlights Baader Planetarium’s early milestones—from the patented School Planetarium and the highly complex Giant Planetarium to the first projection and observatory domes. A story of craftsmanship, didactic vision, and determined progress between 1966 and 1980.

Baader Planetarium is supplying 13 AllSky Domes for an international space surveillance project led by Slingshot Aerospace on behalf of the UK Space Agency. The robust domes expand the global network of optical sensors and provide new infrastructure for the safe monitoring of satellites and orbital activity.

Topping-out milestone: Baader Planetarium has installed two 6.15 m slit domes for the Bundeswehr’s new Optical Space Surveillance System on schedule. Final hand-over and operations set for 2026.

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Every year the operators of German planetariums meet for a multi-day conference. In 2025, the conference was hosted by Planetarium Halle, which owns and operates an observatory built by Baader Planetarium. As the manufacturer of the observatory, we were invited to present ourselves with our software partner Sciencentric with a booth at the event.

Our services for high-end telescopes and turnkey observatories ensure seamless projects tailored to diverse global needs. Baader Planetarium GmbH, with over 58 years of expertise, offers advanced solutions from dome installations to cutting-edge telescope setups

The life story of a Baader dome by Christoph B., featuring state-of-the-art technology and weathering extreme conditions. The 10Micron GM3000 HPS mount delivers impressive results in long-exposure photography and was pivotal to its success.

Baader 2.3m AllSky Dome at the Large Binocular Telescope: Despite its small size next to the LBT protective structure, our dome plays a central role for the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics.