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Baader Planetarium supplies two 6.15-meter slit domes and 1-meter telescopes for the German Armed Forces' space surveillance project. PlaneWave Instruments' precision telescopes and Teledyne's advanced CMOS cameras enable monitoring of objects in low Earth and geostationary orbits.

Discover our new production facilities and the first English catalog for Baader domes.

Please note: The blog post below was written in 2020. In the meantime, we have produced standard inner ring sets for the most common refractors used in our observatory projects, specifically for the TEC 140...

Discover our new turnkey telescope installation for Staernwarte Gersbach featuring PlaneWave CDK 17" and TEC 140 ED on 10Micron GM 3000 HPS. Ideal for visual observation, deep-sky photography, and more.

Discover our installation for NASA: the 4.2m Highspeed Dome at McDonald Observatory in Texas. A milestone in observatory technology by Baader Planetarium.

Discover our new observatory world map and explore hundreds of installations worldwide. From private to public facilities – a comprehensive look into our over 50-year history.

In sunshine the Baader dome is completely sealed. Where no light penetrates, no moisture and no dust can enter. With other models the thin material is illuminated and there are open gaps For many...

Already in 2012 we installed a 3.2m dome for the meteorological observatory of the DWD. Now the next one is to come. First the mount was delivered and installed, which now "hibernates" in a self-made...

02.11.2018: PlaneWave CDK 20 and 10Micron GM 4000 HPS mount for Public and School Observatory Dahlewitz   At the Dahlewitz school and public observatory, an older rental telescope was replaced by a new CDK 20...