Baader Planetarium
Baader Planetarium: Over 50 Years of Innovation in Astronomy
From accessories to turnkey observatories
The company Baader Planetarium is a middle sized enterprise having 50 years experience in producing and installing astronomical equipment.
More than 600 observatory domes of sizes from 2 m up to 8.5 m have been mounted, together with a large number of projection domes for planetarium installations up to 10 m in diameter. Observatory domes serve for a multitude of applications for scientific use around the world specialized to work under the hardest of environments, with installations in Antarctica (Dome C - 84°C) to high Arctic regions such as Svalbard (NyAalesund -45°C), Ellesmere Island (Eureca -60°C), in desert conditions with hermetic seals against dust and a number of high Alpine locations. Also the company specializes in high end robotic telescopes with apertures up to one meter as European sole distributor of Planewave Instruments USA, telescope mounts of varuious configurations, Echelle spectrographs featuring a resolution up to 20 000 lambda/delta lambda under Licence of MaxPlanck Institution(MPI).
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# 2958080
€ 19.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 15.97- To connect DSLR T-rings
- Connection to the Astro T-2 system for classical eyepiece projection
- For Hyperion and Morpheus® eyepieces
- For a larger scale projection can be additionally T-2 extension tubes (M42 x 0.75, available in lengths of 7.5 / 15/40 and 8-14 mm variable) Screw
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# 2451103
€ 33.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 27.73- Z-dovetail rail: Pre-drilled and with longitudinal grooves for any telescopes, pipe clamps etc.
- Length = 120mm, with 40 mm wide contact surface for the attachment of any tube rings
- Fits Astrophysics and Zeiss clamps
- Weight: approx 160g
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# 2458593
€ 101.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 84.87- The two-piece pipe clamp has at the bottom of a 3/8 "thread (a reducer to 1/4" is included) Only in connection with the DADOS slit spektrograph available
- On the top of the pipe clamp has a further 1/4" thread
- The terminal is suitable to attach a telescope as an additional device
- The clip is a must for physics lessons with optimal grip on the optical bench or in any other test setups.
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# 2459097
€ 129.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 108.40- Set consisting of four pieces 3D-printed filter holder for unmounted Ø 31 x 2 mm Baader filters
- Fitting for Baader FCCT I for RASA 8" – suitable for Ø 77 mm QHY-Cameras (e.g. QHY 174 / 163 / 183) (#2459070 , € 295,-) and Baader FCCT II for RASA 8" – suitable for Ø 90 mm QHY-Cameras (e.g. QHY 268 / 294 / 533) (#2459071 , € 345,-)
- The built-in Neodymium magnets ensure that the filter drawer is always held in the same position and cannot fall out.
- With the filter extractor tool included in the scope of supply of the FCCT, the filter holders can be changed easily and safely
- 31 mm filter holder also available as single item: 31 mm filter holder for Baader FCCT (3D-printed) (#2459087 , € 38,-)
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# 1508037
€ 33.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 27.73- Telescope-sided with M43 x 1 male thread, e.g. for Vixen instruments
- Eyepiece-sided with T-2 (M42 x 0,75) male thread
- This connection ring allows to connect e.g. a binoviewer or a ClickLock® eyepiece directly at the focuser with M43 x 1 female thread (e.g. Vixen / Lichtenknecker)
- Optical path length only 3 mm
- To use T-2 parts on a M43i x1 female thread (meaning a M43 female thread with 1mm pitch per turn), we recommend our Baader M43a x 0.75 / T-2a Adapter (e.g. for Takahashi) (#2458199 , € 37,-)
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# 2451300
€ 7,950.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 6,680.67- Enables the use of up to three instruments at the focal plane of a telescope.
- Designed, manufactured and assembled in Germany
- The light passes through the IMP either undisturbed to the rear port (port 1 with 85 mm free diameter), or it can be deflected to the left or right (ports 2 and 3 with 67 mm free diameter) via two automated 40 x 40 mm mirrors with BBHS coating.
- Can be controlled by a keypad or remotely via a webinterface.
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# 2954110
€ 73.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 61.34- Baader Classic Ortho 10mm 1¼" Eyepiece , apparent field of view 52°, incl. winged rubber eyecup
- Parfocal Eyepiece series with very high transmission
- This eyepiece delivers a pure-white image with outstanding sharpness and contrast
- True High-Transmission- (HT) and Multi-Coating (MC) on all glass-air-surfaces offer a brilliant image while showing almost no internal reflections
- Suitable as projection eyepiece for OPFA (Eyepiece Projection adapter)
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# 2958700
€ 30.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 25.21- Dustcap with M54 female thread
- Robust cap made of black anodized metal
- Dustproof closure for your accessories of the Baader M54 System
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# 2454653
€ 14.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 11.76- Winged straylight-shield/ eyeglassprotector: Excellent stray light shield against side illumination, fast fold down of winged shield
- For Hyperion 68°&/Aspheric-eyepieces 31/36 mm - fits diam. 42 to 43 mm, 1.5mm min., clear-cut!
- Material: high quality silicone - non-aging, no chemical softeners, non smelling, not getting brittle over time
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# 2451552
€ 61.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 51.26- For double mounting plates (#2451559)
- As well as self-constructions
- Incl. screws
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NEW VERSION: Steeldrive II motor focuser with Controller
Steeldrive I for Classic Steeltracks is not produced anymore. On this product page you can inform yourself about the Steeldrive I for classic Steeltrack focusers and download the corresponding software.
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From: € 400.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 336.13
- Filter Frame for D-ERF Filter, Diameter 75 - 180 mm
- No serial production - every filter frame will be adapted to your needs and professionally produced on our in-house 3D-printer (70-160 mm) or are CNC machined Aluminium (180 mm)
- Filter frame offers complete safe and firm hold for the delicate D-ERF energy reflection filters
- Only available in combination with Solar Spectrum H-alpha Filters and D-ERF Filters
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# 2458185
€ 108.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 90.76- M68 changer for Zeiss adapter system
- Hardened steel - no impressions in the mating surfaces of the dovetail may occur even with the greatest burden
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# 2957263F
€ 21.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 17.65- Temperature sensor to compensate the drift automatically, if there are large temperature differences
- Flat design, ideal to be attached to the optical tube
- Temperature sensor with phone connector and 1m cable, also supports control of dew-shield-heating
- Can be used with the Steeldrive II Motor Unit or Steeldrive II Controller
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# 2954217
€ 275.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 231.09- Full field sharpness: The ultra-sharp 76° undistorted flat field is unsurpassed by any other modern wide field eyepiece. Also on-axis sharpness and contrast rivals our best, ever released planetary eyepieces, the Zeiss Abbe ZAO I & II.
- Long Eye Relief and optimized for bino-viewing: ~ 20mm of eye relief provides that famous spacewalk feeling, incredibly impressive with bino and both eyes.
- Hard aluminium alloy with industrial quality UV-stabilized anodizing surrounds a set of 8 lenses with one ED- and two Lanthanum elements.
- 2" and 1¼" nosepiece: integrated into one eyepiece of 55mm max outer diameter, supports bino-viewing even for kids.
- Photo-Video Adaption: Like their Hyperion siblings, all Morpheus eyepieces make superb imaging projection optics with the M43 photo/video-thread
- The Morpheus 17.5 mm is the only eyepiece of the Morpheus series that is not parfocal to the rest of the series. It requires 2.5 mm infocus.>/li>
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# 2957265
€ 275.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 231.09- High-precision focusing motor for heavy loads (up to 8 kg), incl. temperature sensor, supports temperature compensation.
- Works with every Baader Steeltrack® focuser (Classic and Diamond)
- Please note: The motor unit requires the Steeldrive II Controller (#2957260 , € 445,-) . You always need one controller to operate one motor unit. But you can use one controller with several motor units one at a time – you only need to plug it into the motor unit which you want to use.
- Can also be used with other focusers like e. g. FeatherTouch. Adapters for other focusers are in development, but not included in the scope of delivery.
- Contactless Homing Sensor enables precise homing and repeatable ap- proach of saved absolute positions – perfect for remote-observatories.
- Can be controlled either with the powerful SteelGo II software or through the ASCOM driver. Needs Steeldrive II Controller (#2957260 , € 445,-)
- Made in Germany: The housing is CNC-milled from Aluminium in our factory. The electronical boards are made by a German company according to our specifications.
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# 2458405
€ 20.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 16.81- This M48-spacer ring is necessary for connecting the MPCC Mark III coma corrector at Baader Protective Canon EOS T-Ring
- Use the full aperture of the M48 thread instead of M42 – in conjunction with the Baader protective CANON T-Ring
- This M48 spacer ring is the necessary addition in order to mount the MPCC Mark III directly onto the Baader protective EOS T-ring while securing the correct optical distance of 55mm and by utilizing the full M48 unvignetted aperture
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From: € 185.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 155.46
- Baader H-Beta Narrowband Filter – Precision Grade
- 5.5 nm FWHM, recommended for optical systems from f/15 to f/1.8
- Reflex-Blocker™ hard coated and planeoptically polished – with sealed coating edges (Life-Coat™)
- Blackened edges all around, with filter-lead-side-indicator in the form of a telescope-sided black outer rim
- Optimized for modern CMOS cameras, but likewise excellent for CCD camera technologies
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# 2905115
€ 11.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 9.24- suitable for temperatures from -55°C up to +30°C
- excellent grease-quality for low temperature application as prevailant at polar-circle regions
- not suitable for permanent use at temperatures above 25°C
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From: € 145.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 121.85
- Baader SLOAN-i' Bandpass Filter, suitable from f/15 to f/1.8
- SLOAN/SDSS (ugriz’) photometric filter with transmission according to SLOAN-specification
- Manufactured with most advanced ion beam coating technology / Daylight-Proof
- Reflex-Blocker™ hard coated and planeoptically polished – with sealed coating edges (Life-Coat™)
- Blackened edges all around, with filter-lead-side-indicator in the form of a telescope-sided black outer rim
- Equally suitable for modern CMOS cameras as well as for older CCD camera technologies