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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# 1603321
€ 477.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 400.84- Available again for a limited time: Carl Zeiss 1¼" Abbe Barlow lens with T-2 thread made in Germany by Carl Zeiss in Jena – with 1¼" / T-2 ClickLock eyepiece clamp by Baader Planetarium
- visual Barlow lens and photographic eyepiece projection in one system
- Direct T-2 Adaption possible - extends magnification up to 3x - without loss of quality
- The image quality is only exceeded by our 3x-8x flat field FFC-Converter, in case the projection factor exceeds 3x
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- Improved version of former MX-Mount
- Artistry, vision and all the performance of a professional grade mount
- Designed to make observatory quality astronomy – field portable
- Control system of 4th generation, featuring USB 2.0 computer to mount interface
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From: € 85.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 71.43
- Safe for solar observation and photography with all high-end telescopes and extreme tele-lenses. Suitable for highest magnifications and detailed observation of individual sunspots
- AstroSolar Safety Film OD 5.0, mounted stress free in temperature compensated cell
- No astigmatism during winter observation or with temperature changes in summer
- Scope of supply: ASTF Filter with apertures from 80 to 180mm (200 – 280mm not yet available) come with two sets of centering bolts in 38mm length. 3 bolts with 10mm diameter and 3 bolts with 20mm diameter, adjustable to the tube diameter of your telescope or dew cap. In addition three safety straps with glue-pads and three rubber plugs to cover the holes that are not used, mounting instructions.
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# 2404105
€ 185.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 155.46- With rubber grip surface and eyeshield
- eye-friendly ease of viewing - die image will stay visible, even after sligth change of head or telescope position
- 5 lenses in 3 groups, resulting in bright image, absolutely sharp edges, flat image field and correctly place exit pupil
- 35mm focal length, 7x (MC) multi-coated optics
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# 2459123
€ 60.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 50.42- optical height: 2 mm
- telescope-side with mounting plate for UFC-Base (screws included)
- camera-side with M72 outer (male) thread (e.g. for Starlight Xpress cameras)
- can be adapted via the included screws and the mounting plate to the UFC filter base #2459110 and enables to mount the UFC-main body in front of any camera lens with (female) M72 front filter thread
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From: € 80.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 67.23
- Baader Double Polarizing Filter - Ideal for solar and planetary observations.
- For solar work in conjunction with Baader AstroSolar Safety Film or Baader Herschel Wedge Prism (never use any eyepiece filter for solar observation without objective front filter).
- Rotatable filter cell allows continous adjustment of brightness for comfortable viewing
- Enhances contrast during planetary observation.
- Non-ageing sealed coating edges.
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# 2451116
€ 122.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 102.52- suitable for Celestron CGEM-DX- and CGE-Pro mounts
- Suitable for the and Baader Hardwood Tripods
- Attention: for Adaptation on Baader Short Pillar III w/o Flange Adapter (#2451150 , € 260,-) the Universal Base-Ring for Baader Short-Steel-Pillar III (#2451155 , € 61,-) is needed.
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# 2454520
€ 39.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 32.77- 1¼" / M41 eyepiece clamp for Kowa spotting scopes
- enables connection of all Baader 1¼" eyepieces (Morpheus 76°, Hyperion Zoom, Hyperion 68°, Classic-Ortho) onto KOWA-Spotting Scopes and KOWA-Barlow lenses. Also suitable for any other astronomical 1¼" eyepiece
- Features a captive bronze compression ring to prevent marring of eyepiece barrels
- The 1.25" eyepiece adapter is slipped onto any 1¼" eyepiece and tightened with the included 1.3mm allen wrench
- Spotting-Scope-sided with M41 male thread
- Eyepiece-sided 1¼" clamping diameter
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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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# 2957230
€ 345.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 289.92- Baader Diamond Steeltrack® (BDS-NT) for Newtonian telescopes with 40 mm focus travel
- Minimum height (as supplied – incl. 2" clamp): 63 mm
- Minimum height (with optional S58 to M68 / M68i / M48 / T-2 direct-adapter): 51 mm
- Minimum height (with optional S58 ClickLock clamp): 81 mm
- Focuser weight (as supplied – incl. 2" Klemme): 1.000 g (35.25 oz)
- Includes Baader Versabase, for perfect fit onto most tube diameters. Optional flat mounting base also available
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# 2454602
€ 635.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 533.61- Eyepiece set with four Hyperion focal lengths (5, 10, 17, 24 mm), incl. Eyepiece case
- Huge 68 degree wide angle field, tailored to the maximum Visual angle of the human eye
- Phantom group coatings in Zeiss class for complete freedom of reflections and maximum image contrast
- Modular design of the eyepiece body allows modification of the eyepiece focal length with optional finetuning rings
- Camera ready! Almost all DSLR camera bodies can be connected but also simpler fixed lens cameras directly to the Hyperion eyepieces
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# 2458272
€ 10.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 8.40- Maxbright II Bino rotation lock/auxillary-ring – for the shortest possible adaptation of the Maxbright® II Bino directly onto all Baader T-2 star diagonals.
- The adaptation via the M34-thread of the Maxbright® II Bino is especially suited for telescopes with f/10 or slower, to directly screw the binoviewer onto the star diagonal
- This direct connection does not leave room for a Baader glasspath-corrector, but the shorter optical length may be just short enough to not needing a glasspath-corrector at all
- The T-2 Locking ring with lever - for MaxBright® II (#2458271 , € 36,-) is required for this adaptation
- This auxillary-ring allows the changing of the interpupillar distance without moving the locking ring
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# 2408190A
€ 24.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 20.17- T-2 counter ring with T-2 internal thread
- Outside diameter 55mm
- Height 3.75mm
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# 2957296
€ 108.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 90.76- to connect to Intes Micro with D66 Flange
- only suitable for BDS-SC Diamond Steeltrack®
- Height of the Adapter: ~ 39mm. The min / max height of the BDS-SC with this adapter is 91,5mm / 124,3mm
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# 2456120
€ 670.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 563.03- 2" ClickLock-Clamp and 2" nosepiece.
- Suited for astronomical observation at high magnification
- Hard-silver-coated and protected against aging. Astro quality, manufactured acc. to Zeiss standard
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# 2459146
€ 276.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 231.93- UFC tilter for an optimally flattened field of view
- Compatible with the entire Baader UFC system
- 0-1° tilt – allows a shift of up to 1° to compensate for misalignments in the image field
- 9.75 - 10.50 mm optical length
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# 2454654
€ 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 Universal Zoom Mark IV and older models - fits diam. 43 to 44 mm, 1mm min., clear-cut!
- Material: high quality silicone - non-aging, no chemical softeners, non smelling, not getting brittle over time
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# 1501615
€ 108.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 90.76- Length: 470mm (18,5")
- Black anodized, without holes.
- Weight: 950g
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# 2458200
€ 730.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 613.45- Apochromatic, multi-coated fluorite lens system
- 10-times higher line resolution than the world best projection eyepieces
- The FFC fits on every T-2 thread and in every 2" focuser
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# 2459075
€ 80.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 67.23- Set consisting of telescope-sided extra-short RASA 8 adapter, three additional screws as well as camera-sided adapter plate for Ø 90 mm QHY cameras (e.g. QHY 268 / 294), which is screwed onto the standard FCCT QHY flange for Ø 77 mm QHY cameras
- Allows to convert an existing Baader FCCT I for RASA 8" – suitable for Ø 77 mm QHY-Cameras (e.g. QHY 174 / 163 / 183) (#2459070 , € 295,-) into a Baader FCCT II for RASA 8" – suitable for Ø 90 mm QHY-Cameras (e.g. QHY 268 / 294 / 533) (#2459071 , € 345,-) , if you purchase a new/additional camera
- Information about the conversion can be found in excerpts in the FCCT instruction manual