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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# 2305205
€ 219.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 184.03- Tube rings 99mm for Baader APO 95mm
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# 2459153
€ 11.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 9.24- Baader UFC 1¼" AUX-Filter-Holder
- suitable for mounted 1¼" filters
- Requires 1x UFC D50.4 Slider #2459113
- gets mounted into the UFC D50 slider, this slides into the UFC filter base and allows fast exchange between filters while still holding every filter safe and firm
- Just one "click" onto the brass-pin releases the filter holder from the magnetic fixture. Afterwards it can be removed easily
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From: € 42.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 35.29
- Baader Polarizing Filter - Ideal filter for solar and lunar observations and contrast enhancement in planetary observations.
- Fits 1¼ or 2" eyepieces/threads and is screwed before the eyepiece
- Adjustable brightness when used with a Baader Hershel Wedge
- Important Note: Polarizer will need additional filtering (eg Herschel Prism or AstroSolar Safety Film) before the eyepiece of the telescope for solar observations.
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# 2451115
€ 122.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 102.52- suitable for Celestron CGEM mount
- suitable for the Baader T-Pod Aluminium Stativ 75-110mm and Baader Hardwood Tripods
- Attention: for Adaptation on Baader Short-Pillar III the Universal Flange-Basis (#2451155) is needed
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# 2454835
€ 31.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 26.05- converts any 2" (SC) female thread into a M44 x 1 female thread - without extending the optical length
- manufactured to adapt our Hyperion Universal Zoom Mark IV onto most spotting scopes (see animation on the right)
- Note: for fitting the optical nose of the Zoom into the receptor at some spotting scopes, the thin dust cover ring needs to be removed - see images
- suitable for adaptation to Leica spotting scope with male M44 x 1 connection thread. Also suitable for all M44x1 threads according to the old Zeiss (Jena) standard.
- Adapter with continuous 2" male and M44 x 1 female thread as well as two face holes (recommended mounting accessory: Adjustable pin type face wrench ø 2mm (#2450062 , € 17,-) )
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# 1508035
€ 41.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 34.45- Adaptor ring with 2" external thread and T-2 external thread
- changes a 2" (50.8mm) inner thread to a T-2 (M42x0.75) outer thread
- Internal 2" (M48) filter thread
- For direct DSLR coupling onto 2" Herschel Wedge/2"Maxbright Diagonal a.o.
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# 2957210
€ 359.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 301.68- Baader Diamond Steeltrack (BDS-RT) for Refractors with 80 mm focus travel
- Minimum height (as supplied – incl. 2" clamp): 78 mm
- Minimum height (with optional S58 to M68 / M68i / M48 / T-2 direct-adapter): 65 mm
- Minimum height (with optional S58 ClickLock clamp): 89 mm
- Focuser weight (as supplied – incl. 2" Klemme): 1.160 g (40.9 oz)
- Adapters available or under development to fit a wide variety of refractor telescopes
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# 2454600
€ 1,075.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 903.36- Eyepiece set with all seven Hyperion focal lengths (5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 21, 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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# 2458271
€ 36.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 30.25- T-2 (M42x0.75) Locking ring with lever for direct attachment of the MaxBright® II onto all Baader T-2 star diagonals, be it prisms or mirrors (e.g. to directly couple the body of the Maxbright II with the Baader Prism Diagonal T-2/90° 32mm (#2456005 , € 110,-)
- An Bino auxillary-ring for adaptation of MaxBright® II (#2458272 , € 10,-) is additionally required for adaptation of the MaxBright® II. The Bino auxillary-ring is placed between the binocular and the T-2 locking ring.
- If the lever of the locking ring comes to rest in an unfavourable position you can still adjust the position of the lever. The lever is only threaded into the ring at the outer circumference. This lever may be threaded into any of the three M4 threads each spaced 120° apart.
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# 2408190
€ 46.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 38.66- 2" external thread to 1 ¼" internal thread reducter / eyepiece adaptor
- Strong grip with 2 screws and bronze clamp ideal for the heaviest eyepieces or cameras
- Additional T-2 thread on the 1 ¼" side allows connection of camera T-rings or T-2 adapter rings for the eyepiece. A separate T-2 ring protects this thread when not needed
- The telescope side front end includes a 48mm filter thread for 2" filters, and a T-2 thread.
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# 2957295
€ 152.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 127.73- to connect to Meade instruments with 4" inner threads
- only suitable for BDS-SC Diamond Steeltrack® for SCs
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# 2456100
€ 222.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 186.55- 1¼ "Maxbright Universal Star Diagonal
- Borosilikat-mirror, 1/10 lambda surface precision
- dielectric coating with UV/IR cut effect
- 140 coating layers for a 99% reflectance
- Scratch-proof, lifetime durable and absolutely flat!
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# 2459137
€ 39.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 32.77- Baader UFC S70 / M57 (m) Thread-Adapter
- telescope-sided M57 outer thread – for adaptation to Borg telescopes with M57x0.75 thread
- camera-sided with S70 dovetail
- can be adapted via the S70 dovetail to the Baader UFC Base (Filter Chamber) telescope-sided S70 dovetail receptor (optical height: 13 mm) (#2459110 , € 58,-) as well as to UFC extensions
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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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# 1501610
€ 88.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 73.95- Length: 350mm (14")
- Black anodized, without holes.
- Weight: 720g
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# 2457577A
€ 125.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 105.04- Power converter 12V/24V 5Ah with car plug for GM 1000/GM 2000
- ONLY approved for operation in automotive batteries with 12V. Not suitable for operation with 12V power supplies
- Throttling of the Goto mount speed to a maximum of 2°-4° mandatory!
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# 2459095
€ 137.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 115.13- Set consisting of four pieces 3D-printed filter holder for unmounted 2" (Ø 47,4 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,-)
- We offer selected 2" filters especially for the FCCT in an unmounted variant, but basically all Baader 2" filters work when removed from the filter cell
- 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
- 2" filter holder also available as single item: 2" (Ø 47,4 mm) filter holder for Baader FCCT (3D-printed) (#2459085 , € 40,-)
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# 2458125
€ 46.00 Price excl. German VAT tax (19%): € 38.66- 1¼ "/ T-2 eyepiece with fine focus (5mm focus travel)
- With three eyepiece clamping screws for fine centering - as well as rotation locking screw to secure the exact focus position
- Telescope side with T-2 internal thread
- For 1¼" eyepieces or connecters