Baader Planetarium

• Steeldrive II Controller without motor focuser unit
• Controls the temperature compensating Steeldrive II focusing motor for Baader Steeltrack® (Classic and Diamond) focusers and optionally many other focusers
• AUX port for precise temperature control e. g. of dew shield heaters, optical filters or instruments with a precision of +/-0.1 degree
• Intuitive handling: The back-illuminated hand control makes fast switching between normal speed, jogging and single step mode easy
• 12 V / 1A PWM power supply included
• Incl. 3m USB-cable to connect to a PC
• Incl. powerful SteelGo II Software (as download)
• 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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• Telescopic connection for Baader FFC and telecentric systems
• Consisting of 9 components:
  • 1x   Baader Four-In-One adapter M68/T-2/M68 (#2458225, € 101,-)
  • 1x   Baader T-2 / 40 mm Extension Tube (T-2 part #25B) (#1508153, € 27,-)
  • 1x   Baader M68 Extension tube 80mm (#2458208, € 93,-)
  • 2x   Baader M68 Extension tube 40mm (#2458204, € 61,-)
  • 2x   Baader M68 Extension tube 10mm (#2458201, € 55,-)
  • 1x   Baader Ultrashort 2" eyepiece clamp (#2458196, € 90,-)
  • 1x   Baader 2" nosepiece to T-2 / M48 (T-2 part #16) (#2408150, € 40,-)

• Baader Wide-T-Ring to connect Leica, Sigma, Panasonic-L cameras on the Astro T-2 system
• All Baader Wide-T-rings have an S52 dovetail in addition to the inserted T-2 ring to use adapters to M48, M68 or the UFC filter changer
• Furthermore, the illumination of the camera chips improved significantly, mainly because of the larger clear aperture.
• On the camera side: Leica, Sigma, Panasonic L-Mount
• Telescope side: S52 dovetail clamp incl. S52/T-2 internal thread with 0.75mm pitch

• suitable for temperatures from -50°C up to +60°C
• wide stretched synthetic grease with constant viscosity across an extremely large temperature-range
• Especially suitable for use in the mirror sliding fittings of SC-telescopes (i.e. Celestron), as the grease does not produce any outgasing, does not react to vapor-pressure, does not harden over time - and does not decompose into a solid and a liquid part over time.

• Baader SLOAN-z-s' 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

• Drillings for SolarSpectrum H-alpha Solar filters and SolarSpectrum Telecompressor
• 2" (50,8mm) inner thread on both sides
• 6mm optical height
• See description for drillings measurements

• BMP levelling flanges are used to adjust the unevenness of the foundation or the concrete pillar as well as other deviations of the substructure from the perfect north-south alignment. They adjust these imperfections as close as possible to the mount, very precisely and steady, without reducing the stability of the pillar
• Suitable as a pillar adapter flange to the {{block type="core/template" template="wordpress/product/shortcode-global.phtml" shortcode="[product sku=\"2451210\"]"}
• Consisting of two solid Steel, separated by six steel bars
• Top plate precision milled flat and threaded to fit the base plate.
• Overall height 108 mm

• BACHES M68 adapter adjustable, also in mounted state
• Allows to connect BACHES to the Baader (Zeiss) M68-System
• The M68-System allows attachment of BACHES to the most commonly used telescopes worldwide, also many cameras can be attached to this versatile system
• Optical length 0mm

• made of V2A stainless steel
• for axis diameter of 40 mm
• Diameter 185 x 60 mm
• 12kg

• Baader UFC S70 / 11" RASA Adapter
• telescope-sided RASA 11"-plate
• camera-sided with S70 dovetail
• can be adapted via the S70 dovetail to the UFC filter base #2459110 as well as to UFC extensions

• Cone-shaped/octagonal Steel pillar
• Payload capacity up to 600kg
• welded Steel, actively dampening vibrations
• with Internal tube of 3" inner width for cabeling through the pillar and mounting materail
• available in different sizes

• MicroGuide micrometric crosshair eyepiece incl. Log-Pot Illuminator and Batteries
• f = 12,5 mm, diversable usage
• The only micrometric crosshair guiding eyepiece on the market, still being produced with the original GenuineOrtho lens set

• Baader UFC Straylight-Flange
• telescope-sided with mounting plate for UFC-Base (screws included)
• camera-sided with straylight flange, needed when mounting UFC in front of camera lenses without telescope adaptation
• can be adapted via the included screws and the mounting plate to the Baader UFC Base (Filter Chamber) telescope-sided S70 dovetail receptor (optical height: 13 mm) (#2459110 , € 58,-)

• Baader M68a x 1 to FLI adapter flange
• telescope-sided with M68 (Zeiss) male thread, to connect all parts of the Baader/Zeiss M68 System
• camera-sided with Flange to connect FLI-ML and FLI-PL cameras
• Optische height: 10,5 mm, Inner diameter (clear aperture): 64 mm

• suitable for Paramount MX mounts
• suitable for the Baader T-Pod Aluminium Tripod 75–110cm and 95–130cm and Baader Hardwood Tripo
• Attention: for adaptation on Baader Short-Pillar III the Universal Flange-Basis (#2451155) is needed in addition

• 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

• 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.

• 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

Review on Stargazerslounge.com

• Fixed focal length of 5mm, 68° field of view – ease of view even at high magnifications!
• High quality Phantom Group-Coating in Zeiss class for complete freedom from reflections with maximum contrast
• 1¼" and 2" barrels included, thus variable focal lengths
• Includes many threads for camera and accessory adaptation, afocal and classical eyepiece projection is possible