A little while ago Baader Planetarium released an updated version of its popular Sky Surfer V finder scope. Originally designed for military use, the Sky Surfer V has exceptional build quality with the unit being water resistant and shockproof and the optics fog proof, all of which should make it last for many years. The…
If you have several eyepieces that will give you a range of different magnifications to look at the Moon, planets or deep sky objects with your telescope, you will have to manually take each one out and replace it with another in your telescope’s focuser. Baader Planetarium offer a different way of swapping eyepieces in…
Quite often we will write a blog suitable for clear skies….but as I sit and look at the forecast(s) for the week ahead its looking gloomy to say the least with heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds. So what can you do in the meantime apart from dreaming about a larger telescope, more eyepieces or…
It may appear, at first glance, that the Baader Planetarium Universal Filter Changer (UFC) is for use with larger 2″/50mm sized filters. Not so! You can use popular, and more often used smaller 1.25″, 31mm unmounted or 36mm unmounted filters too. So how can the filter slider drawer made for use with larger sized filters…