Baader Planetarium recently released a number of new products to their existing catalogue. The first is a simple but effective 3D printed tool – The Baader 2″ Filter Crown Tool – to make it easier to remove and install 2″ filters in their Herschel Wedge which can be hard to reach. It can also come…
Baader Planetarium GmbH have just announced a range of new products today that you may be interested in. First on the list is their new MK II Herschel Prism/Wedge for Solar study Integrated rotation mechanism for polarising filters S58 dovetail for use on the Steeltrack focuser using different optional adaptors new 3-point adjustment system of…
Making its comeback after another successful one-day event last year (its first run after the break due to COVID), the Practical Astronomy Show will take place on Saturday March 11th between 9am to 5pm at the Kettering Conference and Exhibition Centre near Kettering in Northamptonshire UK. The event brings together a good selection of leading…
The European AstroFest returned to its usual London home last weekend, the first since 2020 which took place just before the start of the global pandemic. This two day event was held at the Kensington Conference and Events Centre on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th February. The event featured 3 floors of exhibition space showing the latest…
This year marks the first European AstroFest event since 2020. The pandemic meant that the event could not take place until now. AstroFest 2023 will take place on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th February at the Kensington Conference and Events Centre London and will feature 16 talks from leading astronomers and scientists and 3 floors…
Until December 31st 2022 there is a special 20% off offer on the highly regarded and popular Hyperion eyepieces. Included in this offer are: 5mm, 8mm, 13mm, 17mm, 21mm and 24mm fixed focal length 68-degree AFOV eyepieces 31m and 36mm Hyperion Aspheric 72-degree AFOV eyepieces 8-24mm MK IV Hyperion Zoom 8-24mm MK IV Hyperion Zoom…
A partial Solar eclipse, the second of 2022, will take place on the morning of October 25th and will be visible from most of Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East, and western parts of Asia. The timing of the event, and how much of the Sun will be covered by the Moon will depend on…
Baader Planetarium have released a new Solar Continuum Filter in 1.25″ and 2″ variants. This new model has a half-band-width of 7.5nm (compared to 10nm for the previous version) which increases the contrast even more. This new single filter is so good that stacking is no longer necessary. To see how good the new filter is…
Baader Planetarium will be attending the UK Astro Show / International Astronomy Show that runs on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th October. We will have a stand and will have a 10Micron GM2000 on display alongside a range of Baader accessories such as ClickLock and UFC items. We look forward to seeing you there. More…
During the last couple of months after introducing our new CMOS-optimized filter families, we have received lots of positive feedback from our customers. However, there was an increasing number of reports and long discussions about low signal, halo strength and so on, which showed more and more, that the complexity of this topic needs a really detailed…
On Saturday 19th March at 9am prompt, the doors opened at the Kettering Conference Centre to welcome a long queue of eager visitors to attend the 2022 UK Practical Astronomy Show (PAS). This was the second time that this event has been run since its first outing 2019. Originally planned to be yearly, the event…
The first Practical Astronomy Show (PAS) was held in 2019 and was a great success with lots of attendees as well as exhibitors. Due to Covid, the 2020 and 2021 events were postponed…but the good news is that PAS 2022 is going ahead. Baader Planetarium will have their UK representative at the show with a…
Baader Planetarium are pleased to announce a raft of new products this February. FCCT The first is their long-awaited Filter Changer and Camera Tilter (FCCT) for use on the Celestron RASA 8″ with a range of QHY cameras. This all-in-one filter holder with camera tilt mechanism has been designed to give the largest possible usable…
Jupiter and Saturn are visible all night and many will want to take the opportunity to image these giant planets. Trying to get a small planetary image onto the centre of an imaging camera’s sensor can be difficult. You can move the telescope around tring to find the planets, or you can centre it in…
The effects of image tilt can ruin a great astrophoto. Image tilt (or image plane tilt) happens when an area towards the edge of the field exhibits out-of-focus or imperfect star images and is caused by the image sensor not being pefectly perpendicular to the light path. A mis-aligned focuser tube, flattener/corrector lenses, extension adaptors,…
Baader Planetarium have a slogan in their company: “Finding the way”. This slogan got created by the company founder Claus Baader in 1966, when the Baader Planetarium-Orrery was presented to the world and they have always tried to find ways for our technical solutions – and for their domes – to stand the test of…
In just over a week, an annular Solar eclipse will take place on the morning of Thursday June 10th. An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun but the Moon’s apparent diameter is smaller than that of the Sun’s due to the Moon’s orbit being elliptical and it being…
Its hard to believe that a year has gone by since Venus seemed to be around for ages and was riding high in our evening sky during the late winter and spring months. This year, after its superior conjunction on March 25th 2021, Venus will once again start to become part of our evening sky…
Having multiple eyepieces at your telescope means you can swap between them to get different (more or less magnified) views of the Moon, planets and deep sky objects. However you have to think about where you are going to safely place the eyepieces when not in use. You also have to identify the eyepiece you…
Barlow lenses are a very useful addition to any visual observer or Lunar/planetary imagers’ “tool-kit”. If you have a set of eyepieces, by using a barlow you can immediately expand the magnification range that they offer. For a Solar system imager you can increase the image scale so the target is larger on the camera…
Keep your eyepieces, telescope lenses, corrector plates, camera lenses and filters clean this during this observing season with Baader’s Optical Wonder fluid and microfibre cloth. Baader Planetarium’s FineOptical Cleaning Fluid is a very effective cleaning solution that is less aggressive than other cleaning solutions, but is extremely effective at removing dirt, oils (pollen and fat) and…