The popular Baader Sky-Surfer III red dot finder is back in stock. This zero-power, variable brightness LED red-dot finderscope, has a larger clear aperture of 30mm compared to 20mm from competing similar-styled models, making it easier to view objects through and therefore easier to use. The (1:1 – non magnifying) objective lens has a non-reflective…
Stocks of the long and eagerly awaited Baader Maxbright II Binoviewers are now here! We have in stock the popular variants of these binoviewers Maxbright II body only with case Maxbright II with 1.25″ nosepiece Maxbright II with 2″ nosepiece See further down this page for these packages and links to them on our website.…
To connect a DSLR or Mirrorless camera to a telescope or to an eyepiece such as the Baader Hyperion or Morpheus range, you will need relevant adaptors and also a T-ring. As there are different makes of camera (e.g. Canon, Nikon etc) they all have their own lens fitting. In days gone by lenses and…
We are very pleased to announce that the eagerly awaited Baader Maxbright II binocular viewers have now been released and stocks are due very soon. Some of the main features of this new model include: Unique in-house produced die-cast moulds using Carl Zeiss production drawings. Use of 27mm size prisms with 26mm clear aperture on…
If you are interested in digiscoping with Baader’s Morpheus eyepieces there is a very useful guide on how to do this. It covers how to connect different types of cameras to the Morpheus (and Hyperion) eyepiece range as well as guides on what adaptors are needed for afocal and eyepiece projection photography. The guide also…
We are continuing to operate ‘business as usual’ whilst implementing a number of precautionary practical and operational measures. Please be reassured that we will continue to offer our usual high level of service and next working day delivery to our customers, and to our dealers, as long as we are able to do so. We…
If you have a Canon EOS 5D, 6D, or the newer 6D MKII full-frame DSLR and want to use it for astrophotography to capture more detail in nebulae, then the Baader Planetarium BCF 2 Full Frame conversion filter is what you need. Baader BCF 2 filter provides the camera sensor with a much better spectral…
We’re now back from last weekend’s AstroFest 2020 event which was a great event. There was lot of interest and good discussions about all the telescopes, mounts and accessories we had brought to exhibit on our booth. You can read a report on our time at AstroFest and what we brought to display, along with…
We will be a little quieter this week as we’re getting prepared for the AstroFest event in London. European AstroFest is the UK’s premier astronomy conference and exhibition. It will feature 16 talks from leading astronomers and space scientists plus three floors of exhibition space. It takes place on 31 January & 1 February 2020…
The Baader Universal Filter Changer (UFC) has has been around for a few years now and has proved to be a very popular useful accessory for astrophotography. It allows you to easily swap filters without the need of a filterwheel. Furthermore, for imaging applications where a filterwheel cannot be used – such as with the…
Last weekend we attended the International Astronomy Show at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire. We took a range of telescopes, mounts and accessories from Baader Planetarium, Celestron and 10Micron. Read our short summary in our new blog here.
Do you own any Baader Planetarium products or are looking to buy some? Are you interested in “all things Baader”? Recently, we have been working on producing regular email newsletters for the range of products that David Hinds Ltd distribute and sell here in the UK – and that includes Baader Planetarium. In these newsletters…
There is not to go before the Solar System’s innermost planet, Mercury, will cross the face of our Sun around lunchtime on Monday 11th November. Mercury’s transit will begin around 12:35h GMT. The time of greatest transit, that is when Mercury “is near the middle of Sun” is around 15:19hGMT, and the transit event ends…
The Baader Steeldrive II Motor Focuser with Controller was released earlier this year and is proving very popular. Baader Planetarium have already provided the necessary data to software developers so they can write plugin applications for their own programs. Baader are pleased to announce that two plugins are now available: TheSkyX A plugin for the…
It has been a long time coming, but the Steeldrive II motor focuser units are now available from your astronomy dealer (see here). The final prototype was shown in Germany in September 2018 and we were very happy and privileged to be able to show it at the European AstroFest and Practical Astronomy Show events…
We thought we would just tell you about an exciting new product coming from Baader Planetarium this Summer – their Flip Mirror II (BFM II) as a little more about it, and some new product photos, have been released. We will look at this unit in more detail in another future blog, but for the moment…