BAADER CONTRAST- BOOSTER

The Baader Contrast-Booster is specially designed to improve Refracting telescopes- to provide a professional replacement for the simple "dark green" Moon Filters made of "raw polished" glass.

Properties:

• Eliminates the colour error inherent in popular Refractors
• Clearly puts the real quality of the lens on display
• Removes the bluish "hue" (lack of contrast) during lunar, planetary, solar and terrestrial observation!
• Strongly emphasizes surface detail on Jupiter and Mars! If you have never seen the GRS (Great Red Spot) on Jupiter - with this filter you will!
• Over 95% transmission - provides a bright, brilliant image compared to the usual dark green colour filters, used to bring out detail on Jupiter. Colour recognition will be retained!
• The ultimate in lunar filters! - Moon (and Sun!) appear much more natural in colour (with a slight yellowish tint),
• Removes distracting false colour and the resulting smeared and washed out image details. You have never ever seen the Moon (or the Sun with AstroSolar Safety Film) so tack sharp in an economy priced telescope!
• Help to reduce atmospheric "stray light" (skyglow).
• Fits standard filter thread;
• No deterioration of resolution with magnifications of 150x and more - as with "raw polished" (flame polished) glass!
• Substrate (glass melt): Neodymium doped glass
• Coating / rear face: 7-layer hard-multicoating, featuring 0,2% reflection
• Coating / front face: 23-layer dielectric long pass blocker
• Ionbeam hardened coatings on both faces, absolutely scratch resistant - may be cleaned any time without fear

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BAADER NEODYMIUM

Drastically improved contrast for all reflector telescopes, without loss of bright-ness!

Properties:

• Transmits a maximum of light , while blocking unwanted skyglow and many street light emissions.
• Especially effective on smaller telescopes which cannot benefit from expensive narrow-band nebula filters due to the huge light-loss involved.
• Unique selective blocking feature of the NEODYMIUM element greatly reduces glare, without reducing recognition of important colour and brightness variations.
• Transmission within the selected wave bands exceeds 95%.
• Fits all standard filter threads,
• Longs to be combined with an UV/IR-Cut-Filter for all CCD and digital camera work. This combination works extremely well due to cutting all unfocused light an absolute MUST for digital imaging.
• Retains full image resolution even at highest magnification, or during eyepiece projection work
• Ultrahard and durable Ion-beam hardened coatings, may be cleaned anytime without fear.
• No image degradation as with flame polished filters.

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BAADER Fringe-Killer

The BAADER Fringe-Killer Filter minimizes unwanted blue fringing, comparable to a Minus-Violet-Filter, while retaining a very pleasing color balance.

Properties:

• The brightest image of all color-correcting devices in the industry, makes the Fringe-Killer a must for even the smallest of refracting telescopes.
• Removes blue fringing as well as RED fringing above 656 nm!
• Breaks the intensity of the devastating false blue colour in a completely new way, never ever before manufactured as astronomical filter.
• 50% transmission in the blue spectral region from 450 nm to 480 nm being much more complex to produce than even the narrowest of all Nebula Filters.
• Retains the highest light transmission of all known colour correcting devices be it filters or lenses in all important deep sky wavelengths from 486/501 up to 656 nm. LIGHT is the hottest commodity for high magnification work.
• Built-in Infrared Blocker, ranging from 656 to 1150 nm, makes it the perfect tool for CCD work, as well as afocal projection-photography with digital cameras for Moon & Planets.
• Subtlest of colour variations remain visible in planetary surface detail, due to the excellent colour balance.
• Combine with our NEODYMIUM Moon- & Skyglow Filter # (with Phantom-Group-Multicoatings) for breathtaking contrast on lunar and planetary surface detail!
• Planoptically polished, means perfect sharpness, even when mounted way in front of a binocular viewer, or during afocal projection (digital imaging).
• No deterioration of resolution with magnification at 300 times or more as it would happen with the usual flame polished (raw polished) glass, commonly used for all sorts of filters!
• Coating: Plasma assisted, hardest, scratch proof and water impermeable dielectric coatings of almost 50 coating layers on either side, most carefully designed to extend equal tension onto either side of the substrate in order to retain a highest quality optical figure.
• Will make the performance of a simple f/8 economy refractor look like a classic f/15 Fraunhofer-Achromate. See it to believe it!

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Baader UV-IR-Cut-Filter

The only infrared blocker in this price range featuring a planoptically polished substrate, parallel to within 30 seconds of arc!
In combination with the unique properties of the Baader-Contrast-Booster™ the resulting spectral window eliminates all known effects of image deterioration - an absolute MUST for digital imaging.

Baader IR-Pass Filter

Baader Planetarium delivers the latest tool in the planetary imager's bag of tricks. The Baader IR-Pass filter blocks wavelengths below 670 nm. At these longer wavelengths, planetary images are less disturbed by wavefront distortions in the atmosphere (seeing). By combining a luminance image taken with the IR-Pass filter, along with RGB frames, overall image sharpness is significantly enhanced. Some of the world's best amateur planetary images have been taken with this technique. Suitable for digital imaging only.

Baader UHC-S Nebula Filter

The UHC-S delivers a darker sky and improved contrast over typical broadband 'Deep Sky Filters', but without sacrificing all the stars like other 'UHC' filters. The moderate 60nm passband and extreme efficiency makes this filter great for smaller scopes as well as the giants. Ideal for imaging, too (with >99% transmission of H-Alpha).

Baader Premium Coloured Glass-Filters

All substrates fineoptically polished. These filters by far supersede the mediocre quality of common "flame polished" colour filters.
Fineoptical polish and 2 mm thickness allows these filters to be inserted anywhere into the optical path without introducing astigmatism or other defects. For instance they can be used in front of a binocular viewer without degrading the image in any way.

Substrates are free of striae and planeparallel polished to within 30 seconds of arc. This eliminates any double images or ghosting due to wedge errors in the glass.

Transmission efficiencies for the three longpass-filters (Yellow, orange and red) peaks at 98 %, while the efficiency for the three bandpass-filters peaks at almost 70 percent - unheard of for a simple colored glass-filter!

All filters have standard 1 1/4" eyepiece filter threads, tested and optimised to fit almost all eyepieces on the market. Each filter cell has a male as well as a female thread to allow stacking for narrower passbands or to combine with our UV/IR-Cut-filter. The combination of the redRG 610 (# 2458307) and IR-Cut-filter (# 2459207) for instance results in an extremely narrow H-a passband-filter - at an incredibly cheap price.

Baader Solar Continuum Filter (540 nm)

Unsurpassed contrast of photospheric details is achieved by an extremely narrow half bandwidth of only 8 nm. Functions like a monochrometer, suppressing the effects of atmospheric turbulence to provide images that appear markedly more stable. Focus ”Sweet Spot Generator” – completely eliminates the usual focusing guesswork – the image snaps to a razor sharp focus at the exact focal position. Image the sun the way professionals do!
Note: Use only in combination with AstroSolar Safety Film or other safe prefilters.

Baader O-III Nebula Filter

Delivers the absolute highest contrast views of many diffuse and planetary nebula. For many objects, the Baader O-III reveals a level of intricate detail that rivals the best deep sky photographs. Our favourite filter for the majority of nebula, especially The Veil, Lagoon (M8), Swan (M17), Ring (M57) and Dumbell (M29). With a large scope, you can even view the famous 'Pillars of Creation' in M16 (Eagle).

The new Baader AstroSolar™ Safety Film (neutral density=5)

Baader Planetarium is a safety film for solar observation. It is made for the construction of high-quality objective-filters for observing the sun with telescopes, binoculars, camera or video-lenses. This foil is CE-tested and reduces the intensity of sunlight by 99.999%.

Baader Planetariums AstroSolarTM safety film is a specially manufactured streak- and blister free foil. It attains the optical performance of plane parallel glass filters. The base material is not "Mylar"!. The basic development of this film was made in laboratories for nuclear- and particle physics.

High density coatings on both sides of the foil ensures a highly uniform filtering, while neutralizing the occasional microscopic holes in the coating. The image of the sun is extremely contrasty and of almost neutral colour.

Baader Microstage Digital Camera Adapter

The MicroStage 6030 is a Digital Camera Adapter designed to work with 31.7mm and 50.8mm eyepieces. Fits almost all compact digital cameras that have a photo tripod adaptor in the base.

It has an X,Y-stage connected to a clamp that fastens around each eyepiece from 30 mm(1.15") up to 60 mm ( 2.40") diameter. It could be fastened onto most telescope tube rings too.

Similar priced model available do NOT accept eyepieces above 42 mm ( 1.65") making this the BEST VALUE and most versatile digital Camera adapter available as it will work with all 31.7mm AND 50.8mm eyepieces.

Works with Spotting Scopes and Microscopes as well as telescopes.

Baader Clickstop Digital Camera Adaptor (MicroStage II)
The Baader MicroStage II enables camera adaption onto almost any telescope, spotting scope and many binoculars.

The camera support arm moves to the side (with clickstop action) for visual aiming. Camera remains completely adjusted and ready for shooting the image when the support arm is 'clicked' back into place.

- Rigid, all metal construction
- Holds and centres all digital cameras with standard lens
- Folding design, requires almost no storage space in your accessory case.
- Lightweight but extremely strong (290g)
- Holds cameras up to 1kg in weight
- Fits all eyepieces from 29mm to 63mm in diameter
- Measures 175x120x63mm in folded position
- Soft leather bag included for scratch free storage together with your valuable optical equipment
- Clickstop 3D-camera support arm, perfect for all spotting scopes for birders and shooters alike

Baader Premium Red Dot Finder

Made of black anodised aluminium.  Its large 40mm clear aperture makes finding objects easy.  It is equipped with a variable brightness control, azimuth adjustment control, and altitude adjustment control. To use the Finder, simply look through the sight tube and move your telescope until the red dot merges with the object.

Supplied complete with different shoes to suit most type of scopes

Baader Optical Wonder Fluid
Fine optical cleaning fluid

• Dislodges dirt, aggressive aetherical oils from pollen and fat
• Dries up completely without leaving any residue or wipemarks
• Less aggressive than similar effective cleaners
• Works on all sensitive optical surfaces
• Cleans without scratching: eyepieces, objective lenses
• Forms and invisible protective layer against bacteria and fungi which tend to eat glass and coatings
• Protects sensitive coatings
• Removes finger prints and their acid residues
• Extremely fine sprayer ensures long lasting economic use.
• Not suitable for use on Acrylic plastics.

Baader Optical Wonder Cloth
supermicro fibre cloth

A cleaning cloth made of supermicro fibre material , cleans dirty optical surfaces without damaging delicate coated optical surfaces.

Size : 25x25 cm

Baader Optical Wonder set
supermicro fibre cloth & fluid

A cleaning cloth made of supermicro fibre material , cleans dirty optical surfaces without damaging delicate coated optical surfaces.Size : 25x25 cm and Fine optical cleaning fluid