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A McEwan

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Hi all,

Sitting in my Zen-like state while cleaning my eyepieces today and "ommm"-ing meditatively, I pondered the ever so quiet assault on the astronomy market by Baader.

Everyone hears loads of stuff about Skywatcher, TeleVue, Orion, Vixen etc but Baader have a relatively low-profile in the astro-world, at least in the British magazines anyway.

Ok, the Baader Zoom eyepieces, Hyperions and Ortho's are the most well-known of the Baader products perhaps, but as I cleaned my eyepieces (using my Baader Optical Wonder cleaning kit) and then put them in the Baader Steeltrack focuser on my ED Triplet to admire them, I thought about the other ways that Baader have infiltrated my collection.

My solar wedge is made by Baader, as are the ND and Solar Continum filters that I use with it. The white light filter I used to have was constructed of Baader Astrosolar Safety Film. My eyepiece case will soon house a set of excellent quality Baader Genuine Orthoscopic eyepieces. The next time I use my 12" Dob I'll be trying out my new ultra wide angle eyepieces with a "Multi Purpose Coma Corrector" - made by Baader!

If I wanted to make the investment I could buy Baader ERF's for making a solar H-alpha scope; could replace all my visual backs with Baader click-lock accessory mounts; could collimate my Newt using a Baader laser collimator, and could even mount everything on a Baader tripod.

What a brilliant company! Why don't we hear more about them? Why aren't they as big as the other "big names" in the astronomy press?

Here's to Baader Planetarium... :)

Ant

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Andrew*

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Excellent post, Ant. You're quite right in what you say.

I myself have

- a Baader C-ERF (practically the only thing on the market that does what it does)

- Astrosolar film (ditto)

- a Zeiss barlow with Baader Clicklock (simply the best locking system there is)

- the Hyperion zoom (biggest FOV in an 8-24mm zoom)

- Optical Wonder fluid (best cleaning fluid??)

- a Neodymium filter.

A Steeltrack focuser is looking like a very attractive upgrade for my ED120 at the moment...

I've never come across a duff Baader product - they generally hit the right price point, with excellent quality. The other remarkable thing they do so well is adaptors - they make practically any adaptor you could need.

Yet strangely, so few retailers seem to stock a good selection of their products, which perhaps explains why it's not one of the best-known manufacturers in UK.

To quote Fifth Element - Bing Baader Boom! :)

:(

Andrew

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spaceboy

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I have a 31mm Baader Hyperion Aspheric and I love it. The views are sharp with no false colour. For a 31mm EP it weighs next to nothing and has the option of using it as 1.25". Also have the astrosolar film for those long summer days.

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E621Keith

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From my memory, Baader took over Zeiss's amateur astronomy division, so some Baader stuff is actually Zeiss in disguise. I think Baader does get a lot of attentions, but the fact they are an accessories firm and don't make OTA and mount means they aren't as famous as the Skywatcher, Celeston etc...

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mikeknowle

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great OP Ant! I've never used any Baader product but somehow have a perception that they are something very special (research grade). I wonder how that is.

I'd love to buy the Baader Prominence Attachement but its about £1400 I think. sigh!

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Manning

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So there's nothing wrong with ordering an Astrozap Baader Solar filter for a Nexstar 8SE (from firstlightoptics)?

Seems to be the only one I can find fairly cheap and in stock anywhere.

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