Baader Planetarium Herschel Wedge Solar Filter
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Excellent plus condition. Gives fantastic highest resolution views. No comparison with any front mounted filters. Safe and easy to use on modern refractors. I am getting out of solar astronomy. This comes with the 48mm Baader solar continuum filter and has a built in polarizer. Here is more info from Baader:
The New Baader Planetarium 2" Herschel Safety Wedge Solar Prism offers the finest white-light solar views obtainable. The Herschel wedge prism provides safe full-aperture solar views without any image degradation. Views are noticeably superior in resolution and contrast to even the very finest and most expensive glass objective solar filters and films. The amount of Sunspot detail and surface granulation will surprise even the most experienced solar observer. Penumbra resolve into a staggering range of contrasts and fine wispy details. The solar disc is set against a jet-black sky, like observing the full moon at night! With our Herschel Wedge Prism, it becomes obvious that the lack of detail and contrast experienced with all other white-light filters was not so much due to the atmospheric seeing as you had thought... A further benefit is the true unfiltered nature of the spectrum passed by the filter. Unlike objective solar filters, the Baader Herschel Wedge does not selectively filter any of the visual wavelengths. This provides a true white-light view, and permits the use of additional eyepiece filters to selectively study any bands desired, without the compounding effects of a pre-filter.
The Baader Safety Herschel Wedge is the finest solar wedge ever produced for amateur use. It is the culmination of Baader's many years of experience in the design and production of Herschel Wedges. Utilizing a precision 2" genuine Zeiss ultra-smooth wedge prism and proprietary Baader optical design for stray light elimination, the Baader Safety Herschel Wedge maximizes image contrast and sharpness. While other herschel wedges use a low-quality Chinese or other generic glass wedge prism, the large first-surface Zeiss produced prism has high surface quality and smoothness over its entire surface which will not break down at magnifications over 100x, permitting full-disc photography and imaging with no resolution or contrast loss across the full field.
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The New Baader Planetarium 2" Herschel Safety Wedge Solar Prism offers the finest white-light solar views obtainable. The Herschel wedge prism provides safe full-aperture solar views without any image degradation. Views are noticeably superior in resolution and contrast to even the very finest and most expensive glass objective solar filters and films. The amount of Sunspot detail and surface granulation will surprise even the most experienced solar observer. Penumbra resolve into a staggering range of contrasts and fine wispy details. The solar disc is set against a jet-black sky, like observing the full moon at night! With our Herschel Wedge Prism, it becomes obvious that the lack of detail and contrast experienced with all other white-light filters was not so much due to the atmospheric seeing as you had thought... A further benefit is the true unfiltered nature of the spectrum passed by the filter. Unlike objective solar filters, the Baader Herschel Wedge does not selectively filter any of the visual wavelengths. This provides a true white-light view, and permits the use of additional eyepiece filters to selectively study any bands desired, without the compounding effects of a pre-filter.
The Baader Safety Herschel Wedge is the finest solar wedge ever produced for amateur use. It is the culmination of Baader's many years of experience in the design and production of Herschel Wedges. Utilizing a precision 2" genuine Zeiss ultra-smooth wedge prism and proprietary Baader optical design for stray light elimination, the Baader Safety Herschel Wedge maximizes image contrast and sharpness. While other herschel wedges use a low-quality Chinese or other generic glass wedge prism, the large first-surface Zeiss produced prism has high surface quality and smoothness over its entire surface which will not break down at magnifications over 100x, permitting full-disc photography and imaging with no resolution or contrast loss across the full field.
$449 shipped in the CONUS. Paypal add 3%
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