AstroZap Baader Film Solar Filter for Meade ETX-125

Description

Baader AstroSolar safety film has been approved for eye safety by the National Bureau of Standards in Germany, the PTB. All processes connected to this product have been thoroughly tested. Other films and some glass filters produce a blurry bluish or reddish Solar image, thereby cutting part of the spectrum. Heavy duty threaded inserts and nylon thumbscrews ensure a secure fit. AstroSolar is essentially free from pinholes, since - other than with even the most expensive glass filters - it is coated on both sides, so that the chance of two pinholes overlapping each other is extremely faint. Coatings are inspected constantly for consistency to ensure your eye safety! Astrozap Solar Filter With AstroSolar the Sun appears in neutral white. Other films and some glass filters produce a blurry bluish or reddish Solar image, thereby cutting part of the spectrum. aluminum and powder coated white. Heavy duty threaded inserts and nylon thumbscrews ensure a secure fit. Baader AstroSolar film Filter cell constructed from lightweight 18Ga. Unlike any other Solar Filter on the market, AstroSolar is CE-tested according to EG-Norm 89/686 and EN 169/92 ( notified body 0196). Especially with an orange sun, it is very hard to see faculae regions which are visible predominantly in the blue wing of the spectrum. Pinholes do appear, but to 1 out of 10000 only in optical density 2.5!

Key Features

• aluminum and powder coated white.
• Other films and some glass filters produce a blurry bluish or reddish Solar image, thereby cutting part of the spectrum.
• Due to it's neutral color balance, AstroSolar enables the use of various color (or interference) filters which allows the observer to concentrate on certain spectral passbands for investigations of different layers within the solar.
• Baader AstroSolar film Filter cell constructed from lightweight 18Ga.
• Heavy duty threaded inserts and nylon thumbscrews ensure a secure fit.
• AstroSolar is essentially free from pinholes, since - other than with even the most expensive glass filters - it is coated on both sides, so that the chance of two pinholes overlapping each other is extremely faint.