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Addendum 2: Servicing and Maintenance

Your Baader binoviewer does 

not

 require any special or periodic maintenance. If the 

binoviewer should need servicing 
please return it to the shop where you 
purchased it, directly to Baader Plan-
etarium or to a facility recommended 
by the authorised distributor of Baader 
products in your country.

Please do not attempt to open the 

binoviewer. Doing so will void the 
warranty. The optical collimation (align-
ment) of the internal prisms is the most 
important technical aspect of a binoc-
ular viewer. Baader Planetarium has 
gone to great lengths to produce the 
most accurately collimated binoviewer 
possible. If your binoviewer has been 
accidentally dropped or otherwise 
physically damaged, it is possible for it to loose its optical alignment and require ser-

vicing to restore the collimation of its prisms.

If moisture should form inside of the binoviewer, 

never try to remove it manually! Store the binoviewer 
in a warm and dry place without dust caps. Wait 
until it is completely dry before storing it in the box.

Generally the glass surfaces of your binoview-

er will not require anything more than a burst of 
clean air from a blower bulb in order to remove 
dust. Avoid touching the optical window lens or the 
prisms inside the eyepiece holders with your fingers. 
Should you touch them, it is advisable to clean 
them promptly, since the natural grease of finger-
prints contain weak acids which can corrode the 
optical coatings of the lens/prisms. Before cleaning 
fingerprints or other dirt spots, first remove dust 
with a soft brush and a burst of clean air. To achieve 
the best results, we suggest you use a few drops of 
Baader Optical Wonder Fluid on a Baader Optical 
Wonder Cloth. This combination does not scratch or 
damage optics and won't leave a halo, film, chemi-
cal residue or tissue fibres. Additionally, unlike many 
cheaper microfibre cloths, Optical Wonder Cloth is 
antistatic, inhibiting the attraction of dust onto fresh-
ly cleaned optical surfaces.

Baader Optical Wonder is perfect for cleaning optical surfaces. 

It causes no scratches and cleans without leaving residues.

# 2905000

Baader Optical Wonder Cleaning Fluid is 

the perfect cleaning fluid for sensitive opti-

cal surfaces. It removes dirt, fat and finger 

prints from modern, multi-coated lenses 

without leaving stains or residues.

Item-Nr.: 

# 2905007

Summary of Contents for MAXBRIGHT II

Page 1: ...e you with a lifetime of amazing views To ensure optimal performance please read this instruction manual before using your binoviewer BAADER PLANETARIUM ZurSternwarte4 D 82291Mammendorf Tel 49 0 8145...

Page 2: ...Diagonal 12 Option 2 Assembly with a 1 or 2 Nosepiece without Star Diagonal 13 Assembly with Zeiss Microbayonet 14 Option 1 Assembly with a T 2 Star Diagonal 14 Option 2 Assembly without Star Diagona...

Page 3: ...remove colour aberration which will occur because of the long light path through the glass prisms in the binoviewer if it is used with fast telescopes with focal ratios between f 4 and f 7 because of...

Page 4: ...ble T 2 Coupling Nut pre mounted 3 Zeiss microbayonet dovetail ring 4 Spanner tool to fix T 2 adapter or Zeiss Microbayonet to the bino viewer 5 ABS hard top case with compartment for a T 2 star diago...

Page 5: ...20 mm 2456316 2456316Z 1 7x ca 35 mm 2456317 2 6x ca 65 mm 2456300 1 7x ca 80 mm 2 Glasspath Corrector for Newton to attach to the Zeiss microbayonet 2456305 1 8x ca 80 mm 2 Glasspath Corrector for R...

Page 6: ...diagonal 36 mm Zeiss Prism 38 5 mm wit BBHS coating 2456130 T 2 90 Baader Astro Amici Prism with 48 mm BBHS coating for upright images 2456103 Baader T 2 BBHS star diagonal mirror 43 mm 2458055 FlipM...

Page 7: ...m diagonal with 2 ClickLock clamp 2456117 Part Number Name Optical Length 2956100 Baader 2 ClickLock Mirror Diagonal 71 5 mm 2456115 Baader 2 BBHS Mirror Diagonal 71 5 mm 2456117 Baader 2 BBHS Prism D...

Page 8: ...bodies small locking screws and a generally lightweight construction are inadequate to safely hold heavy accessories like a binoviewer Unfortunately it s quite common to hear about heavy and expensive...

Page 9: ...iameter for example the Pentax XW you may have problems reaching the correct separation between the two eyepieces if the interpupillary distance between your eyes is less than 60 mm For observing the...

Page 10: ...Universal Zoom Mark IV eyepieces are made so that they provide the best sharpness and the largest field of view at the highest magnification Simple zoom eyepieces are designed the other way round Tha...

Page 11: ...an object close the right eye and look into the left eyepiece Using the telescope s focus mechanism adjust until the image is sharp 3 Close the left eye and with the right eye look into the right eye...

Page 12: ...you simply screw one of the GCs 2456314 2456316 or 2456317 into the star diagonal without the centering plastic ring which is included with the glasspath corrector Our star diagonals provide a matchi...

Page 13: ...with the glass path corrector to the binoviewer Rotate the counter nut until the nosepiece holds tight 4 Now put the binoviewer into the focuser of your telescope and secure it 5 Remove the dust cover...

Page 14: ...o 1 25x and 1 7x glasspath correctors are moun ted into the dovetail at the binoviewer The 2 6x glasspath corrector is inserted into the T 2 star diagonals as shown here 2 6x GC 1 25x 1 7x GC Remove t...

Page 15: ...r with several telescopes The two glasspath correctors with factor 1 25x and 1 7x can be screwed into the ring dovetail as described for option 1 Then you can use the TQC quickchanger 2456313A to conn...

Page 16: ...he TQC QuickChanger and insert the eyepieces PLEASE NOTE This GC is inserted deeply into the telescope therefore it can only be used with Schmidt Cassegrains with a sufficiently large baffle or at tel...

Page 17: ...to permit safe high resolution observation and imaging of the solar photosphere As the Herschel Solar Prism does not have T 2 threads on the top a T 2 2 adapter ring 1508035 is required Inserting the...

Page 18: ...crewed directly into the binoviewer without the black plastic ring The 2 6 glasspath corrector must be put into the SC T 2 adapter 1508035 together with the black spacer ring It is locked in place by...

Page 19: ...2 very compact and protected from accidental removal To do so you have to remove the T 2 counter nut or the Zeiss microbayonet The shortest possible adaptation can be achieved with the prism diagonal...

Page 20: ...the focal point well past the focuser surface a larger secondary mirror would be required or at least moving the primary mirror up the tube which of course creates its own issues too This increases th...

Page 21: ...lengths are approximate values allow for some variation e g for diopter adjustment Some telescopes don t have enough back focus for any of our glasspath correctors Try to avoid 2 star diagonals becau...

Page 22: ...selecting the matching Glasspath Correctors you need to measure the back fo cus of your telescope first as described in the previous chapter Table 1 on the previ ous page then tells you which compensa...

Page 23: ...lly the glass surfaces of your binoview er will not require anything more than a burst of clean air from a blower bulb in order to remove dust Avoid touching the optical window lens or the prisms insi...

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