This solar film is 5cm x 4.8cm
Create your own DIY solar filter with Baader's AstroSolar Safety Film OD 5.0. The film is suitable for telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, cameras and tele-lenses and is safe for visual observation (with an optical instrument) and photography. The film will show a wide range of solar activity in neutral, white light including sun spots, faculae, granulation and limb darkening as well as solar eclipses and transits. Colour (or interference) filters can also be used with this filter for targeted observation and photography. More detailed information about Baader film is shown below.
This listing is for 1 sheet of solar film 5cm x 4.8cm. The film comes with Baader's safety information and film handling instructions.
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Features
- OD 5.0 - suitable for visual use and photography
- Shows sun spots, faculae, granulation, limb darkening, solar eclipses and transits
- Can be used with colour (or interference) filters for targeted observing/imaging
- Shows the sun in its real, neutral white colour for sharp, high-contrast / high-detail views
- Reduces the intensity of sunlight by 99.999%
- Sharpness and contrast largely exceeds the quality of most commercial glass filters
- Suitable for precision work with all astronomical telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, photographic cameras and tele-lenses
- Allows high magnification views with any long-range optics without reducing sharpness or contrast of the solar surface
- Comes sealed and protected for a safe and secure delivery.
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About Baader Solar Film
Baader AstroSolar Safety Film 5.0 is made for the construction of high-quality objective-filters for observing and photographing the sun. The film reduces the intensity of sunlight by 99.999% and allows for high magnification views with any long-range optics without reducing sharpness or contrast of the solar surface. High density coatings on both sides of the film ensure a highly uniform filtering capacity, resulting in an extremely contrasty solar image with neutral density characteristics showing the sun in neutral white without false blue or orange colour. Sharpness and contrast largely exceeds the quality of most commercial glass filters.
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About White Light
Observing and photographing the sun in white light reveals the sun's visible surface or 'Photosphere' and allows a wide range of wavelengths across the visible spectrum providing excellent visibility of solar features. Other films and most glass filters produce a false, blurry, bluish or reddish solar image and this cuts off part of the visible spectrum making features harder to see, for example with an orange sun it is much harder to see faculae regions which are visible predominantly in the blue wing of the spectrum.
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What can be observed/photographed?
With this film you will be able to see many types of solar activity including sunspots, limb darkening, faculae and granulation. The film will also show solar eclipses and solar transits such as planes, birds or even the International Space Station. You can also get creative with photos of clouds passing the sun or of silhouettes such as birds and branches for example. It is also possible to colour the images in post editing, allowing you to create a yellow or orange looking sun, see last photo (requires image editing software).
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Any questions, just get in touch!
IMPORTANT: Never view the sun without a suitable solar filter, unprotected solar observation can lead to permanent eyesight damage. Always check your filter before use to ensure it is free from defects and fits securely. Please read carefully all safety/handling instructions supplied with the film prior to use.
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Contact
For all enquiries please contact us through ebay. Messages will be answered during working hours 9am-5.30pm Mon-Fri excluding holidays.
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Shipping
- Shipped with Royal Mail.
- 1 day dispatch.
- Please note eBay assign 'tracking numbers' to all listings whether tracked or not, so with untracked orders this number will not generate any tracking history.
- Royal Mail Tracked 24 / 48 cannot deliver to the following destinations: Jersey, Guernsey. Instead Royal Mail 1st / 2nd Class will be used.
- International orders can be sent either untracked (Royal Mail International Standard) or tracked (Royal Mail International Tracked), these options are available to choose at checkout.
- Separate international orders cannot be combined into one shipment.
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Delivery Dates
- Please note eBay's delivery dates are estimates only. Actual delivery dates may vary, especially during peak periods.
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Returns / Refunds / Replacements / Swaps
- Full money-back, no hassle 30 day returns.
- Item must be returned in original condition.
- Start a return through eBay by going to your order.
- Refunds will be processed within 1-2 working days after receiving item.
- To swap an item for another, start a return by going to your order then purchase the other item.
- In the unlikely event that an order has not been received replacements or refunds will not be issued until 7 days have elapsed after eBay’s latest estimated delivery date.