Important Announcement - Baader Solar Viewers

With all of the noise and confusion surrounding the safety and origins of Solar Viewers (eclipse glasses), we wanted to set our customer’s minds at ease. As a Baader Planetarium authorized distributor we receive our products directly from Baader Planetarium (who only produce their proprietary viewers in Germany). We supply these viewers to many of North America’s leading astronomical products retailers. If you are purchasing directly from one of our dealers, you can rest assured that you are receiving a genuine Baader Planetarium product – including the Baader Planetarium AstroSolar® Silver/Gold Solar Viewer. Baader’s viewers are EN ISO 12312-2:2015 certified and therefore safe for naked eye solar viewing. Baader Planetarium is a world-leading producer of solar observing equipment and has been producing certified and safe solar viewers in Germany for many years. Millions of their viewers have been used and enjoyed worldwide for safe solar viewing.

Here is a link to Baader Planetarium’s official information concerning the recent Amazon situation: http://www.baader-planetarium.com/en/blog/concerning-fear-about-counterfeit-baader-astrosolar-viewers-and-film-coming-up-in-the-usa/