Baader 1.25" and 2" 8-24mm Hyperion Universal Mark IV Zoom Eyepiece HYP-ZOOM 2454826

🔭 Explore the Cosmos in Unprecedented Detail with the Baader 8-24mm Hyperion Universal Mark IV Zoom Eyepiece!

⚡ Introducing the Fourth Generation Marvel: Embark on a celestial journey like never before with the Baader 8-24mm Hyperion Universal Mark IV Zoom Eyepiece - a technological wonder designed to elevate your stargazing experience. The fourth generation of Baader-Zoom, this eyepiece boasts a 68° wide field of view and five clearly defined magnifications ranging from 8mm to 24mm, ensuring you capture every cosmic detail with unparalleled clarity.

🎯 Engineered for Precision and Comfort: Immerse yourself in the universe with the Baader Hyperion Universal Zoom Mark IV, featuring a "smoothed-out" improved ClickStop Action for effortless binoviewing. The long eye relief is perfectly matched to the human eye, providing a flat-field design that delivers sharpness right to the edge of the field. The eyepiece's high-quality Phantom Coating™ Group Multicoatings enhance contrast and eliminate reflections, ensuring the faintest celestial objects come to life.

🌌 Versatile Nosepieces for Ultimate Adaptability: Equipped with both 1.25" and 2" nosepieces, the Hyperion Universal Zoom Mark IV is compatible with a range of telescopes and accessories. The eyepiece features ClickStop-Action, allowing smooth transitions between focal lengths (8, 12, 16, 20, and 24mm). The adjustable rubber eyecup, straight rubber eyecup, and foldable eyecup cater to various preferences and applications.

📸 Perfect for Astrophotography: Unleash the eyepiece's full potential for astrophotography with the M43-Video-Photo thread, enabling seamless attachment of DSLRs and T-2 accessories. The eyepiece's slim design, low weight, and Zero-Tilt safety kerfs provide versatility and convenience, making it an ideal choice for astrophotographers aiming to capture stunning cosmic vistas.

🔍 Key Features:

• Focal Lengths: 8mm, 12mm, 16mm, 20mm, 24mm
• Apparent Field of View: 68°
• Weight: 290g (10.2oz)
• Barrel Diameter: 55mm
• ClickStop Action for Precise Magnification
• Phantom Coating™ Group Multicoatings
• 1.25" and 2" Nosepieces with Threaded Design
• M43-Video-Photo Thread for Astrophotography
• Lightweight and Slim Design (Perfect for Binoviewing)
• Includes 2" SC-Thread for Telescopic Adaptation

🌠 Enhanced Telescope-Sided Connections: The Hyperion Zoom Mark IV includes adapters for both spotting scopes and telescopes, ensuring compatibility with a wide range of instruments. The spotting scope adapter provides 4mm backfocus gain, enabling focus with most spotting scopes, while the telescope adapter ensures sufficient distance to clamping screws.

📷 Camera-Sided Connections for Endless Possibilities: With an M43 photo/video thread and compatibility with Baader's Hyperion DT ring system, the eyepiece opens up a realm of possibilities for astrophotography. Capture breathtaking cosmic moments with DSLRs and other cameras, enhancing your imaging capabilities with this versatile eyepiece.

🔒 Secure Your Celestial Companion: The Hyperion Universal Zoom Mark IV comes with three eyecups for various user preferences. The large, height-adjustable eyecup and none-folding rubber eyecup cater to different observing conditions, while the lower eyecup with a foldable winged eye shield is ideal for eyeglass wearers, blocking stray light for a focused experience.

⚠️ Please Note: Zoom eyepieces may produce a rattling sound when shaken. This is normal and does not indicate defects.

🌌 Experience the Universe with Baader Precision: With the Baader 8-24mm Hyperion Universal Mark IV Zoom Eyepiece, precision meets passion, enabling you to unlock the mysteries of the cosmos with unmatched clarity and adaptability. Elevate your stargazing adventure and capture the magic of the night sky with Baader's cutting-edge technology! 🔭✨🌠

 

 

Baader 1.25" and 2" 8-24mm Hyperion Universal Mark IV Zoom Eyepiece # 2454826

 

Please Note: Baader now offers a package containing this zoom eyepiece and their 2.25x Hyperion Barlow lens together at a discounted price. This package price is available ONLY if you buy both items together from the package's own product page. We regret that we cannot offer this package price if you buy one item first and then want to purchase the second one separately as well.

Quick Overview

• Hyperion Universal Zoom Mark IV: fourth generation of Baader-Zoom, 68° Widefield eyepiece with five magnifications - focal lengths 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24mm clearly defined with "smoothed-out" improved Clickstop Action (a must for effortless binoviewing)
• Long eye relief, perfectly matched to the human eye. Flatfield design – sharp right to the edge of field
• High Quality Phantom Coating™ Group Multicoatings! For faintest objects, maximum contrast and total freedom from reflections
• Large adjustable rubber eyecup, smaller straight rubber eyecup and winged, foldable eyecup included, to fit over M43 photo/video-thread
• M43-Video-Photo thread for afocal and classical projection photography, permits optional adaptation of practically any camera with optional accessories
• Includes 2" and 1¼" barrel, usable for all 1¼" binoculars with detachable eye-rest and spotting scope with 1 3/8" thread (Celestron / Sky-Watcher and others)
• Includes all features of the popular Hyperion Zoom Mark III, as well as
  • NEW: low weight (290g/10,2oz), slim design of 55mm diameter (perfect for binoviewing)
  • NEW: Zero-Tilt safety kerfs instead of the hated undercuts in the barrels
  • NEW: Includes 2" SC-thread for shortest possible adaptation to telescopes or prisms/mirrors
  • NEW: 4mm backfocus-gain with spotting scope A-Ring (included): the Mark IV focuses with all tested spotting scopes (optional adapters available for most major brands)
  • NEW: Sufficient distance to clamping screws with telescope adapter B-Ring (included)
  • NEW: Eyepiece holster with belt strap – hold also firmly on tripod legs

Product Details

Hyperion Mark IV Universal Zoom 8-24mm Eyepiece with 1.25" / 2" nosepieces and ClickStop-Action

Zoom-lenses in general are not really famous for high quality optics. Also many zoom-eyepieces do not deliver the best possible image quality at high magnification because they were designed with focus on the price-tag so that image sharpness and field size is getting worse with increased magnification.

The recognition that the Hyperion Zoom Eyepiece enjoys is based on the fact that it was designed the other way around: the glass selection and most of all the principal optical design and consequently the lens polish quality – all were optimized for the highest magnification. And obviously, when closing in on an object you will want the field of view to increase and not to have it become seemingly smaller. Hence the Hyperion-Zoom shows the largest apparent field of view at highest magnification.

For many birders, observers of nature and astronomers alike, the Hyperion Zoom Eyepiece is their favorite eyepiece, it is also the only zoom-eyepiece that was designed from ground up to be used with binoviewers.

What's new in the model "Universal Zoom Mark IV"?

Even Bestsellers can be improved: The fourth generation of this eyepiece weighs 290 gram and is lighter by 80 grams than its predecessor - it now has 55 mm diameter to become useful in dual mode from 55 mm interpupillary distance, both features make it especially desirable for use with binoviewers. The adjustable eyecup can be removed to expose the M43 video/photo thread and create the maximum "nose space" for using it on binocular viewers with the supplied winged rubber eyecups - for maximum concentration on the target. The click-stop action has been smoothed out to more easily access the magnification stops at 8/12/16/20 and 24mm (click-stops are mandatory to easily and precisely set both eyepieces to the same focal length for effortless binocular observation without eye-strain). The zooming-mechanism as well as the inner zooming rails for all lens groups have been modified to improve cold temperature operation and the parfocalty for each focal length has been fine tuned.

Most important however – the Mark IV offers almost 4 mm more backfocus. This is most beneficial for application with a multitude of spotting scopes. Two different Adapters for telescope and spotting scope adaptation are included with the eyepiece (Spotting-Scope Adapter "A" and Telescope-Adapter "B"). Read more at "Telescope-sided Connections").

The Mark IV comes with both the 2" and 1.25" nosepieces mounted, each nosepiece having it's own dust cap and both nosepieces are threaded to accept either 1.25" or 2" eyepiece filters. Both nosepieces are free of the hated undercuts. Instead our proprietary Zero-Tilt Safety-Kerfs provide an added measure of security by reducing the tendency of an eyepiece to slip from an unlocked eyepiece clamp. An additional little feature is the Baader-yellow soft pouch with integrated belt strap – which fastens onto many tripod legs just as well, to serve as a bin for all dust caps that may go astray otherwise.

As usual with Baader eyepieces, the Mark IV offers an M43 photo/video thread on top of the eyepiece, to allow attachment of any desired DSLR or T-2 accessory for mounting a video-camera by means of the optional M43/T-2 adapter ring #2958080. Unchanged is the optical quality, 68° field of view at highest magnification, Phantom Group multicoatings, a large adjustable eyecup or alternatively two M43 rubber eyecups for bino viewing. An optional spacer ring M43/M43 (#2954250) with 7.5 mm extension enables the user to increase the height of these eyecups in case of need.

The Mark IV likewise accepts adaptation of the 2.25x Hyperion-Barlow onto the 1.25" nosepiece, to transform into a high power zoom, featuring the magnification range of 3.6 to 10.7 mm. The Hyperion Universal Zoom Mark IV is available individually (#2454826) or as set together with the 2.25x Hyperion Barlow (#2454827)

Telescope-sided Connections

The Hyperion zoom Mark IV comes with two removable barrels (1.25 "and 2"), as well as an 2" SC-thread for direct connection on telescopes or mirrors/prisms with the optional 2"/2" changer ring (#1508080).

Furthermore included in the scope of supply are two adapters of different height - both with 1 3/8" inner threads - for following uses:

• Spotting Scope-Adapter A: 4mm gain on backfocus. the Mark IV focuses with all tested spotting scopes (optional adapters available for most major brands). Many spotting scopes nowadays do allow the mechanical insertion of astronomical 1.25" eyepieces – but in many cases this combo cannot focus to infinity. By utilizing the supplied spotting-scope adapter ring "A", the Hyperion Universal Zoom reaches almost four mm deeper into the eyepiece clamp of all those spotters, to safely reach infinity focus. When removing the 1.25" nosepiece, a 1 3/8" thread inside the "A"-ring will make the Mark IV firmly thread onto all Celestron-Ultima spotters and it's namesakes. Optional available is a bayonet-adapter for Zeiss Diascope-spotters (#2454500). Threaded adapters for many other famous spotting scope brands (that still don't allow 1.25" eyepiece adaptation) will become available in the future – now that it makes sense to produce them
• Telescope-Adapter B: Sufficient distance to clamping screws. When using the Mark IV on a telescope though, the "B"-ring (supplied) should be chosen instead, to keep the bottom of the eyepiece flush with the upper end of most star diagonals. Otherwise the bottom 2" SC-threaded holding ring that holds the "A" or "B" ring in place may directly rest on the clamping screws of the star diagonal. The supplied 2" SC-ring also allows the Mark IV to firmly mount the eyepiece onto any SC-thread, especially onto our 2" clicklock star diagonal, with the help of the 2"/2" adapter (#1508020).

Camera-sided Connections

As usual with Baader eyepieces, the Mark IV offers an M43 photo/video thread on top of the eyepiece to directly attach most video cameras. It also allows attachment of any desired DSLR or T-2 accessory by means of the optional M43/T-2 adapter ring #2958080. An optional spacer ring M43/M43 (#2954250) with 7,5 mm extension enables the user to increase the height of the included eyecups in case of need or to attach M43 cameras without touching the lenses.

A further connection capability offers the SP54-system thread-in the form of the Hyperion DT ring system. For this system, the transition ring M43/SP54 #2958086 is suitable for the Mark IV zoom eyepiece. This adapter enables the connection of all common camera lenses on the Hyperion zoom to use it for Eyepiece Projection. Those connection rings are called "Hyperion DT rings", see our section "Eyepiece accessories"

Included eyecups

Three different eye cups are included in the basic equipment of the eyepiece.

1. Initially mounted is the large height-adjustable eyecup that also fastens onto the M43 photo-thread of the eyepiece. By rotating it counterclockwise the height will increase. This eyecup easily unthreads simply by rotating it upward further than the uppermost stop - this reveals the M43-thread connection
2. A none-folding rubber eyecup alternatively fits straight onto the M43-thread. This is the preferred solution for observers without glasses at a binoviewer. It gives you enough room for your nose and good support to keep the perfect eye distance.
3. An even lower eyecup with foldable winged eye shield especially serves for wearers of eye glasses, the flappable side shields block stray light and side image information not part of the eyepiece field of view. This helps to concentrate on the target when using a binoviewer.

Please Note: Zoom eyepieces will produce a ratting sound when shaken. This is due to the clearances required for moving parts of the zoom mechanism, and does not indicate defects or loose lenses. This sound is completely normal.