I forgot that some may use green lasers to actually aim their scopes. Last year at Wolf Creek we had an evening in June that was so transparent the green laser was absolutely useless for anything. I've never seen skies that demonstrably clear. Kim Hyatt Architect 1849 East 1300 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 801.631.5228 kimharch@msn.com<mailto:kimharch@msn.com> serius est quam cogitas ----- Original Message ----- From: diveboss@xmission.com<mailto:diveboss@xmission.com> To: Utah Astronomy<mailto:utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:11 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Green laser pointers and Star Parties... I myself don't have any problem with green laser pointers provided they are not carelessly pointed at others. I caught one in the eye 2 public star parties ago, which took some time for the green dot image to fade away. The person who shined it in my eye will not be so careless next time. On the whole, I find them to be quite useful at times. For instance, I have used my green laser pointer in conjunction with my sometimes noisy, but highly sophisticated LX200, ;) to show my friends where to point their Dob's when searching for hard to find objects. Like you, I don't "image" in a crowd so I'm okay with it. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com<mailto:Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy<http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com<http://www.utahastronomy.com/>