Re: [Utah-astronomy] More on Commet Garradd - contending with neighborhood lights
The lamp comes on at night by a dark-sensing electric eye . . .
That helps. Just ask if your neighbor if you can hit the detector with a red laser when you are using your telescope. That will turn the light off. You can put a cheap $5 red light laser on a cheap camera tripod and aim the laser at the light detector. I also have a low-end carpentry laser straight-edge from Ace or Home Depot. That works best because it has a fixed on-off switch. Red laser presentation pointers often have a dead man button. Show your neighbor the Moon or Jupiter first. Clear Skies - Kurt
On 9/6/11, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
Show your neighbor the Moon or Jupiter first.
If that doesn't work, well... When I was a kid, I wasn't above using a wrist rocket (sling shot), although with bare incandescent bulbs a squirt gun usually did the trick. I was such a rebel! I do not advocate vandalism, I'm just giving you historical context, lol. A kid could get away with a lot of stuff 40 year ago that would put him on the evening news today. Please, do not shoot out your neighbor's lights. Once I hit high school, I borrowed the physics lab's Edmund HeNe laser (way before commercially available diode lasers) and starting turning off any light with a photocell control. The only problem there was having to keep doing it every three or four minutes.
All you have to do is put a dark towel over the lights. It will cut out most of the light and is non-destructive. Back in December when I was setting up the refractor, my friend Dave took our ladder across the street and put a towel over the neighbor's lights. After we were done we took the towel off. We only set up at home when it is cold or the moon is out. We even invited some people over for a great view of Saturn. they want to come over again when the weather turns cold again. Debbie On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/6/11, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
Show your neighbor the Moon or Jupiter first.
If that doesn't work, well...
When I was a kid, I wasn't above using a wrist rocket (sling shot), although with bare incandescent bulbs a squirt gun usually did the trick. I was such a rebel!
I do not advocate vandalism, I'm just giving you historical context, lol.
A kid could get away with a lot of stuff 40 year ago that would put him on the evening news today.
Please, do not shoot out your neighbor's lights.
Once I hit high school, I borrowed the physics lab's Edmund HeNe laser (way before commercially available diode lasers) and starting turning off any light with a photocell control. The only problem there was having to keep doing it every three or four minutes.
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