Hey Paul
How far away from the scope was the laser ???? That is important. If
you were standing more than 30-50 feet away, I will agree that is a
problem.
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Paul LeFevre wrote:
> Richard wrote:
> > One night out at Montebello, Leonard Tramiel and I did an unscientific
> > experiment to see if his green laser messed up an image I was taking. I
> > didn't see any effect at all. Your mileage may vary.
>
> Not to beat this topic to death...but mileage does indeed vary.
> I did a similar test (with a wide-field scope, Tak FS60C, not a narrow-field SCT).
> 1-minute exposure, laser being moved through field: streaks in the image.
> 1-minute exposure, no laser: no streaks in the image.
>
> My setup was picking it up, easily visible.
> Hence my strong sentiments for banning the little things :)
>
> Paul
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