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Originally Posted by troypiggo
Thanks mate. Didn't realise they were that cheap.
Apparently I need to check into the legality of their use in Qld.
Edit - looks like up to 1mW are fine, over that need to be a member of Astro Society (IIS count?  ) or occupational reasons.
Edit 2 - just ordered one off Trevor's ebay link. As I said, didn't realise they were that cheap. Should be fine for a night's use. |
I took my 8yo niece out the in the backyard (city central) about 2 weeks ago and used it to point out the usual things, she was easily able to follow where I was pointing.
Batteries (2x AAA) seem to last about 20mins of constant use before starting to fade. Reality is that you use it for 15sec on, 1 minute off.