Thread: laser pointers?
View Single Post
  #8  
Old 01-08-2008, 08:06 AM
OneOfOne's Avatar
OneOfOne (Trevor)
Meteor & fossil collector

OneOfOne is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Bentleigh
Posts: 1,386
Quote:
Originally Posted by AstroJunk View Post
A powerfull torch or spotlight does it. Not nearly as cute as a thin green line, but that's what astronomers have been using for decades and they work (nearly) as well!

I was at a show in The Alice recently where both were used - the spotlight to show 'big' items such as constellations, and the laser to point out small details. It was very efffective.
Hmm...don't know if the spotlight would be popular if you were doing it at a public viewing!
Reply With Quote