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Originally Posted by toryglen-boy
Howdy
I was at a dark sky night on Saturday, and had a blast, several people had green laser pointers, and they looked awesome, and where a great help in finding things, with a 16" Scope 
We can i get them? i looked online ... but cant seem to find them?
i take it they are goverened by tight laws?
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If you just want one for its "awesomeness", please be careful. If sharing the field with others who are imaging, you might fray some tempers flashing green light through their frames!
But they are very useful as an educational/pointing tool and and a convenient way of pointing a telescope to the target.
Each State varies in the laws applicable to hand-held lasers. Victoria is particularly strict where a hand-held laser pointer of greater than 1mW is a "prohibited weapon" requiring a licence. NSW is not as difficult. Importation is also now difficult. Customs will detain and only release is certain conditions are met.
Please search for laser pointer threads that were all the rage on this site in recent years - you'll find all the information you want.
To buy, try here:-
http://www.telescopes-astronomy.com....l-supplier.htm
By the way, you don't need more than 5mW if you are in darkish skies.
And also, none of this ====>
