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Green Laser Pointers??
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 662226" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>As with so many things, the laws in Australia governing laser pointers are all over the place with different states having different laws.</p><p>I use a laser pointer attached to my telescopes as a finder. That way aligned with the main telescope, I can just look at the path the laser traces into the night sky to see what object the main telescope is pointed at.</p><p>Two general conditions appear to make their use permissible.</p><p>1. That their power output be below 1mW</p><p>2. One should be a member of an organization where their use is needed eg an astronomical society or club in my case.</p><p>Outside of these and even in some states with these needs, Nightmarish conditions exist to getting permits as they seem to classified as weapons.</p><p>I like to take my telescope with me on interstate prospecting trips to take advantage of dark sky conditions. I just have to trust that if seen to be breaching local state laws some common sense would prevail.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]7517[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 662226, member: 4728"] As with so many things, the laws in Australia governing laser pointers are all over the place with different states having different laws. I use a laser pointer attached to my telescopes as a finder. That way aligned with the main telescope, I can just look at the path the laser traces into the night sky to see what object the main telescope is pointed at. Two general conditions appear to make their use permissible. 1. That their power output be below 1mW 2. One should be a member of an organization where their use is needed eg an astronomical society or club in my case. Outside of these and even in some states with these needs, Nightmarish conditions exist to getting permits as they seem to classified as weapons. I like to take my telescope with me on interstate prospecting trips to take advantage of dark sky conditions. I just have to trust that if seen to be breaching local state laws some common sense would prevail. [ATTACH type="full"]7517[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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