I don't have a photo, but it seems it would register on an astrophoto or degrade it. At a MM Party a couple years ago, when trying to find M74, a 'helpful' laser pointer pointed it out for me as I scanned the area at low power. I don't know who or how far away from me he was, but I called out and it stopped. Jack > Just my in limited experience, when I've used my green laser pointer in a > dark sky environment unless someone is standing very close to me, they can't see > the beam. And I notice that with other people using pointers I can't see > their upward pointed beam if they are more than 10 feet away from me. This again > is when the beam is directed upwards and in a dark sky site. I can't see > this as much of a problem in a star party situation. > But as a courtesy, I don't use the pointers if there are people taking > astrophotos (as I know what a horror a ruined long exposure is) But I wonder if a > astrophoto would be actually pick up an errant beam. I'd like to see an > example of a green laser beam that ruined an astrophoto if anyone happens to have > one. Jeff Vandecar -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.