Green Lasers: A Hidden Danger

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Green Lasers: A Hidden Danger

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Hi,
Saw this article on Sky & Telescope:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observin ... 56999.html

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Post by Chris »

Nice one... My friend has a 300mv laser that can burn through pants... Lol. Should we or should we not make the testing for infrared energy emitted by green laser pointers mandatory for lasers used in astro clubs or in star parties?
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Post by wintertriangle22 »

Those type of powerful lasers are dangerous, I think they need licence to own & operate
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Anything above 5mW requires a license. Even if you have it, it should not be used for presentation work or for playing around. [smilie=bye.gif]
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Post by vivid »

Indeed, DPSS based laser pointers sometimes emit high levels of IR as they are not properly filtered.

Wickedlasers have a 1W blue laser (not the violet blu-ray type), for usd 199. Not sure if anybody really got that, as very few actual user reports.
http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/Spyd ... 96-37.html

Hey, price went up usd100....
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