I want to buy a high-power laser pointer

Hello, I want to buy a high-power laser pointer, Used for astronomical refers to the star, used in the observation of stars at night, can accurately indicate the position of the stars.. I know the risks and precautions. I saw a website, there are a lot of high-power laser pointer, really surprising. But I do not know, these high-power laser pointer is really exist?THX

It sounds like you want recommendations for a laser pointer for a specific task. Moving this to the Laser forum.

Bill

We have a member Tmack who was our resident expert. Unfortunately he, to my knowledge,he is no longer building his awesome lasers. I would suggest dropping him a PM. Also maybe post in the WTB for a Tmack laser. They are awesome lasers. You could almost touch the stars with one of his. lol

I also suggest learning some of the safety aspects of handling said High Power lasers. They can be dangerous to your eyes. I would also brush up on your local laws.

Have fun and welcome to the forum.

I have one for sale - just haven't posted it yet. I'll send you the specs later this week while I'm home...

Whoops - your first post! Welcome to the forum, you'll need more postings before you can PM. You can email me at my screen name @gmail.com

If he's not interested I might be. Looking for a tmack quality laser in the near 3w range without rivaling my mortgage payment lol

You'll want a green one. You shouldn't need more than 100mw to get the job done, I have a 30mw green laser from rayfoss and the beam is visible from over 20 feet away at night.

i have had good experience with skylasers: https://www.sky-lasers.com/

stay away from 'wicked lasers'. they are overpriced cheap crap straight from the obvious unnecessary expletive removed factory in china.

Thanks for the link Davey

I was also searching for the same..
It will ease my search..

DaveyJones6911 said:

i have had good experience with skylasers: https://www.sky-lasers.com/

stay away from 'wicked lasers'. they are overpriced cheap crap straight from the obvious unnecessary expletive removed factory in china.

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I was curious about this and checked to see what they have. Lower priced that I could possibly have imagined! But is this too good to be true? 1 watt for 129.99 or 2 watts for 169.99? http://www.sky-lasers.com/1000mw-2000mw-450nm-focusable-blue-laser-pointer-silver.html High power and low price makes me suspicious. It even comes with the batteries, charger and glasses.

Truth be told, I've never had a high power laser before and am still looking. But prices aren't usually this low for this much power, right?

asdf.

There is absolutely no reason to buy such a powerful laser pointer for pointing at the stars. A 5mW green will do just fine.

35mW Green Laser Pointer - Ideal for normal conditions at night.

50mW Red Laser Pointer - Bright red beam for pointing stars

100mW Green Laser Pointers - recommended for low light conditions such as dawn, dusk and areas with light pollution.

Although lasers are a great tool for astronomers, the beam can be very dangerous if the laser is not used properly

Do not buy anything beyond 100mW!

If your just pointing at stars at night you don't need a high power laser, you will want one above 5mW so that the laser beam is visible but not much more than that, otherwise you have to faff around with safety goggles etc.

I found 35mw it's about perfect for star pointing, In low or high light pollution areas. Not overly bright but no straining to see either.