What laser ?

[Woodsie]

Hey you guyz,
Im rather new to all this but have been reading alot of things on this forum, i have contacted Arnold and i am in talks with him,
I do not know whether to get a 5 mW laser or a 17-18 mW laser,
I know there is alot of difference, but i need t see the beam ( will be used for astronomy purposes ) I live in the UK so the humidity isnt as good and some places in the US.
What will be the minimum mW that the whole beam will be visible ?
Thanks for any advice
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[Myx]

Here in UK, I get a nice clear beam with a 10.9mW - but dont expect a wide viewing range with that power. Standing under/around the laser is fine though - you get a nice clear beam as far as the eye can see /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[shadow_of_chaos]

or you could go with wicked lasers 45mw, beam visible from any angle in darkness.. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[aussielextsy]

hi woodsie

here is my 2c worth.

abe will do an 18er for 155 plus 21 delivery compared to 79 for a 5er. now if your gona use it a fair bit i would reccomend spending the bit extra as money comes and goes so you might as well invest as much as u can and be happy the first time.

 

[Woodsie]

thanks for the replies so far,
i think i will go for the 18mW as it isnt much dearer then the 10mW, so as the above post said, i might aswell pay more and be happy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[4sevens]

I have a 40mw from wickedlasers forsale... PM me if interested.

david

 

[SunSlinger]

My 11.4 from Arnold works Great for astronomy. The beam is clearly visible to myself & those in the immediate area, after sundown. I live in Colorado. We have very low humidity most of the time. You should have no trouble seeing the beam of one of those.

 

[SKYWLKR]

My 5mw from Adale Sp? works perfect for astronomy.

plenty bright and reaches out just fine.even under a bit of light polution.

I am in south La. so the humidity is normally fairly high so that helps alot. but still works great at very low humidity levels.

I use it as a pointer and as a finder for the dob and I can mount it to my goto ETX and use it to GOTO'ing for my Dob.