Need help spotting stuff in the sky or pointing it out to fellow stargazers? You could rely on your hands and fingers, or you could use something far more technical, and frankly, cooler. Green Laser Pointers! Yes. It's true."There is nothing more frustrating in astronomy that than unsuccessfully trying to identifying an object in the night sky to a companion by waving your arms, pointing fingers, describing and gestulating. An elegant, simple and very effective solution to this problem is to use green lasers pointers to point out objects in the sky.
Green laser pointers are high technology gadgets that are becoming more and more popular in astronomy. Not only are green laser pointers ideal for pointing out celestial objects, they are also very useful for aligning telescopes and for atrophotography."
Why green laser pointers?
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