Re: Australia state bans laser pointers after attacks

On 2008-04-23, I.N. Galidakis <morpheus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Even more, provided you are equipped with the proper astro gear.

Actually I was wondering, what purpose are the green lasers used for
in astronomy? The news broadcasts made special mention of their
legitimate application on astronomy. I can imagine that adaptive
telescopes could use them as a way of measuring light scattering but
am stumped as to what you'd use them for on smaller setups.
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