I've seen scientists use a high powered laser to burn a hole in the atmosphere and then look through the microscope throught that hole. Since there is no atmosphere there is not light refraction, therefore they were able to see stars and planets very clearly with out any twinkle to them. "Austad, Jay" wrote: > Unfortunately, this probably won't work. At 3 blocks, the beam on my laser > point is about an inch wide. This is most likely due to changes in the air > temp and index of refraction. 1 inch at 3 blocks compared to 1mm at the > pointer is a big difference, it's only going to get worse at longer > distances, especially to the moon. :) > > Maybe my laser is a piece of crap, but I have a few and they are all like > that. Did you know that at 2am, if you see someone stealing a parking > meter, and you put a red dot on their chest from the 23rd story of an > apartment building, they get really scared and hide behind big concrete > poles until they muster up enough balls to run out in the open and around > the corner?? :) It's times like those where you wish you had a video > camera. > > Jay > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Dyer-Bennet [mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net] > > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 12:26 PM > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: [TCLUG] OT -- help paint the moon > > > > > > Some people here may be interested in this Sensawonda techie > > project: http://www.paintthemoon.org/ > > -- > > David Dyer-Bennet / Welcome to the future! / > > dd-b at dd-b.net > > Photos: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ > > Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-> linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: drew.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 265 bytes Desc: Card for Andrew Nemchenko Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010809/b0754abc/drew.vcf