emersonv
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Reged: 04/01/09
Posts: 15
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For what it's worth... red <Tuck> plastic tape used for sealing interior vapour barrier and exterior house-wrap dims any flashlight, the intensity depending on how many layers. I find two sufficient for an AA mag lite. Sticks like white on rice, caution.
CPC8"
8x40 Minolta binos
HB pencil, currently for lunar studies
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Jeff Young
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Reged: 08/04/05
Posts: 4491
Loc: Ireland
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I'm still using a dimable red LED flashlight held in my off hand. I recently added two layers of wax paper behind the lens which really helped to smooth out the light curve. But I'd still like to experiment with a clipboard fixture, or eyepeice hanger, or something to get it out of my hand. I've tried hanging it around my neck, but I spend more time adjusting it than sketching.
For planetary I use my observatory's red wall lights. The white ones would probably be better, but I didn't think to put a dimmer on them....
I haven't tried lunar yet, but I've been getting up my courage for almost a year now. 
Cheers,
-- Jeff.
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Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium Colorado:
Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130
APM MC1610 / Tak FC-125 / AP1200GTO Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO
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Vincent Becker
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Reged: 09/16/08
Posts: 253
Loc: France
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I use au USB LED light, originally white, but with a lot of red tape on it and with only 3V (two 1,5v batteries) instead of 5V as a power supply to dim it:
On the picture there is still the old green tape, but I like red better so I've changed it since.
With its long neck I can move it aroud the sheet.
Edited by Vincent Becker (04/08/09 04:18 AM)
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markseibold
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Reged: 01/19/08
Posts: 1493
Loc: Portland Oregon
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Pete
I have only used a basic desk lamp with 40W high intensity bulb. Now I know this will not work for DSO sketching, as I have relegated my work lately to only the brightest objects, ie; moon, planets, sun. As I use a variety of color pastel chalks, I cannot use red colored light as it imparts a false color to the chalks actual colors. I also sit under streetlights at times.
I too consider my sketching as only basic drawing.
Mark
My CN Sketch Gallery and a few awarded - published astro photos
www.markseibold.com
www.myspace.com/marksolarprophet
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emersonv
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Reged: 04/01/09
Posts: 15
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The cheapest red material I've found is two-inch wide "Tuck" tape used for sealing vapour barriers and external "house wrap" in residential construction. Here in the Kootenay Mountains it's twelve bucks a roll, but I have lots left over from building and use a tiny layer or two to stick on the lens of any flashlight. I prefer slightly worn down batteries. Also I agree, headlights are out as are peaked caps. I keep a red floor lamp in the house because it gets too cold to stand outside very long. I dart in to check charts and warm up. I wear toques, the all-Canadian choice. A hoody, if I don't mind looking like a burglar, is great for blocking side light. A really tough call was sketching from a canoe bobbing in the blackness. Strictly bino-sketching activity with a reliable neck-strap, not advised to anyone. Thanks Mark for the lecture on color, but I find red easier to take than even a dim white light. That opinion will likely change if I get away from the pencil and into pastels or anything else colored.
I love this site. Where else can I find so many involved in such a specialized art/science activity! Thankyou everyone.
Emersonv
CPC800
1 1/4"Plossl EPs:Celestron 40mm and 10mm, Televu 15mm
2"x24mm Meade 82 deg FOV
8x40 Minolta binos, pencil and paper.
Toque
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Michael11
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Reged: 06/24/06
Posts: 293
Loc: Israel
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I use this self-made "lamp"
(it has 3 red LEDs in long flexible head, with brightness control, and non-transparent sellotape to make the illumination more uniform. It runs on 4 AA batteries, and has some room inside for storing other things.
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Michael Vlasov
Skywatcher 10" Newt on EQ6, Stellarvue ED80
Deep-Sky Watch: sketches, printable atlases, dso guides, photography
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Shannon s
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Reged: 06/21/09
Posts: 336
Loc: Bartow FL.
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I use a red led light and a clip board bolted to my telescope,and black board to block it from the EP. As you can see you just have to get creative.
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Voodoo Observatory
Orion 120ST
90mm Meade Maksutov
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
"Roll off roof-Move in clouds".
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