Telescope Reviews: Re: Software question

Depending on your personal requirements, you may be able to find a software color scheme that works.

If you are going to go to a star party, the bottom line is that a laptop's backlight - even with a completely black screen is *far* too bright. You absolutely need to cover it with something for an event like that.

I've heard good things about rubylith, but I personally use 1/8" thick transparent red plastic, like you can get from Tap Plastics. I find that, at my laptop's brightest physical setting, it is easily readable without being objectionably bright. Then, when I've got an imaging run going and don't need to be looking at the screen, I can set the screen to its dimmest physical setting. This darkens the screen to a soft red that's not even noticable more than about 15 or 20 feet away, even if you are looking for it.

Thanks,
-Wade

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Visual Stuff (shared with wife and kids, 10 & 12): Generic 6" F/8 Dob, C8-SGT, CGE-1400, Orion ED80 on a CG5-GT, Coronado PST, 6" Meade Schmidt-Newtonian, Astroscan, 12x70 Binoculars.

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