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From: shipman@nmtvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.astro.expert
Subject: Wanted--red light
Message-ID: <856@nmtvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 12:35:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  8 12:35:42 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 03:21:44 EST
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I need a good red light for my observing table.  Before I resort 
to building one, can anyone recommend a currently available product?

Requirements:

1. Weighted or attached to a clamp for hands-free use, with a
   long gooseneck or adjustable arm at least 1' long, for
   use with large atlas pages

2. Brightness control--for matching to ambient light conditions
   and conserving batteries

Would be nice:

3. Uses standard batteries, preferably D or lantern

4. Removable red filter--can be used as a trouble light

5. Spot/flood adjustment:  wide area for locating stars,
   narrow beam for destroying less dark adaptation

Here's an opening for you astro-entrepeneurs!  If I get
any response at all, (a) I'll post a summary to the net,
and (b) I'll be surprised.

-- 
John Shipman/Zoological Data Processing/ucbvax!unmvax!nmtvax!shipman