Re: [ATM] Extended Object Brightness

["Richard Schwartz" <richas@earthlink.net>]

OK, point the telescope at the sun, put a hundred-dollar bill behind the
eyepiece, and observe.  Is that what you want to have happen to your
eyeball?


> [Original Message]
> From: Ken Lowther <hermit@outofoptions.org>
> To: <atm@atmlist.net>
> Date: 4/10/2004 12:04:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [ATM] Extended Object Brightness
>
> Quoting Daniel Reinders <danreind@shaw.ca>:
>
>
> >
> > My newbie question then is: why is it so dangerous to look at the sun 
> > through a telescope (Note - please don't flame me with excited posts 
> > about not looking at the sun, I'm only raising it as a point of 
> > discussion, not an action plan).
>
> Well, considering one set the top liner of my car on fire would indicate
> "flaming" is pertinent to this topic.  If  you would rather flame your 
> eyeball,
> well, that is your choice.
>
> Basically, why discuss the theory when you can see by simple observation
what
> the outcome is?
>
>
> Hermit, holed up in Youngstown, Ohio
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