On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 01:55:08 GMT, "Orion"
wrote:

What with all the controversy of pilots reporting being painted by green
lasers, for far longer than a split second.
I am wondering if this is within the capabilities of amateur astronomer
equipment? e.g.
could a LX-90 with a green laser mounted on it, be capable of doing such a
feat?
I've never owned a alt/az goto, and I don't know if such hardware could be
fast and smooth and accurate enough to pull this off, i.e. track the cockpit
say for 5 or 10 seconds?

The LX-90 could do it, but the laser can't. Too much beam divergence
to make it a "pinpoint" in the cabin.
-Rich