Red Screen

[chrisseal42]

Hi

is there some software that will turn my screen Red there are many but want to know which is best

Chris

[Steve Ward]

Try "BackyardRed".

http://www.backyardeos.com/product_backyardred.aspx

[Schorhr]

Consider a fed transparency to eliminate all light emission that may interfere with your eye's adaption to the dark.

Deep red sheets such as used for stage lighting or anaglyph glasses should work and does not cost too much.

[Steve Ward]

To be honest , if you're observing then leave the laptop indoors as any light will detract from your night-vision ,even red light if from a big source like a lappy screen . Better to use a printed star atlas and a very small dim red torch. 

And if you're imaging then a red screen is a pain especially when framing and focusing and dark adaption isn't an issue anyway as you're not peering into an eyepiece in search of faint objects .... 

[Schorhr]

Pirate eye patch!

Yarr, ready thy canon, maties!

[RikM]

Backyard red looks very useful. I normally use a sheet of deep red acetate over my laptop screen but am now running a dual screen set up and haven't bought a second sheet yet, so this looks like it will do the trick short term. I still prefer the red screen when imaging mainly because it dims the view enough that I don't trip over anything in the dark

[Mike73]

I use a double sheet of Red rubylith over my iPad mini at dark sites for observing and would never go back to paper charts!

[Dave_D]

I use a double sheet of Red rubylith over my iPad mini at dark sites for observing and would never go back to paper charts!

yeah, i found proper rubylith to be far better than any redlight app or coloured acetate on my nexus7

[RikM]

http://www.firstlightoptics.com/misc/starsharp-red-filter-for-laptop-screens.html

I said acetate when I meant Perspex. I use the same stuff as this but cut it myself.