Red light for observing?

[Razz]

Not sure if this is the place for this so feel free to move it wherever. Anyway, my other major money pit, errr hobby, is 1/6 scale. I like to build dios and do photoshoots. I'm currently working on a concert stage. I recently bought these lights to hopefully improve my photos. They come with different colored filters, red being one of them and I got to thinking maybe they'll be good for observing. I haven't had a chance to try it yet but I figured I'd throw the idea out there. They are USB powered and dimmable.

[Ylem]

Interesting, max height 4', I don't see any reason they would not be useful for astronomy.
Definitely useful for outreach and star parties

[Lady Fraktor]

Using one at a observing table may be useful as long as you can dim it far enough.
Is it stated what wavelength the light is?
A interesting idea to try out.

[Razz]

Using one at a observing table may be useful as long as you can dim it far enough.
Is it stated what wavelength the light is?
A interesting idea to try out.

I looked around and found nothing about wavelength. I'll just have to set one up outside one night and see what happens. If it's not dim enough, maybe I can stack 2 or 3 red filters. Like everything else I try, it'll work or it won't. It would be nice to have hands-free lighting, though...

[pakarinen]

Sidenote: I've found that a red elastic exercise band works pretty well. I've also cut up a red vinyl plastic file folder. Cheap and easy.