Anything with DEET in it seems to work well. Comes in different strengths
depending on your need (25%, 39%, 100% etc). I use it in spray form.
However, as with most repellants, DO NOT (as you already mentioned) apply
the spray style near scopes, or anything that you want to keep in good
ocondition. I lost a watch that way and clouded my cellular phone cover
also - this stuff loves to eat plastic. I would imagine (<<shudder>>) that
it would do similar things to the mirror coatings and OTA Paint.

Get the liquid/lotion/cream style so you can reapply near the scope if you
sweat alot or are in a heavily infested area. Also, limit what you put on
your face (near eyes) and hands as they will be coming in contact with
eyepieces and such.

Anthony J. Kroes
Green Bay, WI
10 months of Winter followed by 2 months of Mosquitos



> -----Original Message-----
> Carl Anderson
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 7:57 AM
> Subject: [M]: OT: Insect repellant
>
>
> A slightly off-topic post:
>
> With the summer months upon us, mosquitos and other insects are
> becoming a
> nuisance. I noticed this last year at my local dark-sky observing site
> near Dexter, Michigan (Peach Mountain for those who know it). I
> liberally
> applied Off! insect repellant before traversing down the path,
> but to no avail.
>
> What is the group's consensus on the best repellant, keeping in mind that
> it's got to be strong enough as to not necessitate travelling back to the
> car to reapply; after all, the optics on our LX200s (on topic!) are
> sensitive to the repellant. In fact, in that vein, is there
> anything that
> can be reapplied near a telescope?
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Carl
>
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