Red Blinky Lights for Telescopes, etc.?

[JC004]

I once saw these little red blinky lights on telescopes and other equipment at an astronomy event (so people see the stuff and don't walk into/break it).  I was wondering if any of our astronomy-minded folks knew where I could acquire such a thing.  I search around on Google and found huge lights, strobe lights, references to mysterious red blinking lights...

Anybody use something like this in your AE/astronomy stuff?

[Brad]

Bicycle lights!

Here's one for $9

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R5NRBM/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0017GA09W&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=09QT6ECJ98BAG6PTCP3Z

Just wrap it around a leg or if the bracket's removable use some double-sided tape. Battery-powered even.

[JC004]

hmm...that might work.  The lights that I saw were small...like one LED.  I wonder how bright these are comparatively. 

[Al Sayre]

Home Depot has them for about $2.00 up in the flashlight section

[JC004]

Really?!  I must look.  Do you know what they're supposed to be?

[Al Sayre]

They sell them as clip ons for safety vests for worker, joggers bike riders etc.

[JC004]

hmm.  I will try them.  Thanks.

[Senior]

Lowe's has something like what you describe in the flashlight section
also.

[JC004]

Is it a single LED?

[Al Sayre]

Yes, very similar to these: 

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/200170447/strobe_light_Flash_Reflector_button_blinking_reflector_warning_light_button_Flash_Reflector_Safety_Button_LED_Reflector_Light.html

but without a logo on the front.

[JC004]

Sweet.  I shall check out these options.  Thank you.

If anyone else knows of others, lemme know.

[BTCS1*]

On my telescope I occasionally just put a blinking LED and button cell battery from radio shack that I wired together.