am I actually seeing IR light?

[Atomicrox]

You could check whether what you're seeing a second line at ~490nm or the actual IR with scotopic vision. You just need a diffraction grating and a cheap camera (to avoid frying your eyes).

 

[hwang21]

My guesses would've been random interaction with whatever the beam is hitting to get blue, but yes IR is picked up more by the rods than the cones, which makes it possible to see it as a faded gray color rather than red. Try and make the room you're in as dark as possible

 

[Dutch67]

We've seen ~490nmn from ~980nm diodes before, so not all that surprising.

See this post: http://laserpointerforums.com/f52/c...line-980nm-490nm-pen-90391-5.html#post1329369

Whole thread may actually be worth a read for anyone that hasn't seen it already.

I was just about to mention this. You got a time machine or sumthin? You always seem to beat others to the punch:crackup: