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Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium
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Binding: ElectronicsBrand: Celestron Color: N/A EAN: 0050234939706 Item Dimensions: Label: Celestron Manufacturer: Celestron Model: 93970 MPN: 93970 Number Of Items: 1 Optical Zoom: 1 x Publisher: Celestron Studio: Celestron Features:
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 Rating:  - I love this thingI bought my Sky Scout on Jun30th and got it on july 8th. It works great it was hard to up date but it worked before and after I love this thing. Rating: - great for kids and adults alikeWow, my wife bought this for me for fathers day and I can't put it down. I've gained as much knowledge from this little gadget as I did in my astronomy class in college. I'd recommend a sky scout to anyone with kids-they'll ask some tough questions and you'll sound like a genius with its help. One thing to look out for is the sleeves that you are required to place over batteries before installation do not fit all rechargeable batteries. Don't be worried about confusing instructions or a myriad of ... Read More Rating: - A great tool for 'senior' astronomy loversI am very pleased with the unit. It is a great tool for those of us with geriatric memories (I'm 74). Many people have commented that it is a real battery hog. I found that to be true, but then the batteries are cheap (two AA batteries). The magnetic compass is so sensitive to metal objects that I can't use it on my astronomy tripod although the unit has a threaded hole (1/4-20) that could be used for that purpose. Perhaps the hole is only intended for attaching the optional speaker. I found ... Read More Rating: - grand gadget flawed by a few wartsSpending many weekends recently under the dark skies of Santa Fe, NM reawakened a lifelong interest in astronomy. At the age of 50+ I bought this and the two very popular Dickinson books in the hopes of finally learning the night sky. The skyscout has worked marvelously towards that aim--after 3 weeks I know parts of the night sky better than the back of my hand. I think what helped most is locating with absolute confidence particular stars that anchor their respective constellations--say Arcturus/Bootes, ... Read More Rating: - Skyscout Rocks!Recieved my Skyscout just a couple of days ago and so far it is very impressive! Only complaint I have is with the U.S.Postal Service tracking system, it really sucks! Took it out of the box, read over the quick setup guide, installed batteries and went outside to try it out. GPS was up and running in under two minutes. I am an amateur astronomer so the first several targets I tried in the identify mode were those I already knew and was amazed at how dead on it was. Next I tried the locate function and used ... Read More 
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