Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium
It’s aptly called a ‘Personal Planetarium’, because of its vast database of more than 50,000 space objects, stars and planets. SkyScout is so light and durable that it can be easily carried around for outdoor excursions which will give you an amazing viewing experience of the night sky. It was an ‘Editor’s Choice’ for the Bagpacker magazine due to its innovative design, performance and materials. SkyScout has gone through a suite of trial testing in various climatic conditions and survived them all. That’s why SkyScout is an n apposite tool for outdoor activities.
The SkyScout has a vast database which has information about more than 50,000 celestial objects, planets and stars. These objects include the ones visible by the naked eye. As soon as you switch on the device, its GPS technology tracks your position on the Earth and the time and date of the observation. It makes learning your way around the sky much easier. It converts the night sky into your personal planetarium!
Celestron SkyScout is made for all ages. You don’t need to be a ‘Rocket Scientist’ in operating SkyScout. You just have to point to the object you want to view and SkyScout’s illuminated 5-lined LED scrolling display gives you a scrolling commentary and history about that object. You will also get earplugs included so you can listen to the commentaries without taking your eyes off the object
The SkyScout’s enormous database also includes audio lessons on history and origin of astronomy, text biographies on some of the greatest astronomers, a dictionary of celestial terms, scientific details of over 50,000 space objects and text descriptions of some of the man made space objects like satellites, telescopes, space shuttles etc. and text images of some of the famous comets.
The SkyScout’s operating system and database can be updated by downloading the latest information about orbits of space shuttles or the locations of passing comets, from the Celestron website. It can be done with the help of the built-in USB port and supply cable which can be connected to your PC.
For $199, SkyScout makes astronomy fun and more entertaining!
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