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Having a hard time with your Astronomy ?

See a star, but have no Idea what it is ?

Check out this doodad.

http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-6005904.html?part=rss&tag=6005904&subj=news

The SkyScout
http://www.celestron.com/skyscout/index.php

Point it at a star, and it give you the info of the star your looking at.

 

[SamanthaOfHope]

oh my gosh, how wonderful, wow that is quite amazing, it is very cool technology i do have a difficult time identifying stars and constellations and stuff eek!
eek! i'm sure it's so expensive though
but also a good investment

 

[meebs]

and what is wrong by using logic and your own brain to look these things up?

my my! we are getting lazy

though its good idea to find those really obscure stars

 

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and what is wrong by using logic and your own brain to look these things up?

my my! we are getting lazy

though its good idea to find those really obscure stars

Little kids first learning
Amatures that want to learn quickly & see the "good" objects
The Lazy
Amatures, that have a had time learning, or are just starting.

and Teachers, wanting to show students quickly specific objects. I.E. a new photo from the Hubble comes out, punch in the object name into the scope. and let it guide you to the correct area to look.

 

[meebs]

Little kids first learning
Amatures that want to learn quickly & see the "good" objects
The Lazy
Amatures, that have a had time learning, or are just starting.

and Teachers, wanting to show students quickly specific objects. I.E. a new photo from the Hubble comes out, punch in the object name into the scope. and let it guide you to the correct area to look.

Yes yes, but along side that. weve all done pretty fine without it. i think its usually best to teach the kids and amatures the old fashioned way then they use that - just like i learned science - we learned the older concepts first before moving the new ones.

 

[Stellar Vision]

Having a hard time with your Astronomy ?

See a star, but have no Idea what it is ?

Check out this doodad.

http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-6005904.html?part=rss&tag=6005904&subj=news

The SkyScout
http://www.celestron.com/skyscout/index.php

Point it at a star, and it give you the info of the star your looking at.

Aww that just takes all the fun out of it!


Seriously though, if you have $400 to spend, and want to learn more about the stars, then I would actually recommend it! Astronomy is first and foremost about having fun (at least the amatuer part of it).

I'll give it this, it's definitely portable! More so than a $400 refractor (which I would also recommend looking into). Looks like you could take that thing just about anywhere.

 

[Diane_Windsor]

interesting

 

[BVZ]

must.... buy.... gadgets.....