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User Submitted Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium Reviews (cont...)Date: 2007-08-01 Get this thing!!! I got mine some time ago and loved it. I just plugged the batteries (there is a screw to deal with, but I learned how to work those some time ago!) and voila! Went outside, it logged to the required sattelites and it worked perfectly. I bought it for my personal use, but now I have to book time because my 10 year old, who I have always wanted to get interested in astronomy before, is hooked on it. The earphones feature is great. Every night that we have good weather, my kid takes the binoculars, the SkyScout and earphones and spends hours on end looking at the stars and listening to the explanations. I'm realy looking forward when they get the SD cards for tours. Yes is power hungry, yes you have to tinker with a screwdriver to change the batteries, yes it could be better, but it is great. If you look at the sky or if you have kids or both, (and I guess if you own and can use a screwdriver) go out and buy this thing, you will not regret it. Date: 2007-06-17 Excellent As a beginning astronomer, this product was excellent. Even the audio was perfect. My only issue is that it takes a long time when you start it up for it to get GPS coordinates. Date: 2007-05-13 Celestron Skyscout Was a bit skeptical when purchasing the Celestron Skyscout as its claims to locate and identify objects with ease just seemed too good to be true. The cost of the unit said there had to be something to it or they wouldn't continue selling them at this price. Products was very well packed and it even included a carry case which was a pleasant surprise because i was planning on purchasing one before i knew it would come with one. I opened the box upon its arrival with the enthusiasm of a kid opening his first gift on Christmas morning and located a couple of batteries. Seemed a little goofy to me to have the battery compartment screwed down but then i guess i'd rather spend the extra minute playing with it than losing it in the dark some night which i'm sure is why they made it like that. The unit was bulky but solidly built. I turned the unit on and GPS immediately starts linking. If your indoors the gps may fail to connect properly or take twice as long as if you were outside. You would be best to step outside while linking. Long story short the unit lives up to the easiness of operation and locates items and tells you about them. The only draw back is that it doesn't have a sleep mode. The unit will shut itself off if you dont touch any buttons for a certain length of time (which isn't long... i didn't time it). You then have to link back up. I'm an impatient person and the 2 minute link time seems like forever when you go to your telescope to view something then have to link back up again on the Skyscout to identify the next star or galaxy of interest. I identify several objects in the sky at a time in an area so i dont have to link up between each and every viewing. Excellent product and i highly recommend it for the enthusiast. I look forward to the SD educational cards that are supposed to be coming out this summer. Give it a 4.5 out of 5 rating. Date: 2007-04-10 indispensable for begginer astronomer I am impressed by the simplicity and effectiveness of the equipment. It is a very useful tool to identify stars and planets. I recommend it Date: 2007-03-29 Amazing! but some to be hoped! The product is amazing.However, it is hard for me to read the information from the dim orange screen. It should have provided option to select high light screen for more readable.
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