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User Submitted Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium Reviews (cont...)Date: 2008-10-24 get one This is an amazing gadget. When I first tried it, the GPS didn't work. I manually entered the coordinates and it worked beautifully. Now, after several weeks, everything works perfectly and automatically. If it were lost or stolen, I'd get another. I never upgraded the software .... Don't see the need and some reviewers have had problems (who knows why). Date: 2008-10-22 Superb Deal I bought the SkyScout to interface with my Orion XT8 Dob. It performed perfectly, I was able to locate The Andromeda Galaxy, then use the XT8 to view it. "excellent" It has in my opinion out performed what I thought it could do, and I paid under $200.00 how can you beat that! Date: 2008-10-10 My husband loves it! I gave this as a gift to my husband for Xmas 2007. He loves it. He has always been fascinated with astronomy and telescopes, but I wasn't able to afford a telescope and didn't really know what to look for in one, so this seemed like a good start. He really enjoys using it and shows me all kinds of things that we can now identify in the night sky! Date: 2008-09-30 Pretty cool device I've wanted one of these since they came out about 2 years ago and read an article in Popular Science Magazine. They originally came out at $399 and I didn't want to pay that. But last week when I saw they were down to $199 I had to get one. I'm glad I did. The device is amazing. With its last update from July 2008, there are now more than 40,000 objects in its database. What you do it look into the optical non-magnifying lens and little lights point which way to move the scope until the object you are looking for comes into view. Its pretty cool. There is an LCD screen with info on it. One of the coolest things is that it has "Tonight's Highlights", telling you which object is in view right now and gives you all kinds of info on the object. With the headset plugged in, you can even hear it in spoken words. The skyscout uses GPS and tilt sensors to figure out your position. For under $200, the unit is an excellent value and highly recommended to anyone with any kind of interest in astronomy. The only negatives about the device are that the LCD can be hard to see even in total darkness, there isn't quite enough contrast and it takes getting used to. The GPS can take a few minutes to lock on each time you need to use it. The device should also give you the ability to research objects without the GPS, but this isn't the case, it has to lock onto GPS in order to do anything. I was sitting in my classroom and of course it doesn't work indoors and I wanted to look up some certain stars but couldn't so its basically useless unless you have the GPS locked on. Other than that the units great. Date: 2008-09-27 Very Enjoyable! Got these as a gift for my husband and, WOW, how wonderful for him to look at the constellations and be able to identify what he's looking at. Very nicely made and easy to use. A nice idea put to use for our enjoyment!
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