| Product Summary | | Manufacturer: Celestron | | Mfg Part#: 93970 | | Buy.com Sku: 203480209 | | UPC: 00050234939706 |
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| | | The Celestron(r) 93970 SkyScout identifies celestial objects with the click of a button and locates over 6,000 stars, planets, and constellations from a built-in celestial database. It provides comprehensive text and audio descriptions providing history, mythology, and other entertaining information for the most popular objects.
| Features
- Identifies celestial objects with the click of a button
- Locates over 6,000 stars, planets and constellations from built-in celestial database and provides scientific information for each object
- Provides comprehensive text and audio descriptions providing history, mythology and other entertaining information for the most popular objects
- Tonight''s Highlights: customized list of the 20 best objects to view for your exact date, time and location anywhere in the world
- Constellation Lessons: if the star you identify or locate is part of a constellation like the Big Dipper, you can actually take a guided tour through all the stars in that constellation and even see an onscreen map of the constellation
- Introduction to Astronomy: a six part audio lesson on the origin and history of astronomy
- Glossary of Terms: text defining popular astronomy terms including planets, comets, galaxies and more
- Great Astronomers: text bios on some of the world''s greatest astronomers including Galileo, Einstein and Copernicus
- Man Made Space Objects: text description of some of the coolest objects man has sent into space including the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Space Shuttle
- Comet Guide: text descriptions about history''s most famous comets including Halley''s Comet and Comet Hale-Bop
- SD card slot: for optional "Sky Tour" audio presentations that provide hours of entertainment on a variety of topics
- USB Port: allows database to be updated with new objects as they are discovered, comets, etc
- Built-in Help Menu: includes a quick start instruction guide for using the SkyScout
- Compact and light design makes it easy to carry and durable construction makes it safe for rugged environments
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