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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Digital sky-scope auto-locates and identifies stars

The SkyScout is a sky-watching digital scope that automatically identifies stars, provides directions to other stars, and recites mythology about celestial bodies:

Simply point the SkyScout at any star in the sky and click the "target" button. The SkyScout will instantly tell you what object you are looking at...
To locate a star or planet, select the object's name from the menu and follow the directional arrows through the viewfinder...
The SkyScout includes entertaining and educational audio and text information, including facts, trivia, history and mythology about our most popular celestial objects.

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