Hearing Voices From On High ; Wired the Latest Games and Gadgets

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Celestron SkyScout could turn out to be the amateur astronomer's best friend. It's a gizmo designed for looking out into space but it doesn't magnify what you see; instead it tells you what you're looking at.

You simply point at a celestial object day or night, clear or cloudy and the SkyScout starts giving you a detailed commentary about the star or planet in view. Described as a 'personal planetarium', it's got the 'wow' factor in spades and the technology behind it could make ripples far beyond the world of stargazing.

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Hearing Voices From On High ; Wired the Latest Games and Gadgets

While the SkyScout isn't going to show you the rings of Saturn you'll still need a telescope to see those getting a guided tour of the sky without years of study, star charts or a telescope the s...

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