Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium by Celestron
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Digital camera reviews of Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium
Digital camera Review: Celestron SkyScout
Summary: 5 Stars
Truely amassing !
Very simple and straight forward to use.
I use this with a telescope I have to locate what I want to look at, works extremly well.
good quality product.
Glenn
Digital camera Review: Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium
Summary: 4 Stars
Pretty good item. Although, it should really be used with an accompanying telescope. You won't get any better view of the stars with it at all. What you will get though, is a great deal of interesting information about stars planets and constellations. From distances to mythology and other pertinent facts which are given in clear audio messages, or text. a little complex for a kid (I bought one for my nephew) but once YOU get the hang of it, it's pretty certain that they'll be soon to follow. Seems durable enough and they claim there are updates for it regularly. Just be careful of the magnetic influences around you. These tend to scramble the GPS, which is easily reset.Digital camera Review: Celestron SkyScout is a dream come true
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm 61 years young and always wanted to know more about the night sky, the moon and stars, planets, constellations, the Milky Way, etc; I was actually researching telescopes to purchase and in several of the reviews, the experienced amateur astronomer reviewer recommended that anyone seriously interested in learning astronomy and in general more about the night sky should perhaps first consider a SkyScout. This personal planetarium, they asserted, would make the use of the telescope easier and more enjoyable and provide a better starting place from which to explore the universe - and it has. I have used the SkyScout almost every single night since I received it in the mail. I purchased the optional speaker so that others could share in the fantastic audio desriptions of the stars, planets and constellations and the two available sim cards about astronomy and the stars. In addition I bought the Celestron Sky Charts and the guidebook Night Watch. I had always felt guilty that I didn't know the names of the stars, planets and constellations, now I know them and if I don't I just point the SkyScout at a star, click on identify and the name appears in the menu complete with text and audio descriptions. Or I can use the locate button to pick a star from the list of 6,000 or more and the lighted arrows in the viewfinder guide me right to the celestial object. I now spend every available night in "heaven" exploring the universe as never before.Digital camera Review: Celestron Skyscout
Summary: 5 Stars
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.Digital camera Review: Clever but not stellar!
Summary: 3 Stars
It really sucks batteries, they should have used at least 4 AA cells. The GPS resolution only goes down to minutes, no seconds. It's all plastic and for $400 I expected higher quality. It won't help you find man-made satellites as I suspect the processor is too slow and there is not even a way to display the present elevation and azimuth although it must know them for internal calculations. Updating the firmware is way slow. Under "Tonight's Highlights" it may show from the menu that Jupiter for example is visible but when I tried to locate it, it has me point the unit into the dirt since if the object was not above my horizon. Maybe they could highlight menu objects that are truly visible? You're much better off with Starry Night and a laptop.