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MySky is a fun, interactive, multi-media, hand-held guide to the universe that locates and identifies celestial objects in the night sky. Featuring a full-color LCD screen and the added ability to control a Meade computerized telescope, mySKY is clearly unlike anything else on the market. mySKY is the ultimate in simplicity: No knowledge of the night sky is needed. mySKY aligns itself without any input from the user. Turn it on, point it at a celestial object, and pull the trigger to identify planets, stars, nebula, galaxies and more ? over 30,000 objects. Featuring open aiming sites that do not restrict your field of view, finding your target is easy. Multi-media presentation on the full-color LCD screen: Your exploration starts with a simple video introduction of how to use mySKY. Real-time, color SkyMaps guide you to the objects you want to locate. Sandy Wood, the familiar voice of StarDate ? a syndicated daily radio program, provides you with audio descriptions of the objects you have found. mySKY also takes you on guided tours of the best objects in your sky ? tailored to your time, date and location. Features: * Identify planets & stars you see in the sky * Find planets, stars, nebulas, galaxies and more that you select * Guided tours for your time and location included * Constellations: find and display * Constellation figure trace * Upgradable software downloadable * Upgradable downloadable database * Full multimedia presentations, video, audio, still images, and text for many objects * Full color display * LCD screen pixels: 480 x 234 * Images of objects displayed on screen * Number of audio descriptions of objects: 500+ * Real time sky maps of area pointed at * View sky maps, object images, video and text while looking at the object in the sky * Total number of objects in database: 30,000 * Constellation maps oriented to users view * Find satellites like the International Space Station * Ergonomically designed to be comfortable to hold and easy to point * Clear unobstructed view of the sky when pointing. No narrow tube with glass windows to sight through * Connects to Meade computerized telescopes to slew to the object selected * Adds GPS functions to Meade non-GPS computerized telescopes * SD Card included * Battery life (approximate): 6 hour
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