Tag : orion skyline, pointer bracket, green laser, skyscout with

Company : Orion List Price : $259.95 Amazon Price : Used Price : Average customer review :

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Features

• SkyScout is a digital planetarium that identifies 6,000 stars and other astronomical objects
• Practical accessory lets everyone in your party see where your SkyScout is pointed
• Bright green laser pinpoints your target in the night sky for easy identification
• Custom-designed ABS bracket mounts easily to the SkyScout
• Easily detaches from the mounting bracket for standalone use as a sky pointer

Product Description

Get the revolutionary SkyScout complete with a green laser pointer and bracket for even easier identification of celestial objects! The SkyScout is a camcorder-size digital planetarium that uses GPS to locate and identify over 6,000 stars, planets, and deep-sky objects. With our SkyLine Green Laser Pointer mounted on the side of the SkyScout, your entire group will see exactly where your SkyScout is pointed. And you won't even have to sight through the SkyScout. Just hold it in a comfortable position and aim the green laser at the object you want to ID. Then hit the Target button and read the object's description from SkyScout's LCD panel. Easy!

Customer reviews

Great tool for skygazing
The SkyScout is dead-on in finding requested stars and constellations (or identifying something up there). The guiding lights make finding things a snap. It seems to be routinely "slightly off" in finding Jupiter,though... Jupiter is towards the side of the viewfinder when the SkyScout thinks you have it centered. Other stars and "M32", however, are dead in the center when SkyScout thinks they should be. The green laser is great, and helps show others what you are looking at. This is a fun and useful gizmo! (SkyScout Does seem to suck the life out of the AA batteries quickly, though, but they are cheap or rechargeable)

Really fun to use
My sisters and I bought this for our mother, who has always been a
stargazer. We tried it out in Los Angeles where, admittedly, there are few stars to see.
However, the Sky Scout did identify everything at which
we pointed. I think we could have spent hours looking up and learning about
the various stars and planets. The night sky tour is especially cool.
It is a really great device, and I recommend it. Minus one star for the price.