Monday, January 09, 2006

The Answer's In The Stars

The coolest "toy" I've soon in a long time. The SkyScout allows you to point the viewer at any star and get its name and interesting facts about it. You don't even have to know where you're pointing it, it'll tell you at any given time of the year what interesting things there is to look at.



Man I wish I had one of these when I was a kid... actually I wish I had one of these NOW!! One day these things will be even powerful enough to see things like this:



...all without having to leave the comfort of your own backyard :-)

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