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Locates and identifies over 6,000 stars, planets, and constellations with GPS technology
Red LED backlit display for easy-to-read information
Accepts SkyTour SD multi-media cards for interactive tours of the night sky
Includes USB port for easy download of database updates
Measures 7.4 x 2.5 x 4.0 inches (W x H x D)

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Carry Case, Earphones, Hand Strap, USB Cable

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The SkyScout is a revolutionary handheld device that uses advanced GPS technology with point and click convenience to identify thousands of stars, planets, constellations and more.

Identify
Simply point the SkyScout at any star in the sky and click the target button. The SkyScout will tell you what object you are looking at.

Locate
To locate a star or planet, select the object's name from the menu and follow the directional arrows through the viewfinder. SkyScout tells you when you are on target. It's that easy!

Learn
Once you have targeted an object the real fun begins. The SkyScout includes entertaining and educational audio and text information, including facts, trivia, history and mythology about our most popular celestial objects. A fun learning tool for all ages, the SkyScout personal planetarium puts the knowledge of an expert astronomer in the palm of your hand.

SkyScout features

Identifies celestial objects with the click of a button.
Locates over 6,000 stars, planets and constellations from built-in celestial database and provides scientific information for each object.
Provides comprehensive text and audio descriptions providing history, mythology and other entertaining information for the most popular objects.
Tonight's Highlights: a customized list of the 20 best objects to view for your exact date, time and location anywhere in the world.
Constellation lessons: if the star you identify or locate is part of a constellation like the Big Dipper, you can actually take a guided tour through all the stars in that constellation and even see an onscreen map of the constellation.
Built-in field guide includes:
- Introduction to astronomy: a six part audio lesson on the origin and history of astronomy
- Glossary of terms: text defining popular astronomy terms including planets, comets, galaxies and more
- Great Astronomers: text bios on some of the world's greatest astronomers including Galileo, Einstein and Copernicus
- Man-made space objects: text description of some of the coolest objects man has sent into space including the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Space Shuttle
- Comet guide: text descriptions about history's most famous comets including Halley's Comet and Comet Hale-Bop
SD card slot: for optional Sky Tour audio presentations that provide hours of entertainment on a variety of topics
USB port: allows database to be updated with new objects as they are discovered, comets, etc.
Simple enough for all ages: just turn it on and it's ready to use
Built-in help menu: includes a quick start instruction guide for using the SkyScout
Bring it anywhere: compact and light design makes it easy to carry and durable construction makes it safe for rugged environments
Backed by Celestron's 2-year warranty

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Product Dimensions

12 x 8 x 5 inches

Item Weight

2.34 pounds

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B000CNPAAA

Item model number

93970

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327 ratings

3.1 out of 5 stars

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#563 in Telescopes (Camera & Photo Products)
#1,326 in Telescope Accessories

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Date First Available

October 9, 2008

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do not buy this.

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2020

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I have had one for 10 years. It quit identifying properly. Got no support from Celestron. Bought a new one. Same problem. Turns out, Celestron stopped support back in 2015. As long as magnetic North stayed about the same, all GPS units like the Skyscout worked. In 2019 that changed when Magnetic North moved a huge 30 feet. All GPS units had to be realigned by upgrading the program. This was no longer possible with the Skyscout. My new purchase named Venus some obscure star, and when in locate mode, said Venus was down by my feet. When pointed at the full moon, it said it was the 5th brightest star in the sky. You can now verify this problem on the internet.

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J. C. M. Bannerman

Newer Version?

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2012

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OK, I have to admit that a lot of the reviews of this item had me worried about buying it, but I've found most of them are either outdated or the person who wrote them didn't take time to try and work the problem out.

First off, you can upgrade your software on 64 bit computers. You can find this information at Celestron's website: [...].

The CD allowed me to update my software as well, but I had to use the French version of the updater since the English version wouldn't run! Still, my unit works well and works in English!

Yes, it eats batteries, but I suggest buying rechargable Energizer Ultimate Lithium Batteries, AA, 4-Count instead of regular alkaline ones.

The magnetic warning also came up for me, but you can ignore it.

The fact that there are no internal speakers is a bit of a drag since you end up using this on your own. Also, I use headphones rather than the ear buds that came with this.

Aside from the quirks, this thing is super! It's almost as good as having a professional astronomer with you. In fact, I tend to use this more than my telescope due to light pollution. It also spots things which are not entirely visible (e.g., the Andromeda Galaxy). Although, it did say one star was the neighbouring moon!

Short of ponying up for a goto telescope, this is your best bet. Even then, some Celestron Telescopes work with this to give you a close up of what your just identified!

BTW, It does work in the day, but it is hard to see the directional LEDs. So, it is really better for learning the night sky.

15 people found this helpful

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R. Childers

TELESCOPE MATE!

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2013

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I got this thing Christmas but illness and other things like a perpetually rainy Winter kept me from using it until now, and it's April. I took her for a spin tonight and I have to say this thing is splendid! I have been an astronomer since I was a child and now I'm 57. I use a Celestron Nexstar these days with all the slewing capabilities that let you find objects quickly. I even use a computer program with a virtual sky map to select objects and learn about them and to wirelessly control my telescope. But this little gem will be a perfect mate to all these goodies. It lets you quickly identify any object and let's you quickly create a sky map in your head that will help tremendously before any viewing session. And even though I know the constellations, there are thousands of small stars and clusters that I can now learn easily too. You push the power button and it hurriedly locates several GPS satellites and maps the sky internally. You push Menu and it brings up several choices. The top choice is Locate. You select it, point it to any object, and it reveals that object right on the display. Terrific! It does more than that but that's the main purpose I bought it for and all I've done so far. I identified several dozen objects including all the stars in the Big Dipper and I also found Saturn. Normally I'd know where Saturn is but I haven't been viewing now for many months. Once I got too close to the power pole on the side of the house and it warned me of the interference and so I moved just a few feet away and it was ready to continue. It has a place for headphones because it also verbally describes objects. Haven't used that yet but next time out I will. If you like astronomy at all you'll love this thing. It works just fine and all you have to do is get on your computer and get the coordinates for your location and input that when you first turn it on. I did that Christmas and I think I did a close estimate and I took it outside figuring it probably wouldn't work. I thought I may have gotten something that would be a little difficult to learn to start up. Nope. It correctly identified objects on the very first try. I'm just NOW beginning to really enjoy it. I think Summer is going to be great for astronomy this year. Happy hunting and clear skies!

UPDATE: had so much fun last night I thought I'd try the AUDIO feature tonight. The audio, which you use your own headphones for, is a pleasant sounding woman's voice that, once you find an object and it's name is in the display, you hit SELECT again and then PLAY AUDIO, and you have a planetarium show that tells you more than the scientific data. It tells you a history of the object and the lore surrounding it. It really is a great and necessary addendum to your telescope!

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Unusable after the end of the year.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2015

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It is ironic having to rate a star finder in stars when said star finder cannot find a star. The GPS would not lock even though I was outside on the top of a hill. As far as I can tell, the ephemeris has expired and there is no way to update it. I had the option of entering my location and time manually, which I did. When I tried it on known "stars" i.e. the Moon and Venus, it could not find them because the compass was out by 10 degrees. There was no apparent way to adjust the compass. Even if it did work, there is no way to enter dates after the end of this year. I.E. after the end of this year, this item will not do anything useful. I hate to say this, but this is definitely an item to avoid and is not the kind of thing that I expect from a reputable company.

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Jonathan M

A unique, entertaining and educational gadget

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2009

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I'm sure most of the good points have already been mentioned in the other reviews, for me it is a great escape for an hour or so in the back garden (when the stars are out); no longer do I have to wonder what things are, I can just point and click and get an instant audio tour of what I see. Not all objects have an audio description, but they all have text which is easy to read on the red backlit display.

Brightness and volume can be adjusted (especially useful if you get the optional speaker unit as the default volume is actually quite loud if you're standing outside in the dark by yourself). On the subject of the optional speaker unit, exactly the same unit (unbranded) can be had at a fraction of the price of the official Celestron one from elsewhere, but which ever way you buy it it's an excellent addition and well worth the money. Celestron Sky Scout Rechargeable Speaker

Some niggles...

I found it difficult to keep focus on the stars while looking through the viewfinder; I also have difficulty when looking through binoculars (I tend to get double vision), but perhaps I'm just not doing it right. If one looks only through the scope the eye tends to automatically focus on the red alignment rings and directional arrows which form the HUD for locating stars, any star becomes totally out of focus and all one sees is black. Perhaps this unit could have done with a small amount of magnification and/or a focusing mechanism, like a monocular, to make it easier to look through. The only way to do it, I have found, is to keep both eyes open and focus on the star, then slowly move the SkyScout in front of one eye while trying not to refocus. Oh and if you normally wear glasses, even only occasionally, for long distance then you'll definitely need them! The unit is normally held about six inches from the eye so glasses won't get in the way.

The SD card slot cover is tricky to push into place, even when there is no card inserted. Once a card is inserted it's best to just leave the cover out as it's likely to push against the card and make it pop out of it's socket. An unfortunate design flaw that means the unit is no longer water resistant should it start to rain (presumably star gazing wouldn't be up to much if it was raining anyway).

The unit is very sensitive to metallic objects, it even complains if I hold it within a few inches of the little speaker unit (which hangs conveniently around the neck). Moving the unit away again makes the warning go away, but when reading the display it's hard not to bring the unit close to the speaker.

There is no facility to skip the location and time setup. This is a bit annoying if all I want to do is listen to some of the audio tour or read some of the information without standing outside at night. Any time the unit is turned on it goes straight into the automatic GPS setup mode, it can be cancelled but the information must then be input manually before the main menu can be accessed.

The unit could have benefited from having a single bright red LED on the front for use as a torch when finding your way in the dark, reading notes, etc.

The two AA batteries slot into metallic sleeves, presumably to shield the unit's magnetic sensors from them, but these make them a very tight squeeze in the battery compartment. On the subject of batteries, I am successfully using two rechargeable Ni-MH AA batteries which are lasting quite a while. There is a battery level indicator in the display which has been on half-full since I started, I don't know what state the batteries were in but they probably were not full.

Niggles over! Even with these niggles it's still five stars (no pun intended) from me as it's such a great little gadget.

The unit comes with a long wrist strap and a very handy case, although it's a bit of a squeeze for the optional speaker unit in the accessories compartment; there's ample room for the small number of cables (two of which are for the speaker unit), add-on SD cards, etc.

I purchased the All About the Stars add-on SD card, there appears to be a lot on it so I'll be trying that out next now that I've got the hang of using the unit.

After only two nights of standing in the back garden I'm now confident that I could identify The Summer Triangle (Vega, Altair, Deneb), Polaris, and Jupiter just by sight, none of which I knew before. I like to take my time when learning new things, and this unit allows me to do just that; the audio tour is a real boon as it helps me remember things more easily. Next purchase - a good pair of binoculars!

PS... I can highly recommend a companion to this product - Magenta Bat 4 Bat Detector, Listener, Locator - which has a (single white LED) built-in torch, very handy and won't ruin your night vision. Cover the LED with some thin red film if you like. While you're out in the garden might as well make a night of it and detect some bats too!

21 people found this helpful

J. K. Wardle

Amazing educational device

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2009

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Purchased at excellent price via Amazon from Digital Depot. Arrived quickly, just in time for a period of excellent viewing with clear skies. It got a perfect GPS fix in minutes in the garden and it was spot on with objects such as Polaris and the few bright stars that I knew. With stars unknown to me, it immediately recognised them, displayed their name and made an audio description available for many. It guided me straight to Saturn and the audio description was very informative. In just a couple of days use I am more knowledgeable about the constellations, can recognise far more by eye and have thoroughly enjoyed using the SkyScout. I have now ordered the companion 90mm refractor telescope and look forward to using the SkyScout as a 'manual go-to' system. I have the two SkyTour cards on order and look forward to learning more with these.

The SkyScout is fantastic value for money and something I can highly recommend to budding astronomers.

41 people found this helpful

Dave T

This fabulous invention.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2014

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I have had a computerised telescope for many years, but it is heavy and cunbersome to set up and use. It has a four inch wide objective lens which really only magnifies the stars. You need an eight inch diameter lens and above to get the best results, and this makes the whole thing even heavier. It is a lot to work with if you only want to identify the stars and planets. Enter the Skyscout GPS Star Locator. What a marvelous invention this is. It is the answer to the introduction to astronomy and so easy to use. It will do everything that is required, and the audio discription is very clear and understanding. I cannot praise this very clever device too much. It does drain the batteries very quickly, so I suggest using Duracell Ultra batteries. You cannot use rechargeable batteries as they are very slightly thicker and will not fit into the internal battery protection sleeves. I thoroughly recommend this product to the aspiring astrologer being either a youngster or an old codger like me.

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Starry Starry product for Starry Starry night

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2013

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It does eat batteries as most GPS instruments such as cameras do. I have not tried rechargeable batteries. Only Celestron could say if an in built rechargeable batttery is feasible. As for what it does I think its great. I had trouble looking at star
charts then trying to find them in the sky. Always had doubts is it that bright star or the not so bright one near it ? Now at the push of a button I know and can get
a female from the USA telling me. I would love a version using the voice of the actress that plays Sheldon's mum from the BIG Bang Theory " God created this..."
I use binoculars and now I am sure what I am Looking at.

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