mySKY is the ultimate in simplicity to use. No knowledge of the night sky is needed. Just turn it on and mySKY does the rest. It incorporates full GPS Auto Alignment using a 12-channel GPS receiver which aligns itself on the sky without any input from you.
Point it at a celestial object and pull the trigger to identify planets, stars, nebulas, galaxies, constellations, and more – over 30,000 objects. Or select an object to locate from the 30,000 in its memory and mySky will lead you right to it. mySKY even takes you on guided tours of the best objects visible in your sky to your unaided eye – tours that are tailored to your time, date, and location. Program information is stored on a supplied 256 megabyte SD storage card. Updated object information databases, tours, and program improvements are downloadable from the internet. Since it uses non-magnifying red-illuminated rifle-type aiming sights that do not restrict your field of view, finding your target is easy.
mySky LCD Screen (14.4 MB)
Your exploration of the heavens starts with a simple narrated video introduction of how to use mySKY displayed on its LCD screen when you turn it on. You don’t even have to read the instruction manual to get started using mySKY. Click on this link (or click on the image of the mySKY screen to the right to see and hear that introduction life-size. It will give you an idea of how simple it is to use mySKY and the quality of the multimedia presentations it can display. The file is 14.4 MB in size, so we recommend downloading only if you are using a broadband internet connection.
Real-time, full color SkyMaps with interactive aiming arrows guide you to the objects you want to locate. Once you’re on an object, mySKY gives you information about it in a true multimedia format, using full-color video, audio, still images, sky maps, and text. You’ll see images, watch video, and hear audio descriptions of more than 500 objects. The audio descriptions are provided through the headphone jack and supplied high fidelity ear buds by Sandy Wood, the familiar voice of StarDate – a syndicated daily radio program from the University of Texas McDonald Observatory. The multimedia presentations include stunning astrophotography, entertaining audio descriptions, videos, mythology, folklore, scientific fun facts, and more.
The Meade mySKY lets you identify and find 30,000 objects in the sky – planets, stars, nebulas, galaxies, and more. It lets you view sky maps, object images, video, and text using a built-in 480 x 234 pixel full color LCD screen conveniently located so you can see it while you are looking over the sights at the object in the sky. Photographic images of many of the objects are displayed on the screen in full color. To see the objects close up and live, of course, you’ll need a telescope, as mySKY is an illustrated multimedia electronic travel guide only, not a telescope.
mySKY shows you real-time sky maps of the areas you are pointed at that smoothly change as you point to different areas of the heavens. It finds and displays constellations and traces the constellation figures. Constellation maps are oriented to the way you are looking at the sky, not some arbitrary orientation that may not be correct for the time of the year when you are observing. mySKY will even let you find satellites like the International Space Station, using simple controls that are intuitive and easy to use. On-screen labels above the control buttons change as you move from screen to screen, to reflect what functions the buttons control as the on-screen display presents different program features.
mySky is ergonomically designed to be comfortable to hold and easy to point. mySky is powered by four AA batteries (not included). Advanced power-saving features extend the battery life to up to six hours of normal springtime/summertime use (cold temperatures will reduce battery life). mySKY connects to Meade AutoStar-equipped computerized telescopes using an optional cable so you can point mySKY at an object, push a button, and have your scope slew to the object you’ve selected. No more scrolling through menus to find the Messier number of that globular cluster you can see overhead so you can get your scope to move to it. Just point mySKY at the object and your scope will go right to it. And mySKY even adds GPS functions to Meade non-GPS computerized telescopes.
mySKY comes with the famous Meade AutoStar Suite Astronomer’s Edition planetarium/star charting software CD-ROM for your Windows-based computer.
We live on Earth, The Universe is so large that to be able to describe how big it is compared to Earth is not possible and thus this is why I have this machine in the photo above, it cowst 300$ American, it is an awesome little machine, I also have an old Telescope that I use which has special filters that a person can even look at the sun.
This is a very interesting hobby to have.
Do any of you gaze into the sky and think....
where did we come from
Is there anymore Life out there...
Where are we going.......
Look up this word LAMININ and it has some of the answers :D
