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Meade Instruments MySky Plus Telescope Accessory | 
 enlarge | Brand: Meade
Category: Photography
Buy New: $148.99
New (5) from $148.99
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1672
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
MPN: 04542
UPC: 709942900422
EAN: 0709942900422
ASIN: B001ECIW0S
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Identify planets, stars, constellations and more. mySKY PLUS uses GPS and other cutting-edge technologies to identify over 30,000 objects in the night sky. Just point and shoot. It's fun and easy. | | • | Enjoy a multimedia experience. Enjoy full-color presentations that include stunning astrophotography, entertaining audio descriptions, videos, mythology, folklore, scientific fun facts and much more. | | • | Take guided tours of the night sky. mySKY PLUS can identify or guide you to celestial wonders. Easy-to-use and fun for all ages. Find Saturn, Arcturus or the Andromeda Galaxy in seconds. Take a tour of tonight's best objects. | | • | Combine with your Meade computerized telescope. For the ultimate multimedia and through-the-lens stargazing experience, link mySKY PLUS to your telescope. Once aligned, simply point and shoot, and your scope moves to any target you choose. mySKY PLUS also adds GPS to non-GPS Meade telescopes. (cable sold separately) | | • | Sights - Illuminated sights to easily point to objects |
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Product Description
Who says you absolutely need a telescope to explore the sky? Meade introduces a revolutionary way to explore our universe. The new Meade mySKY PLUS is an easy-to-use multi-media tool that will guide you through the night sky better than if you had your own private astronomer standing next to you. Meade's patented technology ensures the mySKY PLUS outperforms every other hand held night sky exploration device on the market.
Object Database - Database of over 30,000 celestial objects LCD - 480x234 pixel full color display Audio - Comfortable high-fidelity ear buds for audio Storage - 256 Megabyte SD storage card (included) GPS - 12 channel GPS receiver Orientation - Magnetic north sensors Positioning - Electronic accelerometers to determine pointing Connect to a computerized Meade telescope with the optional Cable Set to view objects up close and in real time Power save features - Advanced power saving features to extend battery life Batteries - 4 AA batteries required (not included) / Battery life - Up to 7 hours (normal use)
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pretty good, not perfect.... November 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this as a Christmas gift for my 8 year-old daughter as she's very intrersted in sciencce and astronomy in particular. She wanted a telescope but I felt she was a bit too young and she can still look on when I use mine. The MySky Plus arrived yeasterday and I had read a lot of negative things about it on the internet so I wanted to try it last night to make sure it was working as advertised. The unit is very easy to understand, very intuitive. The directions are clear and concise. It started up without a problem and the screen was full and perfectly centered (a problem I had read about). As the first reviewer mentioned, there is no GPS on this unit. The GPS really only establishes the location of the user so if you are using the MySky within a 50 mile radius of your initial set up location, you really don't need the GPS feature. The first reviewer was right, the pick-list to choose your location is VERY long and tedious to navigate, but once it's done, you shouldn't have to do it again unless you use the unit in another state or very far away from home. The only object visible in the haze last night was the moon. The MySky correctly identified it when I pointed to it and it correctly found it when I searched the sky for it. Both were spot on with no pointing errors.
The only complaint I have is that the overall build quality is mediocre at best. It has a very flimsy feel to it and the buttons are cheaply made. It is very light and seems like it could break easily. At $149 it's a fair buy but at $399, the original price, it isn't worth it. I also own the Celestron SkyScout that I've had for about 2 years. It is made much better, more like a professional piece of equipment, but it doesn't have all the bells and whistles the MySky has. The MySky is a good, fun learning tool for kids and can also be used to point a Meade telescope. The SkyScout is more for adults (my kids don't think it's all that "cool").
 Great idea - POORLY Executed November 1, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My first MySky had to be returned - it was literally falling apart in the box. When I finally received the second - it actually worked, but I had terrible problems trying to upgrade the software - SO... Meade replaced the entire unit. The replacement worked reasonably well - but I never was able to perform an upgrade of the unit's software.
I recently attempted to upgrade my replacement unit - and this time it actually worked. Except when I put the SD card with the upgraded software back in the MySky,I wound up with a calibration error. So - Meade replaced my MySky with a MySky Plus. What they fail to tell you is THEY SUBTRACT OUT THE GPS - and the only way to set the location is by scrolling through a long list of choices. There's no way to set your own longitude and latitude - so you have to use a nearby city.
Meade's customer service is pretty good - they certainly want to help. It's just that there's not much that can be done with a product that is fundamentally flawed. Unfortunately I have had it for over a year - so I have no further recourse.
The new unit works - but it is terribly inaccurate.
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT - I know I regret doing so.
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