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The Meade mySKY is an easy-to-use multi-media device that will guide you through the night sky better than if you had your own private astronomer standing next to you. Meades patented technology allows the mySKY to out perform every other hand held night sky exploration device on the market.
Featuring a full-color LCD screen and the added ability to control a Meade computerized telescope, MySky is a fun, interactive, multi-media, hand-held guide to the universe that locates and identifies celestial objects in the night sky. MySky aligns itself by pointing it at a celestial object and pull the trigger to identify planets, stars, nebula, galaxies and more with over 30,000 objects. Your exploration starts with a simple video introduction of how to use MySky.
Real-time, Color SkyMaps Guide you to the objects you want to locate. Sandy Wood, the familiar voice of StarDate the syndicated daily radio program, provides you with audio descriptions of the objects you have found. MySky also takes you on guided tours of the best objects in your sky tailored to your time, date and location.
FEATURES:
- Meade Mysky Personal Sky Explorer hand held deep sky guide tool is a revolutionary way to explore our universe.
- The new Meade mySKY multi-media handheld device will easily guide you through the night sky better than if you had your own private astronomer standing next to you.
- Locates, identifies, and describes 30,000 celestial objects in the night sky.
- Full-color LCD screen.
- Able to control a Meade computerized telescope.
- No knowledge of the night sky is needed.
- Full GPS Auto Alignment via a 12-channel GPS receiver to align itself without the need for any input from you.
- Turn it on, point it at a celestial object, and pull the trigger to identify planets, sta
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• Audio, video, still images and text to teach you about the wonders of the universe
• Sights Illuminated sights to easily point to objects
• Comfortable high-fidelity ear buds for audio
• 12 channel GPS receiver
• Orientation Magnetic north sensors
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 1.7 pounds | | Package Length:
| 12.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 28 reviews |
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 Whoa! what a HUGE BummerJun 22, 2010
Unfortunately, we were ones who paid the 400 bucks for this POS from Meade. Meade seems to be hit or completely miss on their products... and usually a big miss on service. This thing sort of wanted to work out of the box, then decided it didn't want to. It won't find jack in the sky. I own 4 telescopes, and a couple are Meade. So, I'm not going to put them down completely. This device however shouldn't have ever hit the floor. I hope I'm saving someone a big headache and a few bucks. I thought of selling mine on ebay, but I'd just be doing something wrong. Basically, I've got a 400 piece of trash.
Worse then uselessMay 06, 2010
Like others, mine didn't work out of the box. It never got a GPS fix. Even trying to enter location manually it would just lock up. They came out with the MySky "Plus", which should actually be called the MySky Minus, because they simply removed the troublesome GPS and require you to enter a manual location. Meade was quick to send out a replacement "Plus" unit. At least this didn't crash, but it didn't work either. It can't locate anything.
A word about entering your location manually. You have to select from a list of cities and if your city isn't on the list you're screwed. There is no way to enter geographical coordinates in the Plus like I was originally told you could.
I say these are worse then useless because not only do they do nothing but I've spent hours trying to get them to work (the original and the replacment). And now it's too late to return so I'm stuck with a $300 piece of junk. The only good thing I can say about this product is that it's now discontinued.
 The power of a Planetarium in your handDec 15, 2009
I read extensive reviews comparing the the Meade MySky and it's competitor Celestron SkyScout last year. I decide on the MySky and I was able to buy a My Sky Plus on sale & with using a coupon for only $118. [...] The 'Plus' version disables the initial auto GPS location finder in favor of their extensive preset cities locations and includes the updated full color multi-media software as well. However, you can obtain the earlier version with full auto GPS out on the web. It's star, planet and comet database is pretty extensive. I heard and read about problems with these units but All I can say is that mine works flawless. It's easier to use than the SkyScout and much easier than lugging a telescope around. I bought a small Y adapter for the headphone jack so I could share the experience since the unit does not have a speaker. No, this will never replace the thrill of seeing a planet through good telescope for yourself but, if you have ever said: "What's that star up there?" or "Where's Saturn tonight?", you can finally get a quick answer and a lot more info as well.
Happy sky hunting!
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Good idea, poorly executed, unresponsive companyDec 22, 2008
I paid $400 for mine and it sort of worked for a few months. Very difficult to aim given natural shake in one's arms and poor focusing mechanism. GPS takes (when it worked) over 5 minutes to get a take. I found it not as helpful as one of the cheap sky charts. Then Meade came out with a software upgrade - and that made mine completely unworkable. Meade refused to even take it back and look at it. They told me "sorry" and that was it. The store (large scope company) where I bought it told me Meade has worst customer care of any one and I should look elsewhere. While I still like my 15 year old Meade scope; I find the company's attitude, and this product a waste of money and time.
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Great Idea - VERY poorly executed.Nov 01, 2008
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. I recently attempted to upgrade my replacement unit with the latest software - and 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.
The new unit works - but it is terribly inaccurate.
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT - I know I regret doing so.
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