The working system is pretty easy – just point the SkyScout to a star, click on a button, and afterwards it displays all the information you need to know about the star.

If by some odd reason you can’t point/find a star – just pick one name from the menu, and search for it on the sky with the help of SkyScout.

It works with 2AA batteries and costs $400.

- 6,000 star celestial database
- LCD display with red LED backlight

You probably know the size difference (in numbers) between Earth and the other planets, but if you’d like to see images and compare all, this is specially for you. As you can see on the image, Earth looks kind of small when compared to Jupiter…

But what if we include the Sun and compare all? This is the result

The difference becomes bigger if we talk about Arcturus, the third brightest star in the night sky – See the image

There is also Antares, one of the brightest stars in the night sky that makes the Earth look ridiculous – Check it yourself

Conclusion: The size of our world is small.

Images from Rense

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Scoble says:

This is going to revolutionize astronomy. It is simply the coolest thing I’ve seen lately (and I’ve seen some pretty cool stuff walking around CES).

Ya know what? I think Scoble is right. Here are some details from the SkyScout product page:

The SkyScout is a revolutionary, one of a kind, patented handheld device that instantly identifies and/or locates any celestial object visible to the naked eye, providing educational and entertaining information, both in text and audio.

Point the SkyScout at any bright star and it will instantly identify the object or choose an object from the celestial database of over 6,000 objects and the SkyScout will guide you to it.

How does it work:

SkyScout combines GPS technology, which gives the time, date and location of the user, software that calculates the position of the objects for that moment and 3 axis sensors measuring gravitational and magnetic fields to determine the true orientation of the SkyScout to the earth.

So if you’re an amature astronomer or you’re just into reenacting the scene from “Wayne’s World” where Wayne and Garth are lying on the hood of the Pinto, staring at the sky and waiting for the 737 to fly over, the SkyScout is available for preorder at Amazon (Aff.) for about $400 in April 06′.

[Source: Celestron Via: Scobleizer]