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gatorengineer
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Reged: 02/28/05
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Sega Homestar Planetarium - Off of the Bino topic
09/15/05 08:51 AM
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Ok, I know this doesnt really belong in this forum but....
I wanted to post as I believe that this one single product could really cause a rennaisance in the interest in astronomy.
http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=446
I ordered one of the new Sega Homestar Planetariums from Japan. (It hasnt made its way accross the pacific yet, but I hope it does.) It is a modern day update of the old planetarium projectors common in the 50's and 60's. It is capable of projecting 10,000 stars. Its designed to project on a flat surface wall or ceiling and is motor driven so you see the entire norther hemisphere sky every 15 minutes or so, or you can stop it at any one particular point. It comes with 2 "disks" one is the northern hemisphere sky with the constellation outlines, the other is the sky without. In short it is simply an incredible device. The images are bright and crisp, and well simply incredible. This little projector easily surpasses the local clubs zeiss projector, and many of the small museum and science center projectors I have seen. Its views had me reaching for the binos.
I hope every school science program in the country gets one of these devices as an educational tool. No dome required, and its unbelievable. The only downside is that the manual is entirely in Japanese.
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10" LX200R OTA
8"F20 Dall Kirkham
12.5" F3.5 Newt
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