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June 10, 2006
Stars Stars Stars
I remember my first trip to the planetarium was a thrilling one. It opened my eyes up to the vast possibilities beyond our small blue world. The universe seemed to beckon with so much opportunity that I would have done anything to bring that planetarium home just so I could experience it all over again and again and again.
Although there have been numerous attempts at breaking into the home planetarium market, none of the ones I've owned were great, and I've owned 4 of them. The projection units are often cheap looking and the brightness is poor. Unfortunately there's no way for me to test how bright they are in the stores since they're unwilling to turn the lights off.
However, Segatoys HomeStar is the first home planetarium I've come across that not only has a huge and accurate map of the starry sky (with random animations as well), but the brightness and contrast are so high that I'm sure if your roof were round, you could have a "real" planetarium for cheap; a bargain at only $229. It comes in silver and black varieties so if you wanna bring home the stars, this is the cheapest and best way to get them - shooting stars not included.
another picture after the jump
Posted by tranism at 7:35 PM | Permalink
Comments
hmm... looks alot like my iBot, but without the toes.
Posted by: A.J. at June 11, 2006 3:48 PM