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Originally Posted by solissydney
I am curious about the SkyScout. They mention how many stars and constellations it can locate. Who looks at stars? What about deep sky objects in the sky. Would the SkyScout do the same job as ,for instance Argo Navis or similar types? Anyone have a SkyScout who can shed some light on the subject?
Ken
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Like others have said. The Celestron Sky Scout and the Meade My Sky are devices that can be used to help people to identify and locate items in the night sky. If set up correctly they can be a very useful aid to doing a two star alignment on a "goto" telescope by identifying the stars. Once the telescope is set up they can be used to drive a "goto' telescope to the star so located.
On the other hand the Argo Navis is a very sophisticated set of setting circles that can be attached to a telescope to allow accurate pointing. They are really have a completely different purpose but they can compliment each other.
Barry