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Meade's mySKY Wins an Award
February 26, 2008
Meade mySKY was awarded the Editor's Choice Award by the Children's Technology Review magazine.

Review: Meade MySky Educates, Entertains
Associated Press - February 6, 2008
Exploring the mysteries of the universe from the comfort of a lawn chair just got easier, thanks to a handheld sidekick from Meade Instrument Corporation.

To Point the Naked Eye, or Certain Telescopes, a Guide to the Stars
NY Times - October 25, 2007
Most of the stars in the heavens look pretty much alike, just points of light. And there are so many that it is hard to tell one from the other. But you can identify almost any visible celestial object by pointing a Meade mySKY at it.

Meade’s mySKY Puts Radar-Gun Planetarium at Your Fingertips
Popular Mechanics - October 29, 2007
It's probably clichéd to say that, since the dawn of time, man has looked up to the heavens in awe and with a sense of mystery. But even in a day when Wikipedia might be able to tell you the size and location of countless stars—even if you've graduated from elementary school—chances are your knowledge of astronomy doesn't go much further than "Saturn has rings."

Meade's MySKY Opens the Heavens
ABC News - November 1, 2007
There's no substitute for a fine telescope to explore the boundless expanse of the universe. But using a telescope can be like randomly dialing phone numbers with no directory. Which star is which? Is that constellation the Big Dipper or something else? ...

Shooting Stars: Point and Shoot Astronomy Gun from Meade
Wired.com - June 13, 2007
Star gazing can be fun (unless you live in a city when all you'll see is an orange glow), but in the age of Wikipedia and ubiquitous web access, reading from a star chart is a little, well, old fashioned. ...

'mySKY' takes aim at the heavens
CNET Blogs, CA - October 1, 2007
But Meade's "mySKY" is the only one we know of that comes anywhere close to resembling a phaser. This personal guide to the universe can identify 30000 ...

Meade mySKY, the next best thing to your own personal astronomer
SciFi.com - April 10, 2007
It's great for astronomy noobs. Line up an object in its sighting system of three pointer lights, and mySKY plays back video on its 480 x 234 LCD screen describing planets, constellations and galaxies from its database of 30,000 celestial objects. ...

HOW DO I find my place in the universe?
Chicago Tribune - November 6, 2007
Charting my world, plotting my place in it, charting a new world, pondering my world's place in the stars -- such deep thoughts, and as I stroked my chin philosophically, a device landed on my desk that seemed to tie together all my ideas. ...

Meade's mySKY Shows Us Our Sky
Gizmodo.com - September 29, 2007
If you love the great big skies as much as we used to love the iPhone (oh, it hurts) then you may be interested in Meade's mySKY Personal Guide. ...

Meade intros mySKY Personal Planetarium
Engadget - April 9, 2007
It may not let you take deep space photographs, but Meade's new mySKY Personal Planetarium should help to give you a better sense of your cosmic environs, and also double as a suitable ray gun prop in your next no-budget sci-fi movie. ...

Gearlog Field Trip: Shooting for the Stars with the Meade mySKY
Gearlog - June 4, 2007
Have you ever gazed up at the night sky and wondered exactly what it was you were gazing at? Even here in New York, we catch tantalizing glimpses of mysterious heavenly bodies from time to time.

Holiday Gift Guide: Gadgets galore to please techies
Washington Times
The secrets of the solar system open up for those armed with this incredible hand-held wonder from Meade Instruments. ...

First look: mySKY star search
San Jose Mercury News - November 19, 2007
MySKY is a cool toy for would-be astronomy experts. Shaped like a gun with a video window, it has built-in GPS navigation that allows it to identify objects in the night sky. You point it up in the air, line up a star in the sight and pull the trigger. The mySKY searches through its database and finds the star's name and other identifying information. It can also play an audio or video clip that describes what you're seeing. With the video and audio features, this product has a more engaging presentation than last year's SkyScout. ...

Find your place in the universe
New Jersey Star Ledger - November 16, 2007
Let's take a look at mySky. This light, easy-to-use device is like a GPS for outer space. Point the gun-shaped mySky at the heavens, press a button and you'll get audio or video that answers the stargazer's most favorite question: "What the heck am I looking at?" ...

Scouting stars
Arizona Daily Star - September 24, 2007
(Meade's similar MySky arrived recently to give it competition.) SkyScouts are available at a variety of Web sites and at amazon.com. ...

Presents Progress
newsday.com - Decemberr 4, 2007
Meade MySky sky navigator (about $400). Meade, the precision instrument company, says that using its new MySky is almost like having a "private astronomer standing next to you."

Using GPS tech, you can take a tour of the night sky with this $400 device
The Birmingham News - November 4, 2007

MySky makes sense of the firmament
Reporternews - October 30, 2007
The mySKY hinted at much with its impressive database of 30,000 celestial objects, illuminated sights, GPS auto alignment and built-in text, video, audio, still image and map-based presentations. ...

MEADE mySKY REVIEW
Weasner - October 20, 2007
The mySKY database contains over 30,000 objects (similar to the AutoStar #497) but of course most of these can not be seen with the naked eye. ...

The Meade MySky: exploring strange new worlds is the “aim”
Coolest Gadgets, UK - October 3, 2007
The Meade MySky allows you to explore the heavens simply with a point and shoot. It’s database comes with 30000 objects in the night sky and also can show ...

ThinkGeek :: MySky GPS Star Tracker
MySky GPS Star Tracker - Hi-tech star identifying technology will explode your mind!

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