Meade mySKY Plus Enhancements

The Meade mySKY®PLUS includes new multimedia presentations with Hollywood-style video content on the planets and the Moon, as well as a new more informative introduction and how-to guide on the operation of the product. Meade has also refined the software to give the user a trouble free and more entertaining exploration of the Universe. Gone is the lengthy wait for a GPS fix. Now in only a few moments, the time, date and location can be easily entered and stored in the Meade mySKY® internal clock and memory. It is automatically retrieved the next time the mySKY is used, so you get started even faster.

Meade mySKY™ -- Your Personal Guide for Sky Exploration.

The new Meade mySKY Plus is a fun, interactive, multi-media, hand-held guide to the universe. The my SKY locates and identifies celestial objects in the night sky using the latest in electronic technology. Featuring a full-color LCD screen and the added ability to control a Meade computerized telescope, the Meade mySKY is clearly unlike anything else on the market. Below is an introductory video on the Meade my SKY Plus:

Exploration of the night sky starts with a simple video introduction of how to use mySKY. From there, real-time, color SkyMaps guide you to the objects you want to locate. Once an object is located, full-color presentations will blow you away with stunning astrophotography, entertaining audio descriptions, color videos, astronomical mythology, folklore, scientific fun facts and much more! Sandy Wood, the familiar voice of the popular StarDate, a syndicated daily radio program (featured on OPT’s phone system), provides you with audio descriptions of the objects you have found. The Meade mySKY also takes you on guided tours of the best objects in your sky, tailored perfectly to your time, date and location.

The Meade mySKY features the latest technology to perform an automatic alignment, allowing customers of any experience level to find objects within the first minutes of using the mySKY. Meade mySKY technology includes a magnetic compass to accurately find north and electronic accelerometers to determine pointing location. In a nutshell this means that the Meade mySKY will do all of the hard work for you, allowing you to enjoy the wonders of the night sky!

Meade mySKY is the ultimate in simplicity and ease of use. No prior knowledge of the night sky is needed due to the fact that Meade mySKY aligns itself with minimal input from the user. Turn it on, point it at a celestial object, and pull the trigger to identify planets, stars, nebulae, galaxies and much more. The Meade mySKY has a database of over 30,000 objects, many which include color images and audio descriptions. Below you can find one of the sample videos from the mySKY on the wonders of Saturn:

One of the most highly anticipated features of the Meade mySKY is the ability to connect with your Meade computerized telescope for advanced telescope functionality. Let me repeat that… this time in bold. The Meade mySKY will connect to your Meade computerized telescope for point-and-shoot go-to features! Simply connect the mySKY to your Meade telescope, point the Meade mySKY at an object you wish to observe, pull the mySKY trigger and the telescope will automatically go to the selected object. Incredible!

Highlights of the Meade mySKY...

• Identify planets & stars you see in the sky
• Find planets, stars, nebulas, galaxies and more that you select
• Guided tours for your time and location included
• Find and display Constellations
• Upgradeable software and object database
• Full multimedia presentations, video, audio, still images, and text for many objects
• Full color LCD screen display
• Number of audio descriptions of objects 500+
• Real time sky maps of area pointed at
• View sky maps, object images, video and text while looking at the object in the sky
• Total number of objects in database 30,000
• Find satellites like the International Space Station
• Ergonomically designed to be comfortable to hold and easy to point
• Clear unobstructed view of the sky when pointing. No narrow tube with glass windows to sight through.
• Connects to Meade computerized telescopes to slew to the object selected
• SD Card included
• Battery life (approximate) 6hrs