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Discovery Exclusive Ultimate Star Planetarium

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Manufacturer: Item Source LLC
Brand: Discovery Channel
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View the night sky as it would appear anywhere in the world with this motorized indoor planetarium. As seen on the Today Show!Project 88 constellations; 12 celestial objects, including 8 planets, Pluto and its moon, CharonUses super bright bulbs to project over 600 starsSearchable database with over 600 star facts and mythsInteractive talking computer and backlit navigational screenFeatures five modes for a variety of astronomy tours and settingsFeatures a one-hour timer so you can fall asleep under the starsIncludes AC power adaptor and 24-page, full color instruction manualThis accurate, computer-aided, motorized planetarium transforms an ordinary room into a truly stellar display.Safety warning: This product contains small parts that may present a choking hazard for young children.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Toy
Brand: Discovery Channel
EAN: 0743252755976
Feature: Dimensions: 13.75L X 13.5H X 15W inches
Label: Item Source LLC
Manufacturer: Item Source LLC
Material Type: Plastic
Publisher: Item Source LLC
Studio: Item Source LLC


FEATURES:

• Dimensions: 13.75L X 13.5H X 15W inches



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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Moderate quality, good functions, lights burned out quickly
Comment: I bought this for my 8 year old so that he could have a planetarium nightlight. He was thrilled with the toy initially, and it does do a good job of projecting reasonably accurate configurations of constellations. It can also project a single image of a planet/nebula that you can dial up. The cons are: Motor is a bit noisy, but he didn't seem to mind at all; slightly tricky to program (at least for an 8 year old) but again, he picked up his favorite settings and stuck with them; quality is a bit disappointing for the price, it is entirely plastic and doesn't seem like it will take much to break it; the biggest con was that the bulb burned out within a few months, and I've been trying to get a replacement from the Discovery Store for a while. At first they told me I'd have to get it from Amazon, but (since that's not an option) they finally accepted my request. Hoping the bulbs arrive soon... Also, if you are looking for something that projects accurate star sizes or light levels, this isn't it. The planetarium merely projects equal-sized pinpoints of light for each star.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Inaccurate!
Comment: We bought one of these, but had to return it because the stars were rising in the west and setting in the east. The replacement model, which the company claimed to have checked, did the same thing. While the stars were in their correct locations, making it appear that the earth was turning backwards was ridiculous!

(And yes, I'm sure it was reversed -- I'm a science teacher, and I even had an astrophysics professor double-check for me.)

Customer Rating:
Summary: Overall love it, disappointed in one thing
Comment: We bought this for our 3 year old daughter to go to sleep with, knowing she will get a ton of educational use out of it when she becomes older. She loves it. She has already started to learn the names of the planets. Every night before we go to bed she ask me to swith the planet to saturn. Then right before I go out she always ask me to change it back to the moon. The only thing I have found so far that I am disappointed with is that when you choose a sky (location and time) that the moon does not go to that type of moon, its always full. When its a half moon outside it would be nice to have the moon on the computer do the same thing. That way the sky is really the same, not just the stars. Overall though, we love it.

Customer Rating:
Summary: not as cool as it sounds
Comment: I got this for my eight year old son for Christmas. We thought it would be soooo cool, turning his bedroom into a starscape each night, picking out constellations, and learning some astronomy. Sadly, it just wasn't that cool.

When you take it out of the box, it has a great precision instrument look. You can simply plug it in and begin playing with it within 2 minutes-- minimal set up or reading of instructions, altho parental input is required. It has a neat timer on it that allows you to pick out a date so you can project what the stars look like at different times of year. You can even pick different countries and get their skyscape! Also, the device has a timer, so it will automatically turn off after kids fall asleep, which is nice.

The big downer is that every point of light is identical in size, shape and color. So, unlike in reality, the North Star is not brighter than the surrounding stars. This makes all the stars kind of run together in one big mess, making it extremely difficult to identify any constellations, which was the whole point of the toy! Add that to the fact that my son's bedroom doesn't happen to have a dome shaped ceiling (!), so there is distortion in the projection as well. After 2-3 nights we, simply gave up an trying to identify any constellations, and instead used it as a very expensive night light.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazing Star Planetarium
Comment: Well, specially designed to children and adults too. Option to watch constellation is very spectacular. I live in Chile, near Santiago, Don't have for Santiago, but is possible realize adjust with the time in Buenos Aires. The special difference with other, is proyection system with light points, not like many which have dark point. This original system is in concordance with reality.(Star are light points, not dark point in the Sky).
Fernando Franco Blu
Rancagua, CHILE.

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