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This is the device amateur stargazers have been waiting for since, well, Galileo—a simple tool that tells you what you’re looking at in the night sky and guides you to what you want to see. No more complex star charts, and no more uncertainty about whether that thing hovering in the south is Jupiter, Mars or the bright star Spica. A GPS receiver gives the handheld SkyScout its position, an electronic compass tells it what direction it’s pointing, and an accelerometer determines the angle at which it’s being held. When backyard astronomers peer through the targeting window, the SkyScout identifies the chosen object and provides a description on its LCD screen and through headphones. Want to find the Andromeda Galaxy? Select “M31” from the menu, and blinking arrows will guide you to it. Frustration and confusion, meanwhile, are sucked into a black hole. $400; celestron.com
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