HomeStar - 21st Century Home Planetarium Review

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday June 12, 2006 @02:15AM from the my-god-it's-full-of-stars dept.

Jeff writes "Direct from Japan, the SegaToys HomeStar is a unique home projector that turns any room into a planetarium, giving a clear view of the night sky. Using interchangeable plates, it's capable of displaying up to 10,000 stars of either northern or southern hemisphere, as well as their constellations. The starfield can move on a timer to simulate the earth's rotation. Also comes with a meteor generating function and sleep timer. Makes a great gift for the dad who has everything, or people who live in light-polluted areas." Check out Jeff's review of the unit.

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Re:Now we know by jdbartlett · 2006-06-12 03:10 · Score: 4, Interesting

I think this is a nice, if expensive, toy for people in big cities. Even in small cities, light polution dims the view.

I've a friend back in London who had her ceiling painted with a mock-up of the night sky somewhere in Africa. She hired some company that specializes in glow-in-the-dark night sky displays working from real star maps.

I doubt this box is much more expensive.