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WillParkinson

(16,879 posts)
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 01:44 PM Jan 2012

I've been at my job for 25 years and get a gift.... [View all]

This is what I'm taking:

The Bushnell(r) Navigator(r) 675 x 4.5-in telescope offers you state-of-the-art, computer-driven location and tracking capability with simple, push-button control. With a built--in data base of 20,000 celestial objects, you simply call up your target on the hand-held control module, enter a simple "Go To" command and the NorthStar(r) computer does the rest. A Real Voice Output(tm) feature describes night sky wonders with a human voice.



And it comes with:



The reviews on the binoculars are mixed but, I figure, it's better than what we have.

And it's free.

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cool! barbtries Jan 2012 #1
sweet! charlie and algernon Jan 2012 #2
A website... WillParkinson Jan 2012 #7
So when you are viewing something like Ceres marzipanni Jan 2012 #3
My dear WillParkinson! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #4
Wait... WillParkinson Jan 2012 #5
Ha! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #6
You can use it for looking at the moon(s)... REP Jan 2012 #12
My daughter has almost the exact same telescope. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #8
I'd love to have one myself, but there's just too much light polution around here Major Nikon Jan 2012 #9
Awesome, Will! pacalo Jan 2012 #10
very nice libodem Jan 2012 #11
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