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Star Wars Death Star Planetarium

Hazel Chua — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:15:41 +0000

When unreal universes and real science facts collide, you get the Star Wars Death Star Planetarium. Housed in the moon-sized super weapon and space station from the Star Wars movies, turn this planetarium on to transform your bedroom (or any other room, for that matter) into your very own planetarium. Aside from a fantastic rendition [...]

Star Theatre Planetarium

James Kelly — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:58:57 +0000

If you don’t happen to live near a planetarium or in the wilderness without city lights, then you will appreciate the Star Theatre Planetarium. Just put this planetarium in a dark room in your house and you will be amazed by the quality and detail of the images. The Star Theatre Planetarium uses the same [...]

R2-D2 Homestar Planetarium

Conner Flynn — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:28:13 +0000

If you saw Homestar’s original planetarium, then you know that the top kind of resembled R2-D2′s head. I guess I wasn’t the only one that noticed because now Sega Toys has outed a cool R2-D2 Homestar Planetarium. This may finally be the droid you are looking for since this 8 inch figure projects a display [...]

New HomeStar Planetarium from Sega Toys

Robert Birming — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:08:15 +0000

The Japanese toy manufacturer Sega, who has brought us home planetariums like the Pure Mini and the Spa, has now released a second edition of the popular HomeStar Pro model. It is the ultimate version of the previous HomeStar and HomeStar PRO, you can have more stars, ultra bright and a sharp starry sky in [...]

HomeStar Spa – Sega Toys Bathroom Planetarium

Robert Birming — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:58:02 +0000

Sega Toys, the Japanese company that has brought us the HomeStar home planetariums, has now released a bathroom version called HomeStar Spa. The product is shaped like the planet Saturn and has three modes (see the image below). From left to right: planetarium, rose petal and deep sea. The Sega Toys HomeStar Spa will be [...]

HomeStar Pure Mini – Sega Home Planetarium

Robert Birming — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:39:26 +0000

The popular HomeStar Pure home planetarium from the Japanese Sega Toys company is now also available in a mini version. This mini HomeStar Pure from Segatoys is enough to take your breath away with an astonishing view of the universe. Just simply press down the switch and look inside the HomeStar Pure Mini, the stars [...]

HomeStar Pure – New Segatoys Home Planetarium

Robert Birming — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:03:33 +0000

The Japanese Segatoys company has released the HomeStar Pure – a new and more affordable version of their successful HomeStar home planetarium. The high qualtiy “HomeStar Pure” costs only half of its successful HomeStar and projects 10,000 stars onto your ceiling. Powered by 4 only AA batteries, the HomeStar pure is no longer confined by [...]

Ultimate Star Planetarium

Robert Birming — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:52:34 +0000

This indoor planetarium transforms any room into a truly stellar display, allowing you to view the night sky as it would appear anywhere in the world. Features: Project 88 constellations; 12 celestial objects, including 8 planets, Pluto and its moon, Charon Uses super bright bulbs to project over 600 stars Searchable database with over 600 [...]

Star Theater V3 – Home Planetarium

Robert Birming — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:05:30 +0000

This Star Theater V3 ($25) available at the Discovery Channel Store will transforms any room into a 360-degree planetarium, projecting hundreds of constellations and twinkling stars onto the walls and ceiling. Features: Accurate to season, month, day and hour Provides fun astronomical facts while stargazing outside Includes a built-in liquid-filled compass & glow light feature [...]

SkyScout Personal Planetarium

Robert Birming — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:24:55 +0000

The Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium ($347) locates and identifies over 6,000 stars, planets, and constellations from its built-in database. The SkyScout is a revolutionary handheld device that uses advanced GPS technology with point and click convenience to identify thousands of stars, planets, constellations and more. Simply point the SkyScout at any star in the sky [...]

10,000 Star Planetarium

Robert Birming — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:35:20 +0000

We’ve seen a lot of planetarium gadgets lately, but never before as good looking as the 10,000 Star Planetarium ($130). It’s also said to be the “most advanced desktop planetarium available for home use”, capable of projecting a realistic image of the heavens with over 10,000 stars. This is the most advanced desktop planetarium available [...]