T&T: For you celestial navigators

[Jim Ague]

> ...or just budding astronomers. Check out this gadget:
> http://www.celestron.com/skyscout/new/index.php
> You literally point it at a star, planet, constallation, etc. and it'll 
> tell
> you what you're looking at, it's history, etc. Or, you can tell it what 
> you
> want to see, and it'll guide you until you're looking at it. Pretty neat!

I was reaing a marketing blurb on this, or one like it. It mentioned its 
GPS, to know where it is, and also special instruments to measure the 
earth's gravitational and magnetic fields, to know where it is pointing. WOW 
I thought, some sophistication! Then DUH I thought, they're talking simply 
plumb bob and compass.

-- Jim
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Jim & Rita Ague
M/V Derreen, Monk 36
lying Ridout Creek, Annapolis, MD
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