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CHOICE

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Stickers

Create your own other-

worldly constellations or

map the heavens with

Glow Stars Supernova.

Each box contains 200

plastic pieces and putty

to stick them to the

walls without ruining

the paint. The phospho-

rescent material will

glow for up to 15 hours.

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App

To explore the cosmos in

augmented reality, just

point your iPhone or iPad

toward the heavens.

The Night Sky app uses

your location and the

orientation of your de-

vice to identify planets,

stars, and even satellites

streaking across the uni-

verse above you.

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Projector

Bring the Big Dipper,

Orion, and other con-

stellations into your

living room with the

Sega Homestar Home

Planetarium. Its 3-watt

LED projects 60,000

stars from the north-

ern hemisphere in a

circle nearly 9 feet wide

across your ceiling.

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Globe

Navigate the night sky

and visualize Earth’s

place in the universe with

the 12-inch Sky & Tele-

scope Celestial map. It

reveals the location of

2,394 stars, identifi es

194 of them by name,

and outlines 88 constel-

lations—so you’ll know

what you’re looking at.

IN THE BACKCOUNTRY, PEERING INTO THE MILKY WAY

requires nothing more than waiting for nightfall, stepping outside, and looking

up. Return to civilization, though, and light pollution washes out the dotted sky.

If you can’t make your way to a dark corner of the planet, use these gadgets as

stellar (and bug-free) substitutes for outdoor stargazing.

STARRY NIGHT,

DONE RIGHT

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by Stan Horaczek / photograph by Brian Klutch