Uncle Milton Homestar | 
| Brand: Uncle Milton
List Price: $299.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 212
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 4
Batteries Included: No
Age: 10 - 99 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 8.9 x 9.3
MPN: 12530
Model: 12530
UPC: 042499125307
EAN: 0042499125307
ASIN: B000TKALWS
Release Date: August 10, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Enjoy an amazing starry night view in the comfort of your own home with our pro series planetarium! | | • | Futuristic sphere design with motorized rotation of star fields | | • | Two interchangeable hi-res image disks for different starfield views | | • | Adjustable projection angles which display up to 10,000 stars on walls and ceiling | | • | Includes dual power options - battery pack and AC adapter |
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Product Description
Enjoy an amazing starry-night view in the comfort of your own home with the Homestar Optical Star Planetarium. Watch as a crystal-clear, rotating field of 10,000 stars is projected on your ceiling or wall, with random streaking meteors. Measures 7" x 7".Features: - Displays up to 10,000 stars on walls and ceiling.
- Motorized rotation of star fields
- Two high-res interchangeable image disks (for different starfield views)
- Futuristic sphere design
- Optical-quality lens system with adjustable focus
- Ultra-bright white LED light source
- Automatic timer for motorized image rotation
- Random streaking meteor mode
- Adjustable projection angle
- AC adapter
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 A star-lover's dream machine November 12, 2007
J. Scaringe (Bakersfield, CA United States)
35 out of 35 found this review helpful
Homestar is a fantastic "toy" for all ages and all interests of the night sky whether you wish to learn the constellations or just want to gaze at a very pretty and detailed image of the night sky in the convenience of your own home. Although I've heard complaints from some reviewers about the stars being too blurry around the circumference of the image to the shooting star feature being a bit too simple or the item itself being too expensive for what it is, I, myself - an amateur astronomer who owns a $6000 telescope and is used to seeing the best views of the night sky outside of the big, professional observatory scopes - can tell you first hand that compared to the cost of a REAL Planetarium, what you DO get from Homestar is more than reasonable in both it's capabilities and price. The image of the stars and Milky Way are breathtaking at first glance and you don't find yourself doubting about it's stated feature of displaying up to 10,000 stars. Over three quarters of that number has to be in the finely detailed Milky Way part of the image alone! After a few minutes of watching Homestar you start to feel a very real sense that you are looking up at a reasonably authentic night sky. Every time. This product has brought pure enjoyment to my home and I have used it every single night since the day it arrived on my doorstep with no end of it's use in sight. If you have any New Age/Electronic/Space Music then I can't think of anything more perfect for nightly entertainment than playing those CDs with the Homestar Optical Star Planetarium. They were meant for each other. This product is highly recommended.
 Far too expensive November 4, 2007
Thomas A. Courtright (Killeen, TX USA)
23 out of 30 found this review helpful
I recently purchased the Uncle Milton Homestar for my daughter's birthday. I was very disappointed in the product. For what you get, the product is very overpriced. First of all, the pictures shown to advertise the product give the shopper the false impression of the Homestar's size; it is actually about the size of a softball. While it does project a decent starfield, the projection is very two dimensional appearing only on a surface directly in front of the viewer, rather than all around the viewer. This also has the effect of rendering portions of the starfield very distorted if it cannot be displayed perfectly perpendicular to the viewing surface. The focusing ring for the Homestar is very unstable and loose. The shooting star feature is a nice idea, but the single shooting star appears in exactly the same place, directly in the center of the starfield. The Homestar also comes with only one starfield display disk. All in all, the Homestar is extremely overpriced for the level of quality and usability it offers the viewer.
 Stellar October 29, 2007
Nice Marmet (Somewhere mostly harmless)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This is, without a doubt, the best purchase I have made in some time. When I was young, I covered my ceiling with glow-in-the-dark sticky stars, and I would stare at them for hours; I love to stare at the stars, and I always have. When I decided to see what kind of options I had as far as a star projector, based on reviews on the 'net I couldn't stand buying anything less than this machine... and I am glad that I succumbed to my compulsive spending habit. It is absolutely beautiful. Every person I show it to - and I show it to everyone I can - expresses some variation of the theme "I could stare at this for hours." I couldn't be happier that I get to gaze at this display on my bedroom ceiling every night.
It does have its downsides, though they are few and far between. The most blatant is the fact that the "random" shooting star generator is only random as far as timing; the location of said shooting stars never change. This tends to ruin the illusion, but it is quite easy to turn the feature off.
I give this product a 9/10, with one less point than perfect on account of the shooting star generator. This product is amazing.
Fantastic for the price January 1, 2008
Rilkeanhearts (Evanston, IL USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have wanted to have my own "planetarium" for years and this definitely fits the bill. It took me a while to figure out the focus (I had to spin and spin and spin to get it in the right focus range). It actually has a much bigger focus range than I expected.
The projector seems to be well made and the projections look great. It works best when placed in the center of the floor of a room with no (or small) light fixtures on the ceiling. However, most of the time I use it over my bed and have it only about 4.5 feet from the ceiling and pointed at an angle. The edges are blurry/distorted when used this way, but I like to use the timer before I go to bed.
Several of the other "planetarium" units that I have looked at don't have realistic star/constellation configurations, they only project lights in random patterns. I have used this to become more familiar with the night sky.
There is a newer version of the Homestar, called the Homestar PRO that was released in Japan this year. There are a few online places importing it, but it seems to run about $300. The new version has more disks and I think it projects in color, which would be neat. If the price comes down on those, I might eventually upgrade to that model.
Nightime Spectacular January 7, 2008
David E. Street
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This thing is fantastic. I am an Ameture Astro-Photographer dedicated to photographing the celestial wonders of the night sky. When I saw the advertisement, I had to give this product a try. What a fabulous surprise. The most stunning thing to me was how realistic the view was projected on my flat ceiling. Having spent many nights under the stars while taking photos, and I am amazed how accurate this thing really is. My wife an I turn it on and watch the stars while going to sleep now. I'll bet this thing is lowering my blood presure, as it's so relaxing, watching the night sky as nature intended.
I Highly recommend it.
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