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Celestron to debut new LCD digital microscope at CES

by Donald Melanson, posted Jan 2nd 2008 at 11:48AM

It looks like those in need of something a little more serious than a DIY microscope will soon have a new option to consider from Celestron, which is set to debut its new LCD digital microscope at CES. Up front and center on this one, as you can see, is a relatively large 3.5-inch LCD, which gets paired with a 2 megapixel digital camera and, of course, a microscope that'll let you take a peek at things at magnification levels up to 40x. You'll also get 128MB of internal memory to store those extreme close-ups for posterity and, thankfully, an SD card slot for further expansion. No word on a price just yet, but you'll apparently be able to get your hands on one sometime in February.

[Via I4U News]

Celestron launches IS70 image spotter

by Ryan Block, posted Jan 7th 2007 at 11:29AM

Looks like Celestron is back in the game this year, having launched their new IS70 spotter. The barrel of this gun features a 2-inch screen, 3.1 megapixel CMOS, 70mm (~14x) with 6x digital zoom, 32MB internal memory, and SD card slot. According to Sci-Fi Tech, you'll be able to use it to view the skies this spring for $479.

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