This sounds really cool, if a bit pricey at $399:
"Here’s how it works: You point it at a planet, or star, or galaxy that you want to identify, aim as best you can, and press a button. Voila–information about what you’re aiming at appears on the device’s color LCD; some more important objects even have voice recordings and video that go along with them."
Of course it would then reduce your night-vision considerably. But that’s a minor problem, I suppose.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 