While it's not a mind-blowing star projector, it is great as an educational STEM toy and we haven't reviewed a device yet that acts as both a star projector and planetarium.

The best star projectors have multiple purposes — some can be used as home planetariums, projecting realistic night skies and galaxies indoors, and others can serve as soft, glowing night lights for adults or children.million Aurora colors using the buttons on the device, the included remote control, or your smartphone (compatible with all Android and iOS smartphones). The 'planetarium end' can also be covered with a further supplied translucent blue dome to turn it into a nightlight. This model is silver and black and shares the same basic features and projections as its National Geographic counterpart.

With a poster of the solar system included, this fantastic projector illustrates your new found knowledge with incredible pin sharp imagery. This lets children learn more about the objects in space and adds a bit of fun and mystery to the whole experience. The Bliss Lights Sky Lite Evolve is ideal for a gaming room, party, movie night or as a relaxation tool to unwind or drift off to sleep with. For less of a scientific learning tool and a more impressive light display, with a quieter motor, the BlissLights Sky Lite 2.

The light itself makes the images very clear – the pictures in this post are actually taken at midday, as we often forgot to take pictures at night, when we were all ready for bed. Swivel the unit around and use the high quality projector to view 24 colour NASA and Hubble Telescope photographs of spacecraft, astronauts, planets and nebulae from three changeable slide discs.