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Name that telescope and win a prize
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| Sept. 3, 2001
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Posted on 09/06/2001 9:54:36 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: Hatteras
Come to think of it, maybe they could train this thing on Gary. There's no telling what they might find...
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posted on
09/06/2001 10:29:27 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: Physicist
The Sagan Scope
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posted on
09/06/2001 10:35:11 AM PDT
by
BikerNYC
To: Physicist
How about the 'Phalliscope'? As in "Hey is that a telescope in your orbit or are you just happy to see me?"
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posted on
09/06/2001 10:37:59 AM PDT
by
gjenkins
To: Physicist
Fred Hoyle. Author of The Black Cloud, coiner of the phrase "Big Bang" and all-around pain-in-the-a$$. Perhaps they'll leave the cable ties on the antenna again.
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posted on
09/06/2001 10:39:08 AM PDT
by
js1138
To: Physicist
"The Bunny Thump"
"Magic Bunny Ears"
"Carrot Colossus"
”The Big Peeper”
”Whoa”
”The I-See-What-Yer-Doin’”
To: Physicist
How about "Deep Wallet Nine"? Or maybe "Deep Wallet Mine" ;)
On the other hand, my brother (the "artist") is (again) looking for work, and he can do some pretty fabulous things with an airbrush. I don't suppose NASA is looking for a subcontractor to do a nice flame-job on the front end or maybe some pinstriping, hmmm?
Seriously, though, how about "Kepler"?
To: Physicist
Space Infrared Telescope Facility, or SIRTF.
Why not Facility for the InfraRed Space Telescope, or FIRST?
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posted on
09/06/2001 10:41:52 AM PDT
by
Teacher317
(anagrams are a way of life!)
To: Physicist
How about Hubble without the glasses
To: Physicist
How about The Frink, or Glavin
To: AndrewC
That'll teach me to reply before reading the whole thread.
To: Physicist
CompuGlobalHyperMegaScope
To: Teacher317
Yeah, I was partial to "Ol' Red Eye", but I think that "Visine" gets the red out.
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posted on
09/06/2001 11:03:59 AM PDT
by
AndrewC
To: PatrickHenry
"Has anything been named after Isaac Newton?" I have a "Newtonian" telescope at home!
To: Physicist
Thanks for the flag, and for encouraging your own competition. I'm waxing exploratory....
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posted on
09/06/2001 11:16:42 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: All
Two more names relevant to the formation of stellar systems: Bart Bok and James Jeans.
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posted on
09/06/2001 11:20:26 AM PDT
by
Physicist
(sterner@sterner.hep.upenn.edu)
To: Physicist
FIRST THINGS SIRFT
To: BikerNYC
To: Physicist
How about "The Alpha Project?"
To: gcruse
Doh! How could I make that typo. May "the Gipper" forgive my error. :)
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posted on
09/06/2001 11:46:02 AM PDT
by
anymouse
To: SolitaryMan
awwww.....
How 'bout the Saganscope? (Is one word any better?)
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posted on
09/06/2001 11:49:24 AM PDT
by
BikerNYC
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