What do you call your scope?

[iceman]

A thread for a bit of fun.. :clap:

What name do you have for your dearly beloved piece of metal and glass?

I don't actually have a pet name for my dob.. I think it's time I came up with one..

How about you? What do you call yours? :)

[Saturn%5]

Mine is called Marvin. :evil:

[slice of heaven]

The 12" parks is 'Homer', one of the kids stuck a Homer sticker on the base, and the name stuck as well.
I've called the gs lots of names.

Slice

[thomo]

Rheem... ;)

[mch62]

Expensive:P

[Mombat]

Sonofa

[Comet Hunter]

I call mine... Big Blue

[mch62]

Rain Maker:whistle:

[rumples riot]

The beast

[atalas]

Tax man ,it keeps suckig money out of yah!

Louie:shrug:

[Striker]

Mine is called "SOLD"

[atalas]

Hi Striker

What will you call your next one? Gone With The Wind !

Louie :rofl:

[Striker]

Thats a bit harsh.....Louie

I have already named my next scope to "Soon to be Sold" thankyou very much....lol

[atalas]

Don't worry Striker I think there's a support group somewhere !:party2:

p.s what's your next scope?

Louie

[[1ponders]]

Droughtbuster

[Robby]

The C8... Boring huh..

[atalas]

Not if you make a binoscope with two C8 Robby ! then you can call it C8C8 !:doh:

Louie

[Starkler]

C8 = Kate?

[Robby]

:lol2:
C8 = C then 8... As in Celestron C8, like C11, c9.25 etc!!
A C8 binoscope, now theres an idea!! :einstein:

Cheers

[ving]

cheryl refers to it as my other girlfriend.... so i named it heather just to annoy her :P

[ballaratdragons]

Scope.

[ving]

well thats exciting ken! :P

[slice of heaven]

Odd name. How did you come up with that name BD?

[ballaratdragons]

Just haven't thought of one yet.

I KNOW!!! How about 'Snoopy'.

[Astroman]

I haven't officially named my scope but while building it it got many different names which I cannot repeat on a healthy forum like this. :)

[RAJAH235]

The "MOD DOB". :D L.

[westsky]

The C8 like Robby
The C11, the 4", the 6" the ten.
I know BORING.

David.

[Rodstar]

I used to think of my scope as being a woman.....but as it can only do one thing at a time, I am reliably informed by my wife that it must be a bloke....which would also be consistent with the fact that it has three legs (one leg is very much longer than what is usual in its homo sapiens cousin).

Rodstar

[Rodstar]

Also, the fact that astronomers boast that their scope's "aperture" is bigger than someone else's also lends weight to scopes being male.

[rowena]

my 5" i called my 'little baby'... the new 10".. don't know yet... either my 'new baby' or prolly some term to in relation to being heavy... :)
probably the monster... but yeah.. i think it will be called my new baby for awhile.

[Nortilus]

Mosquito....cause thats what alway comes out in swarm whenever i take it out...
Nah...don;t have a name for my scope...I have a name for my old 2" Wobbletronic Tasco...Piece of C*#P!

[h0ughy]

The Rocket launcher - LX200 12" with the dew shield on it. Another stealth American SAM launching platform.

Houghy

[janoskiss]

I'm with Ken, I call it the scope. If there is any ambiguity, because I have a smaller scope, I call it the "big scope". Pretty lame, huh? But it works amazingly well! Personifying inanimate objects is probably not one of the signs of good mental health. :P

[janoskiss]

Oh my gaawwd! Why is this thread in Equipment Discussions where it's meant to be all business & no jokes? Reads very General Chatty from the start. No foolin!..

:stupid:

[Starkler]

Agreed Janos , moved.

[Vermin]

"TeeVee" and "Stupid pain in the butt project that'll never get finished" :)

[ving]

mines a boy.

AND WHAT A BOY!!! :eyepop:

[ballaratdragons]

Hooray, it's been moved to 'General Chat'! Now we can ramble on.

Hi Steve, how ya goin'. G'day David, hows your cow mooing? Hey Tony, any ideas on a new scope yet? Hey Laurie, how is the weather up there? Are you enjoying your new scope Mombat? Geoff, had any luck with the street light problem? G'day to all the Western Australians, and South Aussies, Hi Tom and others in Tassie and a big HELLO to our Kiwi friends.

That will do for now.
:lol2:

[FlashDrive]

I call my 80mm Achromat .... ' Violet ' :P

Col...

[deanm]

C282

[jenchris]

Anthropomorphism is kinda tacky for scientists unless the darned thing is made of brass and has rivets up the side.
Then it's Bertha or Martha with maybe a qualifier. Big Bertha....
If I call mine anything it is jeezus. Usually when I hit my head on it.

[Atmos]

I used to have a 10" & 8" LX200 which I called R2 & D2.
Used to have an ED100 Pro with the gold speckle tube which I called GoldenEye in homage to 007.
My Sky Rover is simple called "Rover".
My Tak I simple call Tak in reference to being as sharp as a Tak ;)

[Nebulous]

I haven't got around to names yet.

But I have a skinny little 80x400 refractor mounted on a chunky 150x750 Newtonian, so perhaps they could be Kermit and Miss Piggy?...

Or maybe Luke Skywatcher and Princess Mirra?... :shrug:

[AstralTraveller]

This is a great thread and I was wondering why I never saw it before. Then I found that Col has resurrected a 12 year old thread! We should rename him 'Lazarus'!

I haven't named any of my scopes but it might be fun to come up with one. In recent years appropriate names have included 'rusty', 'dusty' and 'paperweight' but I've been getting some clear skies recently so that is changing. I'll put on my thinking cap.

BTW a friend had a large (for its day) dobs which he painted red and called 'Antares'.

[traveller]

Eddy (ED80), now sold.
Orange roughy (C8, orange tube), now sold.
Big Bertha (10" f4 SN) current
WO FLT 110 is currently un-named, thinking it's either a Willie or Goldie (for the gold trim finish)
Maybe I can start a poll :lol:
Bo

[traveller]

That's it: Goldmember!

[FlashDrive]

:lol::lol:

[The_bluester]

On the odd occasion that I get to borrow the frac on the far side my setup has been called the AA gun.

[Boozlefoot]

12" newt - Jabberwock.........90mm mak finder - Jub Jub........6" newt - Bandersnatch

[sil]

My good setup (which i cant use anymore) is usually Scopeasaurus or Scopezilla.

[jecarr]

Peter of SDM likes to have names for his creations, and I had intended my 20" to be titled simply 'Deep' but just a month before it was due for delivery in 2014 we had announcements re 'Laniakea' - so that was added to the name; with its meaning of 'immense heavens' and its association with the Great Attractor, and especially with its reminder of huge universe-shaping forces, it was ultra-appealing.

[Wavytone]

The Russian Tank... well it's Russian, and about the size of a hot water heater...:rofl: and typical of Russian technology the bits that matter are well made, but the rest is rather agricultural.

[sharpiel]

My LX200 12" is called "Hedgehog" because one night soon after purchase I was on a Greek island with my fiancé and we rescued two baby hedgehogs (so cute) from the road and into the bushes after cuddles (with the baby hedgehogs) and together with a naked eye Andremda Galaxy and the northern sky it was a memorable night.

My TOA I call "Old Light". Hardly needs an explanation...

[38degsouth]

Hi,

The C9.25 OTA I had a while back was called 'Ay-jo', as named by my then 3yo boy. I asked what it meant, he said 'dadda, it's Ay-jo, it doesn't mean anything because it's just Ay-jo'. Btw, he also named its finderscope Ay-Pee.

So when the N11 arrived, without hesitation he called it Ajo-poco!

We love our boys' creativity with naming stuff..
..like our house being called Nu-Jah 2, the recent holiday accommodation house and hire car being called Eff-Oh and Oaf, his toy giraffe Poss-O, our fridge Commie, the zebra in a picture on our wall Muz and the always elusive ever changing imaginary object he speaks about often Ay-Da-Boor!

Back on topic, my other 'scope names as per my signature below -um not so creative lol.

Regards, Dean

[simon_rl]

My 10" collapsible dob is R2-D2 (but only when it is collapsed) and my wife named my RC8 Chubby Doinker :lol:.
If you are into archery you will know what that is.

[Steffen]

I suppose I could name my 8" Dob See-Through-PO... :P

[LewisM]

Astro-Physics Star12ED is "Missy" :)

SW Esprit 80 is "Xīngxì" (means galaxy)

[xelasnave]

Collideascope?

Alex

[simon_rl]

:lol::lol::lol: