The origins of my name.

[En1gma]

It just came to me. Ever since I was a young kid, I have been an avid amateur astronomer.

I cannot understand how it all started as I was too young to remember, all I can say is that it has always been there.

Then it struck me. My full name is Robert Neil Parker.

So I rang my mum Up the other day to ask where my middle name came from. And lo and behold, I was named after Neil armstrong.... Go figure?

So tell me people of IIS. How have you inserted your hobby/knowledge/passion of astronomy into society. E.g, have you named your child, Orion?

Rob

[ballaratdragons]

No, but I have a dog called Astro :thumbsup: :rofl:

[Octane]

My cats are Rigel Kentaurus of Starex and Bellatrix Carina of Starex.

Starex being the cattery they came from.

H

[allan gould]

Our wolfhound was called Cal for Callisto and our groodle is called Pallas. Both great dogs. The wolfhound used to lie on my feet while I did visual and the groodle takes up guard outside the observatory while I'm in it.

[supernova1965]

And our new cat is called LUNA. But my last name has nothing to do with astronomy but I thought i would mention its meaning anyway MAAG is Dutch and means stomach which at present is quite accurate but I am working on reducing its relevance.:rofl: But the meaning of stomach in this context is supposed to mean bravery.

[spearo]

Our new dog is called Cosmo (cosmos sounds too odd)
frank

[Ric]

Our little kitten's name is Vela.

[Screwdriverone]

No but I am thinking of calling my next pet Corot Exo-7B....;)

Cheers

Chris

[Max Vondel]

We have hermit crabs called "Pluto" and "Astro"...........

;)

[Nico13]

Well my cats were Missy and Bubby ( no longer with us ) and nothing to do with the stars.
Although Bubby was as black as night.

But when I was about ten years young at end of year at school was told you have the last week free and do a project on any subject we liked.
I chose the Solar System and have been staring at the stars ever since.

My daughter is an angel though as she has given me two heavenly grand children.

Ken.

[noswonky]

The current occupants of my fish tank are NGG 22 and NGC 23.
Where NGC = New Golden Carp.

And some of the earlier NGCs were actually comets!

[astroron]

When I do star nights for Children , I usually get asked , why is your name (k)night and your an astronomer, I tell them it just worked out that way, that is my real name:)