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Maybe it was named 'in honour of' the eskimo people? Yup'ik is their national dress. Should Einstien's cross be renamed to 'Relativity Cross? or the Gabriela Mistral Nebula?
Now that it's not being referred to as the Eskimo Nebula anymore, they can now claim 'not to be represented' in the naming of nebulae anymore.
Seems to me like it's not taking the Mickey out of the Eskimo people. It's usage is kind of neutral in this context, unlike those other names you mentioned.
In the end, none of these nebula names are official. I call the Statue of liberty nebula the 'Loki nebula' because the 'SoL nebula' ignores its most prominent features - the enormous loops of gas, which look like Loki's helmet to me.
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