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Thanks everyone for some great suggestions for names.
I like one or two of the names suggested so far, but I might just wait for a few more suggestions before settling on a name. The scope isn't actually red/burgundy, so you might steer away from that theme!! Maybe my purple house has played colour tricks on peoples' minds??
Some ideas that I have also had for names:
*"Lord Rosse", being the third Earl of Parsonstown in Ireland, who built the Leviathan, the largest telescope of the 19th century on his estate (183cm mirror), and who famously gave the "Crab Nebula" its name. My maternal family's name is, co-incidentally, Ross. (NB: the Leviathan is name that has been used for many other scopes and is therefore a tad old-hat).
*Bill Parsons, the regular name (well, at least it is "William Parsons") of Lord Rosse.
*Desiree, the very tall, fat, gold-wearing black character from the BBC series "Little Britain" who gets into naked rumbles in health spas.
*Pyxi, being rather like the constellation Pyxis, and conjuring images of Pixi Skase.
*Carina, being my favourite constellation, and bringing back fond memories of real people by that name whom I have met.
*Jacob Sladder (for the biblically literate, the patriarch Jacob dreamt of a ladder taking him all of the way to heaven)
*B.F.T. (Big Friendly Telescope, based on Roald Dahl's "The B.F.G"." – The Big Friendly Giant, a favourite of my three kids)
*Gough (as in Whitlam, being tall, larger than life, representing idealism – in this case astronomical, but ultimately bad for the family economy)
*Anastasia (Russian royal, seductress)
*Kamal (tall, dark, deep – sky, bedecked with glittering jewellery)
Any other suggestions??!!
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