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Originally Posted by Liz
Hmmmm ... interesting Doodad .... where the heck did that name come from!!! Will have to check it out though 
Ok, been having a look as thought Eric may have been stirring ..... and seems doodad is american slang for thingy, and watchamacallit!!!! named by an American Astronomer/writer 20 years ago, after he took some images of it at Alice Springs. |
It was Dennis Di Cicco, an editor for Sky and Telescope -the american edition- from memory