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10-12-2011, 08:25 PM
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JHT
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Penwortham
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Astronomical pet names.
Hi,
Just interested, has any body else used astro names for their pets?
We've had four.
Three Galah's and one dog a labrador.
Dog named Nova, but was more like a fat red giant.
Galah 1. Astro, a bird with lot's of character, used to love coffee, always sneaking a drink from a cup left unguarded.
Galah 2. E.T. not strictly an astro name but a very gentle bird.
Galah 3. Comet, and he's just like a comet, unpredictable out bursts and like along period comet, he's going to out live us! The kids are thrilled that we are going to leave him to them in our will, NOT!!!
Cheers,
Justin.
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10-12-2011, 08:54 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Brisbane
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Please forgive me you're gonna hate this...
(Mars) Rover
Sorry about that chief...
And to make matters worse it was a cat.
Ken
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10-12-2011, 08:57 PM
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Fast Scope & Fast Engine
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Broken Hill N.S.W
Posts: 3,305
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My dog is Rocky (planet) if that qualifies.
Cheers Kev.
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10-12-2011, 08:59 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Monto
Posts: 16,741
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I had a cat called "Astro" and my last dog was called "Major" for Canis Major.
One of our ratties is named "Pixel" I guess that is sort of related to astro stuff.
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10-12-2011, 10:21 PM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
Posts: 14,412
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One of my dogs is called Astro 
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10-12-2011, 10:32 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Launceston Tasmania
Posts: 9,021
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A dog we had when i was a kid we called Sputnik, the reason was because he had a habit of biting on to our trousers and spinning around (orbiting) our legs.
Its worth reading the story of Laika, the first dog in space, quite sad really. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika
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11-12-2011, 12:50 AM
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Buddhist Astronomer
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Phillip Island,VIC, Australia
Posts: 4,073
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Our cat's name is LUNA
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11-12-2011, 01:41 AM
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IIS Member #671
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 11,159
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11-12-2011, 02:48 AM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
Posts: 14,412
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Quote:
Originally Posted by acropolite
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Yes, I have a book about the history of Spaceflight and they go into great detail about Laika.
It's a real 'From Rags to Riches' type story with such a sad ending.
Laika was a stray, but became the most famous dog in history.
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11-12-2011, 10:41 AM
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Support your local RFS
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wamboin NSW
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Our kittens name is Vela.
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11-12-2011, 01:08 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Toowoomba
Posts: 24
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My daughter named her new pony stallion Bootes because he lives in the same paddock I am constructing my observatory dome in.
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11-12-2011, 01:16 PM
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Supernova Searcher
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Cambroon Queensland Australia
Posts: 9,326
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I have only had one dog with an Astro name "Comet" which by all accounts is a pretty popular dog name 
Cheers
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11-12-2011, 01:29 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Perth WA
Posts: 4,374
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 We had a sheep dog a few years ago as a pet and her name was " ASTRO "
Brian,
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11-12-2011, 03:08 PM
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Great Sage == Heaven
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 735
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Our cat is called "Cloudee", not so much an astronomical name but more of what we get to observe the most these days 
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11-12-2011, 05:18 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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I want Corvus for our next dog (nothing to do with dogs but I liked the name). I spent many months mapping a gas prospect called Corvus at work and thought it would make a good pet name. My kids want Grimlock (transformers) for the next dog though!
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11-12-2011, 09:26 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 125
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Two dogs: Bellatrix - a big misnomer as she is a major league wimp & Sirius (what else could you call a dog?)
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12-12-2011, 01:04 AM
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Searching for Travolta...
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brisbane, Australia.
Posts: 3,700
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My female Lilac Burmese cat is name Phoebe- after Saturn's moon.
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12-12-2011, 06:11 AM
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Lost in Space ....
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Auckland, NZ
Posts: 4,949
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Had an Oriental Siamese girl called Halo ( around the moon maybe ...? ).
How about for our now gone old Oriental Ebony , .. Isaac ( Newton? )
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12-12-2011, 07:04 AM
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The serenity...
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Canberra, Australia
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Our budgie of many years was called "Pavo".
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12-12-2011, 08:06 AM
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The serenity...
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 926
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My brother's budgie when we were kids was Aquila... mind you he did latin for 6 years as well as being an astronomer so not sure which was the factor in naming the bird!
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