I'm looking for some help in naming my Kayak.
I'm an avid Dobsonian owning astonomer that looks up during the night and paddles the waterways during the day.
So i'm looking for a way to link both hobbies, with Christening my new Kayak with an Astronomy related name
I'm sure that the collective brains here will far outperform my efforts.
Would love to get a name from here, if I get a good response i will post a pic of the boat next to the scope !!
I'm looking for some help in naming my Kayak.
I'm an avid Dobsonian owning astonomer that looks up during the night and paddles the waterways during the day.
So i'm looking for a way to link both hobbies, with Christening my new Kayak with an Asytronomy related name
I'm sure that the collective brains here will far outperform my efforts.
Would love to get a name from here, if I get a good response i will post a pic of the boat next to the scope !!
Stu
1) Neptune, Roman God of the Sea.
2) Europa, there be liquid water under there me hearties!
When the Aboriginal Yolngu people die, they are taken by a mystical canoe, Larrpan, to the spirit-land (Baralku) in the sky, where you can see their camp-fires burning along the edge of the great river of the Milky Way. The canoe is sent back to earth as a shooting star, letting their family on Earth know that they have arrived safely in the spirit-land. At a beautiful and important ceremony, the Yolngu people gather after sunset to await the rising of Barnumbirr, or Morning Star, which Europeans call Venus. As she approaches, in the early hours before dawn, she draws behind her a rope of light attached to Earth, and along this rope, with the aid of a richly decorated "Morning Star Pole", the people are able to communicate with their dead loved ones, showing that they still love and remember them.
When the Aboriginal Yolngu people die, they are taken by a mystical canoe, Larrpan, to the spirit-land (Baralku) in the sky, where you can see their camp-fires burning along the edge of the great river of the Milky Way. The canoe is sent back to earth as a shooting star, letting their family on Earth know that they have arrived safely in the spirit-land. At a beautiful and important ceremony, the Yolngu people gather after sunset to await the rising of Barnumbirr, or Morning Star, which Europeans call Venus. As she approaches, in the early hours before dawn, she draws behind her a rope of light attached to Earth, and along this rope, with the aid of a richly decorated "Morning Star Pole", the people are able to communicate with their dead loved ones, showing that they still love and remember them.
Well guys made my decision and the winner is Julpan !!!
I have sent off of for the transfers to be made and will post a picture on here as soon as she is ready
Thanks so much to all the people that posted their ideas, some fantastic names, wish I had more than one boat to name !!!
Well guys made my decision and the winner is Julpan !!!
I have sent off of for the transfers to be made and will post a picture on here as soon as she is ready
Thanks so much to all the people that posted their ideas, some fantastic names, wish I had more than one boat to name !!!
The Yolngu people of northern Australia say that the constellation of Orion, which they call Julpan, is a canoe. They tell the story of three brothers who went fishing, and one of them ate a fish that was forbidden under their law. Seeing this, the Sun carried the three brothers and their canoe up into the sky. The three stars in the constellation's centre, which form Orion's Belt in Western mythology, are the three brothers; the Orion Nebula above them is the forbidden fish; and the bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel are the bow and stern of the canoe. This is an example of astronomical legends underpinning the ethical and social codes that people use on Earth
