Does your telescope have a name?

[firstlight (Tony)]

My 10 inch, which is not in service at present (and unless I get a life, may not return to service in the near future), is named "Cedalion"

Cedalion is the name of the metalsmith that Orion carried on his shoulder when he was blinded by King Oenopion and guided Orion to be healed.

I was always under the impression that Cedalion was a cyclops that carried Orion (although a quick check on the net does not agree) and it seemed an appropriate name at the time, a one-eyed giant who gave sight to the blind.

Sad I guess... but what do you expect from a guy who names his children after stars?

[space oddity]

My scopes do not have names, but the rather large box that the 10 inch LX200 lives in is named "the coffin". My largest meteorite has the nickname "the beast" (19 1/2 pound Campo del Cielo) although the wife calls it" a bloody rock". The beast resides at work for all to admire.... and avoid the aforementioned insults from the wife

[Rodstar (Rod)]

Originally Posted by kinetic

Rod,

after reading your thoughtful post I tried and tried to find an explanation
Bill Arnett wrote about an image he created probably a decade or so ago.
I could not find the text but I found the image!
It is a wonderful image even though I think it is a composite.
Originally it was only two ships, he's added the third later if I
recall correctly.
It shows ships of exploration, ready to set sail on a voyage of
discovery. Your post made me recall that image.
I bet you can recall some beautiful voyages onboard Mary Rose.

Steve

Great image Steve - love it. And yes - the sights from my "ship" always leave me with me ever increasing wonderlust.

[scopemankit (Chris)]

Our 14" dob at the Cederberg observatory is called Bertha.

The name came from a German tourist in 1997, who on seeing the telescope for the first time said, "It looks just like our rail mounted weapon from the first world war! Big Bertha" - the name stuck!

Since then, I have built a 12" dob called Bertie and our old 7" imaging scope was called the Humble Telescope.

[Ric]

At the moment with all this cloud and rain hanging around I've named my scope "Dust collector" because thats all its doing in the corner of the room.

Cheers

[RB (Andrew)]

When I got my LX200 12" I named it "Principia".

My Orion ST80 guidescope is "Jiminy Cricket" - you know.....'Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide'.

Haven't named the others yet.

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Hi Les and everyone,

As listed in my signature, the Flex dob is called R2, because he looks like R2-D2 when collapsed.

The Blur-a-scope 5 incher therefore became R1 as he was the first scope I bought. I shouldnt really call it Blur a scope, its not that bad, needs a dust off though, havent had it out (or R2 for that matter) for a long time because of the "drought" we are having here in Sydney. Seems the only time it clears up is when the FULL MOON IS OUT!!!!! aaaaaaarrrrgggghhhh!

Cheers

Chris

[DavidU (Dave)]

My two scopes are Rain Maker 1 and Rain Maker 2.
I live in Melbourne.