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To: NormsRevenge
There was a contest to name this telescope a couple of years back. Evidently they have yet to pick a winner.

The name I submitted was "Shapley" (after the astronomer Harlow Shapley).

7 posted on 03/07/2003 11:56:56 AM PST by Physicist
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8 posted on 03/07/2003 12:07:22 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... We live in interesting times.)
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