Name the scope contest

[Cjg]

Astronomers Without Borders have a "name the scope" contest, yes it's a 130p Heritage in Celestron Blue.

http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/news/latest-news/1418-awb-telescope-naming-contest.html

Am guessing that calling it a "Skywatcher 130p Heritage" is not going to win you this contest.

Good luck,

Chris

[michaelmorris]

Brian

[Zakalwe]

Charlene.

Maybe we need a chant to go with it.."This is my 'scope. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My 'scope is my best friend....."

[Bart]

The Evening Widow Maker

Barry

[ronl]

It looks like an Eric!

[John]

Twiggy ?

[Scott]

"blue moon" in honor of the frequency of which can be used in the UK

either that or Gary

[DeepThought]

Smart move, a decent marketing company would charge thousands to come up with a name, but Joe Public will do it for a 5" dobsonian.

But that's just me being unduly cynical, from what I understand AWB do some good work to promote astronomy to the masses so fair play to them.

[scuffer]

Gotta be worth a go , got until September to think of a name of something that's 5 inches ....hmmmm

[JB80]

No, it needs something inspirational sounding.

You know, like Ford Ghia.

[JamesF]

There's already a dob called "Big Blue", so this one clearly has to be "Little Blue".

James

[DeepThought]

Yes, we should really think outside the box on this one, something proactive, empowering and ready for the new economy. A real paradigm shift in brand synergy.

[JamesF]

Yes, we should really think outside the box on this one, something proactive, empowering and ready for the new economy. A real paradigm shift in brand synergy.

I like a bit of blue sky thinking. Why don't you run it up the flagpole and see who salutes?

James

[DeepThought]

I like a bit of blue sky thinking. Why don't you run it up the flagpole and see who salutes?

James

Quick wins like this are the low hanging fruit we should all be going for.

[Cjg]

Are some of you "blue sky out of the box thinkers" trying to facilitate audience conversations and drive engagement with social currency ?

I do admire and respect AWB's aims. My entry was "Insta Dob" thought it sounded vaguely US'ish and matches the speed of set up and use of the little scope....

Chris

[Bart]

Tom, as in Peeping?

Barry

[Robny]

My entry - XS5 Seeker

(XS) for extra small

(5) for 5 inch

(SEEKER) for.....why not!

Sent from my phone, please excuse and grammer and speling

[Stargazer_00]

I called it Patriot because it's an american site and they love all that national pride rubbish

[Paul M]

There's already a dob called "Big Blue", so this one clearly has to be "Little Blue".

James

Round these here parts blokes have a habit of calling their mates "Blu".

So maybe "Little Blu"?

Can we share the prize money?

[AndyWB]

I do admire and respect AWB's aims.

Thank you! And I'm pleased to discover from that site that there are AWB Supporters - I need those.

How about "Andrew William Burns's 130p in Blue"? Or "Bushnell Ares 5"? Oh, wait...

[LukeSkywatcher]

Tinky Winky.

[cotterless45]

Po ?

[michaelmorris]

Fitting in with the trend in naming telescopes, what about The QST (Quite Small Telescope)?

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

R2D2 ?

[Peter Drew]

"Seymour" ?