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some space things have good names. some space things are called - large zenith telescope - large binocular telescope - multiple mirrors telescope - thirty meter telescope - very large telescope - extremely large telescope - overwhelmingly large telescope - five hundred meter aperture telescope

27/8/26, 3:51 am3 reposts41 likes

Alex McRoberts

@alex.mcroberts.me

27 Aug

Seems to me that you’re looking up code names for new projects 👀 Just a hunch.

Emily Hunt

@emily.space

27 Aug

astronomers are usually awful at naming things some names are great though! like @vrubinobs.bsky.social!

fig (aka:[phil])

@bad-example.com

27 Aug

ooo yes!! til about vera rubin. +1 great name choice!

fig (aka:[phil])

@bad-example.com

27 Aug

huh, yikes at bsky's svg conversion original: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

fry69

@fry69.dev

27 Aug

> huh, yikes at bsky's svg conversion Such unfortunate surprises should not be possible. Sometimes an error or no conversion is better than a terrible conversion. cc @alexbenzer.com

Eli Mallon

@iame.li

27 Aug

“very large arrays” is probably one of the worst names for a category