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JayinUT
I'm not Sleepy
Reged: 09/19/08
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Loc: Utah
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WALL-E Cluster.
Was at a star party for the boy scouts last night and one of the objects I had in a dob was NGC 457. I asked the scouts if they saw an Owl or ET in the view and I got several scouts saying it looks like Wall-E from the Pixar movie. So, will the name change as this generation become the next amateur astronomers?
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Cygnus_x1
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Well, as well as 'Owl' and 'ET' I have seen this called 'Johnny 5' like the little robot in Short Circuit and I think it looks very much like that. The cluster with the most nicknames...
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blb
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This may be a generation thing because it looks like a jet fighter with it's afterburners on to me. The Owl's wings look like the sweptback wings of the fighter while the remaining stars extend out to a point at the front of the fuselage. I grew up in the 60's making models of Jet's.
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azure1961p
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Reged: 01/17/09
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Quote:
I grew up in the 60's making models of Jet's.
Clear skies, Buddy
That was a great time for some excellent jets. I still cant believe they developed the SR-71 back then.
Pete
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