You Name the Cosmos!
Many of the recent discoveries by the Hubble Space Telescope have been "named" with numbers. Gone are the poetic, mythic names like Milky Way or Andromeda or Pegasus.
Let's have some fun and help NASA out and create names for these awesome celestial objects.
We'll select your best submissions and send them off to NASA headquarters.
What's your name for Star Cluster R146? This brilliant cluster, in the 30 Doradus Nebula, contains dozens of massive stars.
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SmithSpark (as in the sparks from a blacksmith's hammer)
Posted by: Brian | July 16, 2008 at 12:40 AM
The HAL cluster as it looks like the Eye of HAL from 2001
Posted by: Neil Pickersgill | July 16, 2008 at 12:43 AM
"The Hangover". (bloodshot eye.)
Posted by: tabsey | July 16, 2008 at 04:29 AM
I would call it the "Devils Eye" Cluster. Because it looks like a glowing red eye.
Posted by: Kevin Jackson | July 16, 2008 at 04:43 AM
The Sanguine System
Sanguine = blood-red, cheerful, optimistic
Posted by: Kyle | July 16, 2008 at 05:09 AM
The Thor Cluster
Posted by: Brad | July 16, 2008 at 06:30 AM
The Heart of Doradus
Posted by: Kurt | July 16, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Arthur
Posted by: Evan | July 16, 2008 at 12:42 PM
TORTOISE
Posted by: michael | July 16, 2008 at 04:39 PM
Sauron's Eye
Posted by: Scott | July 16, 2008 at 09:15 PM
Epopeya
Posted by: Yordan Yanakiev | July 16, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Zeitgeist
Posted by: Lorne | July 17, 2008 at 07:07 AM
The melting pot
Posted by: michael | July 17, 2008 at 01:05 PM
The melting pot
Posted by: michael | July 17, 2008 at 01:05 PM
The melting pot
Posted by: michael | July 17, 2008 at 01:05 PM
SGEmber as in Ember from Suicide Girls She's hot. I think it's about time we start naming these space objects after women like we do boats. AND hey it's not sexist it's flattery.
Posted by: rizzo | July 17, 2008 at 02:46 PM
The Tiger's Eye comes to mind. This looks like a gem, a sapphire or Tiger's Eye in space, maybe a ruby. My heavens, keep 'em coming !!!!
Posted by: knoxvilledaniel | July 18, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Heart of Fire.
Posted by: sterling | July 18, 2008 at 12:48 PM