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Telescope naming conventions need some work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Telescope https://en.w
by codeulike 3y ago
Telescope naming conventions need some work
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Telescope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Array https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Array
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Mile_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Mile_Telescope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Mile_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Mile_Telescope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwhelmingly_Large_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwhelmingly_Large_Telescope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilodegree_Extremely_Little_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilodegree_Extremely_Little_Te...
- stargazer-3 3y agoObligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1294/ https://xkcd.com/1294/
- Yizahi 3y agoMissing some, to cover the whole spectrum :) Barely Acceptable Telescope Mildly Average Telescope Just Big Enough Telescope
- xanderlewis 3y agoOK You’ve Made Your Point This Is Getting Silly Now Gigantic Telescope
- Sharlin 3y agoIf telescopes were named like Culture ships
- candiodari 3y ago[flagged]
- pvaldes 3y agoand Tinyscope
- mananaysiempre 3y agoAll of the real ones are Just Big Enough for the observational tasks they’re actually targeted at, I believe.
- vikingerik 3y agoWell, it goes both ways. If they were bigger they'd get more observational tasks targeted up to that limit.
- hpb42 3y agoDon't confuse extremely large telescope[0] with Extremely Large Telescope[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_large_telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_large_telescope [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope
- marmshallow 3y agoI lost it at Overwhelmingly Large
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoOn mobile so the links were squished and I opened each link individually...I appreciate saving "Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope" for last :)
- lubujackson 3y agoTime for Telescope McTelescopeface