From Ian Williams
Since the world’s leading astronomers seem to be a bit of a boring unromantic bunch, can I suggest on their behalf that Methuselah might be a better name for a 13 billion-year-old star than HE 0107-5240 (28 June, p 36)?
Isn’t it about time that some of the more spectacular celestial objects were given more user-friendly names rather than migraine-inducing catalogue numbers?
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
