The Very Large Array Wants You To Rename It

Mucho Grande el arraya (I don't speak spanish AT ALL)

BUT if i were too thats what i would call it

Apocacataclysmageddom

It's a combo of apocalypse, cataclysm, and armageddon.
It would be the most suited title for such a massive device.

how about the "moderately large array." (I'm going for a more modest angle, here)

why learn from your own mistakes, when you could learn from the mistakes of others?

The Sagan Array

Yes, I loved Contact. Plus it had some beautiful shots of the (soon-to-be-former) VLA.

Sagans Ear Array. S.E.A.

:-c

GAIA (Giant Astronomy Interferometer Array)

Well, off the top of my head:

(Outer Space Illegal Alien Broad Satellite Array Alert System!)

We’ll stop those pesky aliens one way or another!
Gosh Darn Dang It!

The Vera Rubin Astronomical Array.

the "phonehoming" array.

_________________
The people of the world only divide into two kinds, One sort with brains who hold no religion, The other with religion and no brain.

- Abu-al-Ala al-Marri

(WHAT?)
Is my suggested name.

Wide Humongous Astronomy Towers

VLA Array Name: DRAGONFLY 12:01PM 10/14/2011

--Moonbouncer

I've got it, and I'm gonna submit it right now to their site

Wholey
Integrated
High-Speed
Electronically
Arrayed
Radio-wave
Detection
Unit

Otherwise known as the "WiHeardU" Telescope

Seems fitting wouldn't you think?

( HI-U )

Humongous Interest Up

READI

Radio Enhanced Astronomy Detect Intelligence

AREA27

Astronomy Radio Enhance Array 27

I think TruthIsMyName almost had it, just drop the "Array":

Sagan's Ear.

Except that it doesn't really do any SETI work. So I propose:

Heeschen's Ear.

According to Wikipedia, David S. Heeschen was the driving force behind the array's development.

EARRS

Enhance Array Radio Reception Stellar

Jansky's Ear.

Well its very large and the best word for very large/impressive is "Mega" in my opinion. The word Array is a good descriptor so we should keep that. Hmmm Mega Array = MEGARRAY!

The Occulus

Lets turn the vowelum up on the cosmos!

AEIOU

Augmentation Electromagnetic Integrated Observatory Universe

STARRY

Stellar Technology Absolute Retrofit Region Y

@fingolfinon

Much appreciated for the comment. The reason I picked Sagan is due to the fact that he made space and everything in it his life.

New Mexico Interstellar Intelligence Surveyor

ARRA

Advancing Reber Radio Astronomy

CCREAD

Cosmic Clarity Radio Ehanced Astronomy Development

ARAPT

Advanced Radio Astronomy Perceptive Technology

Huge Antenna Menagerie

H.A.M.

APARA

Array Perceptive Advance Radio Astronomy

SNAP

Seeking the New and the Perplexing

I find it sums up its purpose quite well.

THE SAGAN ARRAY ftw!! Perfectly APT name.... good thinking there....

The Caldwell Moore Array - in honour of Sir Patrick's many decades of research, and for the inspiration he gives to so many people.

How about

Hip Hip Array!

A3

Advanced Astronomy Array

ADA RA

Advanced Dish Array Radio Astronomy

NAPRA

New Arra-Y Pabolic Radio Astronomy

AAPAT

Astronomy Array Parabolic Advanced Technologies

The Brobdingnag Squelch or "BroSquelch" for short.
Brobdingnag, after the fictional land of giants in Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift in the early 1700s.

AMCRA

Advanced Massive Concord Radio Astronomy

The Space Shuttle Memorial Very Large Array

DSRs - Deep Sky Readers

I submitted
"DARLA"

Distributed
Area
Remote
Location
Array

Playing Devil's Advocate since 1978

"The only constant in the universe is change"
-Heraclitus of Ephesus 535 BC - 475 BC

Black Mesa, seems to fit the place, just sayin...

I think it should have a simple catchy acronym......... Enormous Array of Radio Scopes or EARS. Says it all for me!

Enormous Array for Reading The Heavens (E.A.R.T.H.)

Concord Enormous Electromagnetic Stellar

CEES

Call it MURRAY.. No fancy initials or weird meanings....just MURRAY

I like CodeZero's suggestion, DARLA.

APEERA

Array Parabolic Enormous Enhance Radio Astronomy

Jon Hansom, that is a good name, but SETI already has the "Big Ear" radio telescope array. www.bigear.org "Big Ear" doesn't stand for anything though.

Thanks suddenmischief, hopefully the folks at the VLA renaming board like it.

Playing Devil's Advocate since 1978

"The only constant in the universe is change"
-Heraclitus of Ephesus 535 BC - 475 BC

I would name it "The Ear of Mankind".

EARS

Extraterrestrial Array Research System.

Can't wait until we get to actually hear someone else. This is amazingly exciting. What ever the name will be isn't as important as what its function is able to do. Thanks to all who have sacrificed to make this happen.

W.C.

Vulcan Outreach Array

Mr. Spock (aka: Leonard Nimoy) would LOVE that one!

Celestial Radio Augmented Conglomeration Parabolic System

CRAPS

I really meant to go for something really postive, lol.

The VLA provides a trace back to the beginning of time. In looking for a name, it seems appropriate to denote the beginning of written communication, with alpha. As such, this passive/active Astronomical Listener of Pre-Historic Ages (ALPHA) takes us back to the beginning. I recommend calling it either a) The ALPHA System or b) The ALPHA VLA.

Enrique (Rick) Ruiz
www.wisherwasher.com

Cosmic Advance Parabolic Receptive Radio Astronomy

Cosmic Concord Parabolic Electromagnetic Ray Augmenters

concordant parabolic electromagnetic receptors interpretive astronomy

cperia

Parabolically Concord Heavens Cosmic Song

Religion and Science come together.

I submitted "Definitely Impressive long-distance Observatory"

Big Ear WAS in my hometown, Delaware, OH... but it was dismantled 10-15 years ago....

the Really Very Large Array (sounds convincing)