This telescope’s name is often lovingly shortened to “Schmidt-Cass”.
But what is the correct pronunciation of “Cassegrain”?
Is the French way, or has it been anglicized?
Thanks.
CASS-a-grain
The -a-, as in uh.
“wooster”
“throat-warbler mangrove”
I’ve only ever heard CASS-a-grain.
Signed,
Podkayne
Culturally-Illiterate Martian-American.
Oohh… oohh, while you’re here kids, how do I pronounce the word Bootes, the name of a rather dull constelation that I have never heard spoken.
Thanks
For a long time I thought the star was BETAL LAY GUISSIE
Boe-OAT-ez.
The second o should have a diaeresis, indicating that the two o’s are pronounced separately: Boötes, not as a dipthong as in “baby booties.”
And Boötes isn’t dull! Aside from being the most fun-to-pronounce constellation (say it from deep in your belly: booooooo-OAT-es!) it contains Arcturus!
Why, a regular Boötes-booster, I am!
I believe Boötes is the teamster who drives a pair of oxen. Right?
Camelopardalis kicks Boötes butt in the fun-to-pronounce competition ! 
I had that once. No fun during a long observing session.
Which in turn has its butt kicked by the Babylonian name for Zeta Tauri, the star at the tip of the southern horn of Taurus the bull: Shurnarkabti-sha-shutu
I’ve always had a soft spot for Alpha, Beta and Gamma Librae, also known as Zubenelgenubi, Zubeneschamali, and Zubenelhakrabi respectively.
Cass -e- gran is how we pronounce it.