Dava Sobel's 1999 classic _Galileo's Daughter_ (42-43) describes a star party held on another April 14 - in 1611 - on the highest hill above Rome. The occasion was a nighttime feast given by the Marquis of Monticelli Federico Cesi in honor of the Florentine mathematician Galileo. Galileo enjoyed international celebrity following the 1610 publication of his _The Starry Messenger_, and by the feast, Cesi hoped to encourage Galileo, who was visiting Rome, to join the Lyncean Academy of Sciences. The Lyncean Academy, which Cesi founded, was the western world's first major scientific society. Galileo brought his ``spyglass'' invention to the banquet in order to amuse other guests. During the night's observing, another guest, Greek mathematician Giovanni Demisiani turned to Galileo, and to paraphrase, suggested, ``Galileo, instead of calling this thing a `spyglass,' why don't you call it a `tele-scope'?" In Greek, "tele" means "long distance" and scope means "to look." Clear Skies - Kurt