Hi all, As a french speaking person, I can answer the origin of the name of this unit (but not the use for a unit of light) Lunettes is the french word for eyeglasses. OK. This is also the french w= ord for refractor scope, as a matter of fact. In french, a telescope is only = a reflector scope. We also use this word for as rather round shaped window. (the back window of a car is called "la lunette arriere". I know, it is n= ot round but is has round corners) The fist meaning of lunette was the small round shaped windows, which wer= e shaped as a small moon. As the french word for the Moon is "la Lune", a small Lune is a Lunette. We don't use the word Lunette for a small moon anymore but we still use t= his word for eyeglasses , for scopes and sometimes for a small window. But for the light unit, never heard about it ... Jean-Christophe 'Papou' Millot 22d17mS, 166d28mE -----Message d'origine----- De : Edward S Light <light@argoscomp.com> =C0 : SeeSat-L@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de <SeeSat-L@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de> Cc : light@argoscomp.com <light@argoscomp.com> Date : jeudi 29 octobre 1998 02:35 Objet : "Lunettes" > >I thought "lunettes" was the French word for eyeglasses. Maybe 1 lunette >is just bright enough for a myope to see without glasses? :) (Sorry!) > >Ed Light >