"Well, DeFanti was just so thrilled. It was Tony’s idea to name this place after DeFanti’s real father, ‘Alfred A. Griffith,’ some totally obscure guy who died when DeFanti was seven. That was the best thing that ever happened to us astronomers. Tom DeFanti got this big reputation as this steward of the land . . . That was eight or nine years ago now. A major project like this takes a long time."