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I am building a platform to enable anyone choose a real star in the universe and have it named it after them forever, it all started when I dreamt of having a c
by mmmuhd 7y ago
I am building a platform to enable anyone choose a real star in the universe and have it named it after them forever, it all started when I dreamt of having a ceremony to name a star after me, I got a big bang out of that dream and promised myself to have the coolest star named after me and have it stick forever. My intention is to somehow make it into kind of a galactic social network where you can explore stars and their owners and socialize. I have now data of about 500 million stars (sourced from ESA's GAIA space data) to start with, and more will be added later, I am hoping to be less busy in order to finish and launch it.
- Jyaif 7y agoPlenty of website already run this scam, e.g. https://starregistration.net https://starregistration.net I heard from someone running one of those sites that it's very profitable though.
- fodmap 7y agoDo you know https://www.starregistry.com/about https://www.starregistry.com/about? They started in 1979 but there are many more companies like that. Your post has made me remember that someone gave me one of their kits as a gift in the late 90's but I have no clue where it could be now.
- tcgv 7y agoThis got me curious. Is there an institution/organizationis in charge of officially naming stars? What's its reach?