No one except the company selling you the star will ever use the name that
people buy. The IAU has never sold the naming rights to a star. See this
site.
http://www.ips-planetarium.org/?starnaming
Don
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Terri <starstuff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
PAS Members,
A wonderful gentleman who wants to propose to his future wife at a star
party we are doing in October, wishes to name 2 stars, near each other,
after the two of them. He wants to know if this is a reputable site to
purchase 2 stars for this purpose. Anyone interested in doing some research
and sending me data on places to go to get stars names after someone?
*https://www.starregistry.com/isrOrder/dspitem.cfm?ProductId=150
<https://www.starregistry.com/isrOrder/dspitem.cfm?ProductId=150>*
I mentioned to him that in order to see these 2 stars in the night sky on
Oct 17, the date of the star party we are doing for this couple, to be sure
the magnitude of the stars are no less than 12th magnitude, and that they
are in these constellations: Aquila, Hercules, Lyra, Draco, Ursa Major,
Cepheus, Cassiopeia, PIsces, Pegasus and Andromeda.
Keep in mind, this location has the horizon blocked by a barn directly
East, that extends for some of the scopes to N. East, and a house to the
South. But all of the S.W. around to the W and up to North are open for
viewing.
So, i picked constellations that could be seen at 9pm on Oct 17, for which
they can view their twin stars, maybe a double star, maybe not, at the star
party.
Why 9pm? I picked a time in which it will be dark, no sunlight, and the
Moon has set by this time. And we do it before the end of the party, which
I believe will be 10pm.
If you have input on this, please let me know. My other thought was that
we don't want them standing on a tall ladder to see their stars, like doing
a viewing through Eric's scope as an example, when it is pointed up towards
the Zenith. It is more romantic if they can be holding on to each other
while viewing their stars, from the ground.
Thank you for your input. This event will get on line soon. And this event
does use the Rotation list.
I would like to collect your answers and send them to Mark soon. Thanks so
very much for your research. And if you have any suggestions on how to make
this situation work well for this couple, let me know.
It is awesome to have such a wonderful collection of friends in this
Astronomy Club. I look forward to your input.
Have a super day!
Terri, Event Manager
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