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Name a star

Name a star? Here is what you can really give

Nobody can sell you a star. Not us, not anyone. What you can give is a share of a fragment of a real nebula, photographed by Hubble, James Webb or the ESO, recorded in their name in our private register, with a certificate that carries it.

A symbolic dedication: no ownership of any celestial object, and no recognition by any astronomical organisation. It is written on the gift page they open, not just in the FAQ.

Give a starfrom €2.90 per share

What nobody can sell you, and what you give instead

What you are not buying

  • No ownership of a star, or of any part of the sky.
  • No official name: celestial objects are named only by the International Astronomical Union, which sells nothing.
  • No recognition by any astronomical organisation, ours included.
  • No link to NASA, ESA or the ESO: we use their public archive photographs, with the credit displayed. That is an image licence, not a partnership.

What you give

  • Shares of a fragment of a real nebula, chosen from the collection.
  • A dedication (a name, a date, a few words) recorded in our private register.
  • A personalized certificate, diploma format, as a PDF, ready to frame.
  • A gift page in their name, unveiling over the photograph.

The International Astronomical Union, the only body that names celestial objects, writes that such commercial names have « no formal or official validity whatsoever ». We agree, which is exactly why we do not sell them. No international text recognises private ownership of a celestial object, and the 1967 treaty rules out national appropriation.

Why a nebula rather than a star?

A star sold by a registry is a number in a catalogue. There is nothing to show, and it is almost always invisible without a telescope.

A nebula is a cloud of gas where stars are born, and the greatest telescopes in the world have photographed it. So there is something to look at, the very same evening, on the gift page.

Let us be exact all the way: a nebula is not visible to the naked eye either. One exception: Orion, which you can point at on a winter night.

Three lights from the collection

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How to give a star, in three steps

  1. Choose the nebulaEach one is a real region of the sky, with its colour, its distance and its story.
  2. Write the dedicationThe name, a date, a few words. Everything appears live on the certificate preview.
  3. Give itDelivered at once, or scheduled for the day: the page stays sealed until then.

How it works, in detail

What they receive

  • A gift page in their nameIt opens like a case, over the photograph of their nebula.
  • Their personalized certificateDiploma format, as two PDFs: high definition for the screen, and an A4 version with print margins, ready to frame. It stays with you whatever happens to this site.
  • The register entryTheir shares, their number, the date. A share, once assigned, is never assigned again.
  • The archive photographCredited, at full resolution, exactly as the telescope took it.

How much does a star cost?

The gift starts at €2.90 per share, net price. You choose the number of shares: some people pick a number that means something, twelve shares for a 12 June. The amount decides how the certificate is adorned.

  • Entry€2.90 per shareThe Standard certificate, personalized and complete. The basket we preselect on a nebula page is €29, and you are free to change it.
  • Prestige€39A more elaborate frame, from this amount up.
  • Eternity€149The highest adornment in the collection.

No struck-through price, no countdown, no permanent discount: the price shown is the price paid. That is a choice, and it is the same one as the rest of this page.

What the certificate looks like

  • Eonelya certificate, Standard adornmentStandard€2.90 per share
  • Eonelya certificate, Prestige adornmentPrestigefrom €39
  • Eonelya certificate, Crystal adornmentCrystalfrom €79
  • Eonelya certificate, Eternity adornmentEternityfrom €149

The four adornments, to scale. The order total decides which one you receive: these are not add-ons, and the certificate is included either way.

Immediate delivery

The certificate and the gift page are ready minutes after payment. It works as a gift for tonight.

Withdrawal

Scheduled delivery: fourteen days to change your mind. Immediate delivery: you ask for it right away and thereby waive that period: said before payment, not after.

Payment

By Stripe. The publisher of this site is named in plain text in the legal notice.

Is giving a star a scam?

The articles that call this market out are right, and it is better said here than hidden in the hope you never read them. When a site sells a star name while letting you believe it becomes official, that is deception, however handsome the box.

The problem is not the gesture. Giving someone a piece of the sky is a lovely idea, and the International Astronomical Union itself does not condemn the symbol: it condemns making people believe that part of the sky can be bought.

Hence the only thing we have to offer: the same gesture, without the lie. It is written on the page the recipient opens: not in small print, not at the end of the terms. Nobody will discover anything unpleasant six months from now.

Read our full answer: can you buy a star?

Star or nebula: what the others sell, and at what price

How to spot an honest star seller

Four questions to put to any site, including this one.

  • Does it state plainly that the name is recognised by no astronomical authority?Yes, in the first screen of this page.
  • Does it say so where the recipient will read it, or only in its terms?On the gift page they open, and at the foot of every page of this site.
  • Does it commit to never assigning the same thing twice?Yes: every nebula is a limited edition, and a share, once assigned, is never assigned again.
  • Does it show a readable publisher identity?Yes, in the legal notice, with a way to reach us.

Who do you give a star to?

The gesture is the same every time; what changes is what you want to say.

The questions people ask before giving a star

Is naming a star a scam?

The scam is letting you believe the name becomes official. No company, ours included, can have a star name recognised: only the International Astronomical Union names celestial objects, and it sells nothing. What we sell is a symbolic gesture, written plainly on the page the recipient opens.

Is there an official star registry?

No, there is none. There is no official registry of stars for sale, anywhere: every site using the words "official", "international" or "certified" is describing its own private database. Ours is private too, and we say so. A private register binds only the company that keeps it.

Does NASA sell stars?

No, and it could not. NASA, ESA and the ESO sell neither stars nor star names, and endorse no commercial registry, ours no more than any other. We use their public archive photographs, with the credit displayed. That is an image licence, not a partnership.

Can you name a star for free?

Yes. You can write a name on a piece of paper, and it will carry exactly the same official weight as any paid certificate, ours included: none. What you pay for here is the archive photograph, the making of the certificate, the hosted gift page and the upkeep of the register.

Will they be able to see it in the sky?

Let us be exact: a nebula is not visible to the naked eye, with one exception: Orion, which you can point at on a winter night. Stars sold by registries are almost always invisible without a telescope. What you can look at straight away is the real photograph, on the gift page.

Could someone else have the same one?

Every nebula is a limited edition: between 40,000 and 100,000 shares, never more, and a share once assigned is never assigned again. An honest caveat: that commitment holds within our register, which binds only us: no private register can promise anything else.

How much does it cost?

The gift starts at €2.90 per share, net price, and you choose the number of shares. The higher certificate adornments unlock from €39 up. No struck-through price, no countdown, no permanent discount.

When do they receive it?

Straight away if you wish: the certificate and the gift page are ready minutes after payment, which makes it a gift you can give tonight. You can also schedule the date: the page stays sealed until the chosen day, then unveils.

What if I misspell their name?

Write to us: a typo in a name, a date or a dedication is corrected and the certificate is regenerated. The fourteen-day withdrawal right, and the cases where it does not apply, are set out before payment.

Sources :Outer Space Treaty (UN, 1967) ·International Astronomical Union, "Buying star names"

Give a star

A real nebula, a dedication, a certificate. Nothing official is sold here, and it is already written on the page the recipient opens: nobody will find out later.

Give a starfrom €2.90 per share