Our Process – Star Naming

HOW STAR NAMING WORKS

Naming a star with International Star Registry takes a few minutes. Here is what happens from the moment you choose a package to the moment the name appears in our published catalogue.

 

1. Choose your star package

   Every star begins with our careful hand selection. Once chosen, we register it exclusively in our Registry, then your personalized certificate of registration is prepared and a custom sky chart revealing your star’s celestial location.

    

2. Choose the name

   First names and full names are popular choices, and we welcome inspired creativity. The one limit is 35 characters, including punctuation and spaces.

    

3. Choose the registration date

   The date on which the star name becomes official is printed on the certificate, which lets you tie the gift to a particular occasion.

    

4. Your star is registered

   Each star is named only once, then removed from the list of stars available to register.

    

5. Receive your PDF the same day we ship

   Once your registration is finalized, we email you a PDF containing smaller versions of the documents. It can be printed on letter-sized paper or shared electronically — useful for last-minute gifts.

    

6. Your package is delivered

   Orders leave normally within two business days. Delivery takes a further two to six days depending on destination and the option chosen. Canada Post sends a tracking number as soon as the parcel is ready to ship.

    

7. Find your star online

   We send you a link to the WWT so you can see the star on the web and locate it in the night sky.

    

8. The name is published in our compendium

   The star name and its telescopic coordinates appear in the next volume of Your Place in the Cosmos, published roughly every four years. Copies are filed in International Star Registry’s vaults in Switzerland and are available through the US Library of Congress.

    

   Library of Congress Number and ISBN information for every volume of your Place in the Cosmos.

    

   Library of Congress Catalog number. 84-63015

    

   Your Place in the cosmos, Volume I. Total Pages 530; ISBN-13: 9780961435400 (1985)

    

   Your Place in the cosmos, Volume II. Total Pages 508; ISBN-13: 9780961435417 (1992)

    

   Your Place in the cosmos, Volume III. Total Pages 388; ISBN-13: 9780961435424(1992)

    

   Your Place in the cosmos, Volume IV. Total Pages 502; ISBN-13: 9780961435431 (1996)

    

   Your Place in the cosmos, Volume V. Total Pages 680; ISBN-13: 9780961435448 (1999)

    

   Your Place in the cosmos, Volume VI. Total Pages 717; ISBN-13: 9780961435455 (2002)

    

   Your Place in the cosmos, Volume VII. Total Pages 773; ISBN-13: 9780961435462(2004)

    

   Your Place in the cosmos, Volume VIII. Total Pages 652; ISBN-13:9780961435479(2007)

    

   Your Place in the cosmos, Volume IX. Total Pages 943; ISBN-13: 9780961435486 (2013)

    

   Your Place in the cosmos, Volume X. Total Pages 738; ISBN-13: 9780961435493 (2017)

    

Questions we have not covered here are answered in our FAQ.