Yes, at least thats how the companies who ‘specialize in naming the stars‘ say to you. One of my friend said, he bought a real star for her girl friend for her birthday. I said, ‘A real star? You must be kidding, dude!’. He replied, ‘ Yes, even the company is approved by NASA! (oh buggers!)’ and went on and on. At least, his girl friend believes in the “special gift” given by her boy friend.

I did a bit of research – and found out this. The International Astronomical Union is the official body who can assign name to a star – they do their duty as and when a star is found in the galaxy. In fact, the IAU provides a technical number for each star – not a fancy name. So, none of the companies that proclaim that you can buy a star and name it after anything you like is technically false propaganda.

Here’s what IAU says in its website about the star selling companies.

“As an international scientific organization, the IAU dissociates itself entirely from the commercial practice of “selling” fictitious star names or “real estate” on other planets or moons in the Solar System. Accordingly, the IAU maintains no list of the (several competing) enterprises in this business in individual countries of the world. Readers wanting to contact such enterprises despite the explanations given below should search commercial directories in their country of origin.”

Forget these facts, people are not worrying about them at all. So far thousands of people have bought stars for their loved ones and named after them. Did Nicole Kidman actually bought a star and named as “forever Tom”?

Some star naming companies are honest in saying that it is ‘unofficial’, many are faking it actually.

Now, will you buy or name a star for your loved ones?

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