NAMEDSKY - HONEST FAQ
Star naming should feel magical without pretending to be something it is not. Here is the plain version.
No — and it isn't official anywhere else either. The International Astronomical Union is the only scientific naming authority, and it does not sell names, to us or to anyone. Every star-naming service on the internet is a symbolic registry. We're the one that says so on the front page.
Nobody owns a star. What you own is your entry in the NamedSky registry: the name, the dedication, the color, and its place in our sky — one name per star, enforced.
Your star is a place in the NamedSky universe — a crafted digital sky built for names, not an entry in a scientific catalog. We think that's more honest than pointing at a distant telescope coordinate you'll never find.
Exactly where they truly were on July 4, 2026 - the day the Named Sky opened. The real planets have moved on since; ours keep the founding sky.
Not here. One claim per star, guaranteed by the registry itself. Fun fact: with certificate companies, people have unknowingly bought the same physical star from different sellers — every registry is its own database. Ours just admits it.
No — they're the product. Everything you write on a star is visible to everyone who flies past it. Don't put anything on a star you wouldn't put on a postcard. Names are moderated.
It stays in the sky. The registry is operated by CoLabs.Tech Limited, a UK-registered company (No. 17177170).
NamedSky is built by CoLabs.Tech Limited, a UK software studio. The sky is rendered live in your browser — no app, no download.