For nearly four decades, we have had the pleasure of working with and recording the names of stars for millions of people worldwide. We allow people to claim their own place in the cosmos when they attach a name to a star! Like the ancients before us, people worldwide are moved by the stars in very personal way. Whether they would like to present a special gift to their sweetheart, or create a lasting memorial, there is no greater honor than writing one’s name among the stars.

For thousands of years, mankind has been mapping and recording celestial objects. From the creation of early names of stars and their place in ancient mythology and navigation, to multiple modern scientific catalogs, there have been dozens of listings of the stars created.

Starting in 1979, International Star Registry made the heavens available to anyone wishing to give a name to a star that had only been numbered in previous astronomical compendiums. The names of stars are indexed alphabetically in our star catalog with their telescopic coordinates and are permanently recorded in our published, copyrighted listing of named stars. The stars are recorded in this way so that centuries from now our descendants can locate these star names with their telescopic coordinates. 10 volumes of the book Your Place in the Cosmos (Library of Congress Catalog No. 84-63015) containing the names of stars recorded with International Star Registry have been published and registered in the copyright office of the United States. The coordinates are derived from the NASA Hubble Guide Star Catalog and each star is named only once.