can you actually buy a star in the sky?
2006-06-18 00:05:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
umm actually... I've seen it done on t.v
and I'm wondering if you can do it for real?... I'm asking a question?... that's not nutz
2006-06-18 00:11:04 · update #1
You can't actually "buy" a star, but you can name one. There are plenty to go around ya know.
Check out these websites:
http://www.starregistry.com/
http://www.nameastar.com/
2006-06-18 00:11:44 · answer #1 · answered by xtragicallyxbeautifulx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a cute gesture - especially if he knows where it's located and can point it out to her. And, as to who can name a star, one would have to ask what gives the International Astronomical Union more of a right to name celestial objects than anyone else. For the most part, they're a group of astronomers while the star registry group (and its customers) that named a star after your friend is just a different group. I guess the only real difference is one group is bigger than the other and recognized by more people. I think the IAU is probably recognized by more people right now, but I guess if enough people decide to recognize the group that named a star after them, then eventually the star registry group would be recognized by more people.
2016-05-20 00:06:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can not buy a star. No one on earth owns any of them and at this time it is impossible to go to a star. Anything can happen on the TV so don't believe mush of what you see. The nearest star to earth is the sun. Yes the sun is a star and a small star at that.
2006-06-18 00:32:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are places that will claim to sell you the naming rights to a star. This is not exactly honest, as they have no more power to assign these names than you do, so all you are really getting is a fancy certificate.
2006-06-18 06:57:04 · answer #4 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy it's label unless the local beings have already named it but rather than an HIP numberyou buy it for your name.
You can buy a star from NASA.
If aliens don't exist there then not just do you own the label, you own the star itself.
2006-06-18 06:35:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive heard of that before so yes i believe you can actually buy a star in the sky, here is a site you could go to
http://www.starnamer.org/
also you could type in your search bar, buy a star, and it will give you a ton of sites to go to
2006-06-18 00:13:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I think you mean Buy a Star in the sky after a friend or someone special..... here are some links....
2006-06-18 00:16:10 · answer #7 · answered by 395934fghgf 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't buy a star.. well maybe decorations you can buy it in any mall but not the real star... if someone can make a gaseous replica of a star and he sells it... then you can buy it...but now, you cant buy a star
2006-06-18 00:11:06 · answer #8 · answered by *EMO_PUNK BOI* 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Astrology.com
2006-06-18 00:12:25 · answer #9 · answered by lyndi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would you want to purchase a huge mass of flaming hydrogen and helium at 100000 degrees Fahrenheit?
2006-06-18 01:37:08 · answer #10 · answered by hkyboy96 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋