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posted March 25, 2009 01:33 AM         

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i'm not sure where this thread should go really, so i'll try here. i just found out that you can have a star named for yourself (or for someone else i presume) for only $54! the address is apparently starregistry.com!!

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posted March 25, 2009 01:36 AM         

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Someone got one named one after me as a gift! It's in the constellation of Taurus conjunct my IC.

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posted March 25, 2009 01:42 AM         

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# Q: Will the scientific community recognize my star name?
# A: No. We are a private company that provides Gift Packages. Astronomers will not recognize your name because your name is published only in our Star catalog. We periodically print a book called Your Place in the Cosmos © which lists the stars that we have named.

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Oh, I thought it might have been real registry. It's all fantastical!

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posted March 25, 2009 01:44 AM         

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*edit oh you changed that word.

LOL

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posted March 25, 2009 01:45 AM         

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I changed my word to fantastical ... lol... i thought everything is imaginary anyway lol

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posted March 25, 2009 01:46 AM         

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tehe

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posted March 25, 2009 01:46 AM         

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Your post was funny- put it back.

I was thinking the same thing.

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posted March 25, 2009 01:48 AM         

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I'm thinking he might be p!ssed now if he knew it was just a joke and not a real registry.

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posted March 25, 2009 01:49 AM         

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I just went to edit it back in and forgot how I worded it.

that's so sad. short term memory problems suck.

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posted March 25, 2009 02:12 AM         

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It's still a nice thing to do for someone.

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posted March 25, 2009 12:40 PM         

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oh well, thanks for doing the research sunchild...still it is a kind of nice idea. i wonder about the real registry, if it's at all open to laymen?

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posted March 25, 2009 09:21 PM         

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Yeah it is nice. Its sounds really magical for a childs birthday.

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