Can you own a star?

No.

Nobody can. Not the $40 registries. Not NASA. Not us. But for one dollar, we’ll say so, beautifully.

Get your honest deed for $1

Three steps to meaningless ownership

1

Pick a real star

5,000 catalogued stars with real coordinates. Search by constellation, by birthday, or let fate decide.

2

Write a dedication

For a person, a pet, a grudge. The night sky does not judge.

3

$1 → honest deed

Buy for a dollar, paste the license key from your receipt, and download. One gorgeous page, one brutally honest one.

Claim your star

Real catalog. Real coordinates. Sentimentally yours in thirty seconds.

Selected: Sirius · CMa · 8.6 light-years away

How the $1 works

Step 1: buy the deed for $1 on Gumroad. Step 2: copy the license key from your receipt and paste it below. That key is your proof of purchase. No accounts, no fuss.

Buy it for $1 on Gumroad

Add a valid deed holder name above first.

(The preview above is free forever. The $1 buys the clean, print-ready, frame-worthy version, and the smug certainty of having paid the most honest price in the star business.)

STELLAR DEED of sentimental ownership · sincere & non-exclusive · void where prohibited, which is everywhere the star designated Sirius in the constellation CMa · magnitude -1.44 now shines (unofficially) for Someone Stellar RA 6h 45m 9s · DEC -16° 43′ · 8.6 light-years from your problems witnessed by the entire night sky on June 4, 2026 youcantownastar.vercel.app · the honest star registry This deed confers no legal ownership whatsoever. No one can own a star. That is precisely the point. This claim is proudly non-exclusive. Exclusivity costs more than a dollar; honesty doesn't. UNPAID PREVIEW — $1 UNLOCKS THE REAL ONE

Honest answers to real questions

Can you own a star?

No. Stars are not property. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is the only body that officially names celestial objects, and it does not sell names to anyone, at any price. Every 'star naming' service, including this one, sells you a certificate, not a star.

Is naming a star a scam?

Legally it's a novelty gift, not fraud. But most registries charge $40-100 while implying official status they don't have. We charge $1 and print the disclaimer in 56-point type on the deed itself. Same legal standing (none), 97.5% cheaper, 100% more honest.

Is naming a star after someone real?

The star is real: ours come from the HYG astronomical catalog with genuine coordinates you can point a telescope at. The naming is symbolic, with no scientific or legal standing. That's true everywhere; we're just the ones who say it out loud.

What am I actually buying for $1?

A two-page, print-ready PDF: a genuinely beautiful celestial deed with your star's real coordinates and sky chart, plus a Certificate of Legal Meaninglessness that makes everyone who sees it laugh. It's a $1 joke executed completely seriously.

Why is the deed non-exclusive?

Because pretending otherwise would be lying, and lying costs extra. Anyone else may also sentimentally claim your star. Exclusivity costs more than a dollar; honesty doesn't.

Didn't this used to be honor system?

It did, and we still believe in you. Now the $1 comes with a Gumroad license key: paste it here and your deed unlocks. The premise survives intact: we verify the dollar, never the sentiment.