Starwishing does one better by including the actual "registry" online. Stars are listed by their "SAO numbers," and the catalog is the "SAO Catalog," not to be confused with the NGC or Messier Catalogue, or the dozens of others compiled by intense research in recent decades. What is ironic, is that although these sites claim to have exclusive ownership of the catalogues wherein the named stars are listed, they depend on the scientific community to support their business. How else can they claim to attach your original name to a positively identified star? Consider the story of Jim Craig, the director of the Schiele Museum of Natural History.

At least The Star Registry is pretty transparent in its aims-note the first four links in the description on the main page go to the same order form. :roll: