Looks like it's been a while since the last post of this subject, but the issue continues.

I don't think that pretending to point out the star supposedly named for her dead son was wrong.

We will be having a local public star party next weekend. I plan on using the double star Cor Coroli, named after Charles 1, as a way of telling people about how astro objects are really named and that star names from any private company are not recognized.

If someone, like that mother were to ask me about registering a star for a loved one, I would tell them to save their money. Better to just pick out any naked-eye star that caught their fancy, circumpolar may be best for year-round viewing, and think of the loved one whenever they look upon it. (And it's free.)

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