One moment. One place. The sky does the rest — and you get somewhere real to return to.
Enter the date, time and place of passing. Standard astronomical algorithms rebuild the sky of that instant and compute the zenith — the point directly overhead. From the HYG catalog (107,838 real stars, merged from the Hipparcos, Gliese and Yale surveys) we return the real, still-unnamed star nearest that point. The same inputs always give the same star, and the coordinates are in astronomy’s common format — verify them in any planetarium app.
A star record with traceable IDs (HIP / Gaia), J2000 coordinates, distance and spectral type · a 3D return to the sky of that night · a downloadable certificate · and a memorial space that is private by default — share it with family, or keep it entirely yours.
The star is real; the name is a memorial gesture. The IAU — the only body that officially names celestial objects — recognizes no commercial naming, and we say so on every page and every certificate. One tier, $19.99, delivered digitally. No hidden upgrades, no “registration fees.”
Their birthday. The anniversary of the day they left. Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day — the calendar keeps returning to them. A star does not wilt or fade; it is somewhere you can go on every one of those days, and for years after.
No, and we never say otherwise. There is no official star registry; the IAU — the only body that officially names celestial objects — does not recognize commercial naming. What is real is the star itself, with coordinates anyone can check in a sky-chart app. You are buying a memorial, not a scientific designation.
It depends on the star’s magnitude, which your certificate states. The star is chosen for being nearest the zenith at that moment, not for being brightest, so some are faint and need binoculars or a dark sky. Bright or faint, it sits at exactly those coordinates.
No — the certificate is a digital A4 PDF you print and frame yourself. Nothing is shipped, which is part of how the price stays a single tier of $19.99.
We can’t tell you where they are now.
But we can show you the star that was above them when they said goodbye.