Name a star for your anniversary

Flowers last a week. This is still overhead on your fiftieth.
A framed Certificate of Star Naming for Tom and Kate between two glasses of red wine by candlelight, in The Star Naming Co. frame.
The certificate, framed. Every document is A4, printed on cream stock and posted free.

An anniversary wants a gift that says us, permanently. A star named for the two of you is exactly that: a real, catalogued star, dedicated once in our register with your names on it, never resold — a fixed point in the sky that carries your story.

Three ways couples do it

Matching the star to the story

Choose a constellation that means something: Cygnus, the swan — swans pair for life; Lyra, the harp of Orpheus, the sky's great love story; Gemini, the inseparable twins; or the constellation of the month you met. Add your wedding date as the registration message, and the certificate becomes a document of the marriage as much as of the star.

Milestones

First anniversary (paper — the certificate is literally the traditional gift), 10th (tin — pair it with the framed certificate), 25th silver (a silver-framed £19.99 Gift Pack reads beautifully), 50th golden — children and grandchildren often name the star together for the couple; the register records who dedicated it.

The honest bit

Star naming is symbolic — only the International Astronomical Union assigns official star names, and it doesn't sell them. What's real: the star, its coordinates, and your dedication in our register, verifiable by anyone at any time. How it works.

Put your years in the sky

£9.99 in minutes · £19.99 for the printed Gift Pack, posted free

Name your star ✦