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- From: gawne@stsci.edu
- Subject: Re: Star buying
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.212215.1@stsci.edu>
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- Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
- References: <schnitzi.721922589@eola.cs.ucf.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:22:15 GMT
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- In article <schnitzi.721922589@eola.cs.ucf.edu>,
- schnitzi@cs.ucf.edu (Mark Schnitzius) writes:
-
- > Okay, I'll probably get flamed for this, but here
- > goes. Has anyone heard about a place you can send
- > away for an official looking "certificate of owner-
- > ship" for a particular star in the sky? I am
- > embarassed to ask this question in a scientific
- > forum such as this, but this would be the perfect
- > gag present for someone I know. I fully realize
- > that one cannot "own" a star like this, but if anyone
- > could mail me the address, I would greatly appreciate
- > it.
-
- There was something called the "International Star Registry" doing this
- a few years ago. They even advertised their service at the Oklahoma City
- Kirkpatrick science center's planetarium!
-
- -Bill Gawne, Space Telescope Science Institute
-