Tag: Nameastar

Cassini Enters Its Grand Finale!

The Cassini Spacecraft (launched in 1997) has been orbiting the planet Saturn since 2004. Its full name is the Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft since it was named after the astronomers Giovanni Cassini and Christiaan Huygens. A collaboration between NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), E...

The Top Seven Stargazing Locations in The UK

The United Kingdom is lucky enough to have an incredible number of beautiful spots which are perfect for stargazing. Here is Star-Name-Registry’s top seven: 1)  Galloway Forest Park Galloway Forest Park, Southern Scotland, consists of 777km² of incredibly beautiful forests, glens, lochs and hill...

The Top 10 Stargazing Locations Worldwide

There’s hundreds of beautiful locations across the planet where you can sit and gaze up at the stars. There are a few truly outstanding places though and here’s Star Name Registry’s top ten: 10) Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve, New Zealand. This Aoraki Mackenzie International Dar...

Top Space Apps

Stargazing can be an incredible experience. It can also be difficult for the amateur astronomer, luckily though there’s an app for that! That’s why this week Star-Name-Registry is providing you a list of the top apps to help you find your place in the universe. Exoplanet (Free, iOS) Exoplane...

Star-Name-Registry Competition #4

It’s time for our fourth weekly competition. As usual the prize for winning will be a free extra bright name a star! For this week’s competition we’ve decided to test you with a bit of astronomy trivia. To be in with a chance to win all you have to do is answer this question correctly: The Brighte...

New Super Huge Telescope

Work is currently underway on a new 500 metre large radio telescope in Guizhou Province, China. This 1.2 billion Yuan (£120 million) project named FAST (Five Hundred Metre Aperture Spherical Telescope) will involve the construction of 4,450 triangular panels to create its shape. The final telescope...

Star-Name-Registry Competition #3

It’s already time for the third weekly Star-Name-Registry competition! All the cold weather has had the Star-Name-Registry team thinking about dream holidays, so to enter this week’s competition all you will need to do is finish this sentence: “For my next holiday, I’ll be heading to _____” As...

Star-Name-Registry – Competition Time!

Hello! Our weekly competition has come around once more! Valentine’s Day is only a few days away now and so for this competition we will again be sticking to a romantic theme. To win this week simply finish this sentence. “The greatest love song ever written is ___”. Post your favourite love son...

Star-Name-Registry Competition!

Starting from this week we are launching a weekly competition to win a free extra bright star. The competition will be held every Thursday and the winner will be announced on the following Monday. For this week’s competition we will be getting into the Valentine’s mood and to enter all you need...

Our First Blog!

Welcome to the brand new Star-Name-Registry blog! This is the place where you'll be able to find all of our latest updates, exclusive offers and all of the latest space and astronomy related news! We will be regularly posting about all of the things that get us excited us here at Star-Name-Re...