The International Star Registry (ISR) is an organization founded in 1979, which sells the right to unofficially name stars.
Products and services are often marketed as gifts or memorials since the scientific organization International Astronomical Union serves as the only internationally recognized authority for naming celestial bodies.
International Star Registry of Illinois was started in Toronto in 1979, by Ivor Downie. John and Phyllis Mosele bought an American franchise of the company, the...