Special Valentine’s Night Name A Star offer
Why not dazzle your Valentine with their own star? Sydney Observatory’s Name A Star package makes a perfect gift for that someone special. By adding a viewing pass ($50) to the package, you can come and view your star through our telescopes and as a special Valentine offer, the first 10 couples to book a Name A Star viewing on Valentine’s night will not only get to see their star but also enjoy a glass of sparking wine and a chocolate before or after their viewing!

Conditions: Times for viewing your star will vary between 8:30pm and 11pm. Valentine’s night bookings are for Sydney Observatory Name A Stars only – but are available to previously purchased and newly purchased Name A Stars. Parking is available at the National Trust exclusively for booked visitors and is on the basis that there is no responsibility taken for persons or property outside the grounds of Sydney Observatory.

SYDNEY OBSERVATORY NAME A STAR
Sydney Observatory’s Name A Star program enables you to associate a name with a star in our Sydney Southern Star Catalogue (SSSC) — compiled by Sydney Observatory during its time as a research facility and published in 1983 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. All available stars to be named are magnitude 6-10 and can be viewed through the telescopes at Sydney Observatory, and from anywhere in Australia or the Southern Hemisphere.

It takes from seven to ten working days to process your Name A Star package.

Name A Star links a name with a star in our catalogue and your donation funds the heritage and collection program at Sydney Observatory, a non-profit organisation, part of the Powerhouse Museum. This means that your individual Name A Star gift is fully tax-deductible. Your chosen name for the star in the catalogue is kept in the Observatory’s records.

Pricing
Order form (Individual)
Order form (Corporate)

The individuals star package includes:

• Certificate (suitable for framing)
• Letter to the person receiving the package, and another to the person giving the package
• Star charts and co-ordinates showing where the star is located in the night sky
• Postage via Express Post in Australia
• Tax receipt for your donation

Optional Star Viewing: Also available and highly recommended, is a night viewing pass to Sydney Observatory for up to four people to view the SSSC star you’ve named through our telescopes.