Media Centre — A Star For You
The A Star For You press area: here you will find an introduction to the service, the brand materials and the contacts for press requests. The content is meant for newsrooms and writers who want to describe the project in precise words and with verifiable sources.
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The project in brief
A Star For You creates symbolic dedications. The buyer chooses the name, the text and the date of the dedication, which the system links to a real star in the catalogue: the choice concerns the content of the dedication, not the assignment of a specific star.
Every dedication is recorded in the A Star For You Private Registry, which keeps the name, text and date associated with the reference star. The registry keeps a record of the dedication over time.
The project reflects the wish of its founder, Domenico Ricciotti, to bring three things together: transparency about what the service is, the affection of those who choose a gift like this, and accurate scientific context about the sky being looked at. The current management has been in place since August 2026.
Who is behind A Star For You

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Domenico Ricciotti · Digital entrepreneur, founder of Cortx EOOD and founder of A Star For You
Domenico Ricciotti is a digital entrepreneur, the founder of Cortx EOOD and the head of an international team of developers. He founded A Star For You with the aim of offering a symbolic dedication service built on transparency.
The aim of the project is simple: to let people express a genuine thought for someone dear to them or for a memory, accompanied by verifiable scientific context. The dedication is symbolic and is collected in the A Star For You Private Registry, which is an internal register and does not replace astronomical catalogues or the designations they contain.
Company details
- Brand
- A Star For You
- Company name
- Cortx EOOD
- Registered office
- Bul. Tsar Boris III n. 165A, piano 4, uff. 11, 1618 Sofia (rione Krasno selo), Bulgaria
- VAT number
- BG208805445
The downloadable sheet brings together in a single document the description of the service, the founder's profile, the company details, the frequently asked questions and the credits for the astronomical sources used. Citing these sources indicates where the data and images come from and does not imply that they endorse the service.
Download the press sheet (text)Logos and downloadable materials
Here you can download the brand logos currently in use, in the formats available for print and web. If you need a format or a variant that is not listed, write to us at the address given on this page.
A Star For You logoPNG · 2172 × 724 px · 2026-09-20
A Star For You logo — gold versionPNG · 2172 × 724 px · 2026-09-20The logos may be used in articles, features and in-depth pieces about A Star For You, provided the source is credited and the original proportions are kept. Editorial use does not imply any endorsement of the publication by A Star For You and is not an open licence: for campaigns, merchandising or promotional materials, please ask us for written permission. If a piece includes a sky image generated with the free tool, give the exact credit “Immagine del cielo: DSS2 · CDS/Aladin”.
For the press we provide two kinds of file: the logos in PNG (2172x724 px) and the document images in PNG (1588x2246 px). The latter are public examples prepared for editorial reference, not reproductions of documents belonging to real customers: when republishing them, state that they are examples and keep the example marking wherever it appears. Before republishing the document images, please ask us for written permission, so that we can check the context and send you the correct file. When the sky image appears in the material, the credit to give is exactly “Immagine del cielo: DSS2 · CDS/Aladin”.
Frequently asked questions
- What exactly does A Star For You offer?
- A symbolic dedication linked to a star in the SIMBAD astronomical catalogue. The person ordering chooses a name and a text, which are associated with that star and kept in the A Star For You Private Registry, together with the digital documents they receive. The value lies in the dedication and the document: it is a symbolic gesture, not an astronomical act.
- Is the dedication recognised by astronomers?
- The dedication is symbolic: the chosen name and text are recorded in the A Star For You Private Registry and linked by the system to a real catalogue star. In the catalogues the star continues to be known by its designation; the dedication lives in the A Star For You Private Registry and in the documents of the person who receives it.
- How does the free tool “The sky on a date” work?
- It reconstructs the starry background for a date, a place and a time, with 21:00 local time as the default: it takes an archive DSS2 photograph and orients it according to those parameters, on an ideal horizon. It is not a photograph taken that evening and does not simulate the Moon, planets, weather, light pollution or the shape of the land; for the same reason it does not establish whether a star was or will be visible to the naked eye, and we offer no guarantee of that kind. The credit to give is “Immagine del cielo: DSS2 · CDS/Aladin”.
- What does the person ordering see, and what stays private?
- Read every included document with your words, the images and astronomical data of the star reserved for you. When you buy, you receive the approved documents, linked to that same star. The free sky tool works with a date, a place and a time and does not ask for any details of the person you want to remember. Personalised dedications are a separate matter: the name and text are handled with their own visibility settings and consents, so you decide what stays private and what can be visible.
Contacts and press requests
For press requests, interviews, fact-checking or additional materials, write to the company address given on this page, stating the publication, the topic and the publishing schedule. We reply with the information available and, where useful, with references to the sources cited.
hello@astarforyou.com
Dedication certificate
Astronomical dossier
Sky map
Observation guide