The advantages of naming your own galaxy vs. naming a star begin with the fact that you are naming a galaxy with billions and billions of stars instead of naming just one star. A star is a featureless point of light, a galaxy has a shape. A registered star has a magnitude and position in the universe. Naming a galaxy is like naming your own island universe with black holes, star clusters, exploding stars (supernovae), and stars that vary in brightness.

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