A Star Registry Proposal Story
Wind The Clock Back To 1979 and revisit "The Most Romantic Marriage Proposal" in all of history --according to my favorite advice columnist of all time.
© Dear Abby
On This 3rd day of October in the year of our Lord 2026, A newly christened star has been named in the honor of Kelly and Mark's Engagement to be Married.
- Canonical Name: K M E A L R L K Y
- Tycho-Identifier: 1243:267:1 [STR]
- Magnitude: 11.49 mag
- Right Ascension: 3h 42m 30.18s (55.62574°)
- Declination: 19.9464°
In This 21st Century...
K M E A L R L K Y is a cataloged star with a Tycho-Identifier: 1243:267:1 [STR] -- which may or may not be visible from your own home planet.
The shoulder of the constellation TAURUS seemed like an obvious placement for our newly christened star.
Being A Taurus also means we stubbornly DO NOT BELIEVE IN ANY ZODIAC BULL.
October 3rd 2026
1:43 AM: Look To The Southeastern Sky
Find Pleiades
Star Cluster Known As The Seven Sisters
30° Down & Right
Specifically: 3h 42m 30.18s (55.62574°)
Shake Your Pinkie
Left Handed? Shake Your Ring Finger!
Newly Christened Star
Tycho-Identifier: 1243:267:1 [STR]
Kelly Said... YES!
Kelly + Mark = KMEALRLKY
Engagement Day: 10.03.2026.
Our Home Made Trinket
Diamonds Are Forever Thursdays
Fifty-Nine diamonds on her finger and one in the sky!
A Successful Marriage Proposal!
Inspired By A Personal Memory From 1979
At the tender age of 14, the advice columns were strictly off limits. Here is what inspired me...
The Most Romantic Marriage Proposal calls for an honorary naming of a STAR and a promise of a LOVE that will last forever.
One minute past midnight, after the Taurus constellation aligned, I dropped to one knee and gently placed my home-made trinket into the palm of her hand.
One Year Earlier...
Let's Find Kelly A Rock!
Our process of gathering stones...
Full Disclosure: I am an old school hydrogeologist with zero respect for the diamond industry, most retail markets and any humiliation ritual as a whole.
I am also a walking contradiction who loves the people who can gather my shiny stones, loves the people who opened a path into a wholesale diamond market and I do, I do, I do LOVE LOVE LOVE MY KELLY!
Did someone say... I DO ?