celestia.cn selling fake star name certificate
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This website https://www.celestia.cn is selling fake star name certificate, and uses Celestia as a way to show the certificate.
It seems they are selling fake star name certificates and offer download for an add-on that contains that star with an info link, on iOS/Android, Celestia fetches a preview of the link so it almost looked like it is built in feature to Celestia...
a screenshot from this website...
maybe we need to make a post saying that we are not associated with celestia.cn ...
Definitely should post a disclaimer somewhere, but given Celestia's open-source nature, there's nothing else that can be done about this.
Edit: actually, this is definitely a problem:
The certificate even has Chris Laurel's name on it.
Should I make a news article about that?
Also, why that site looks eerily similar in design with Celestia's official webpage??
Celestia's website is based on a template, but actually looking at the celestia.cn website now, it's definitely copied from Celestia's website since it claims to be hosted by Fosshost, and some of the images are the same.
I'll make a news article when I got time
I'll make one after I release 1.5.17
I just let ChatGPT write it, a draft:
English:
Disclaimer: Celestia app is in no way affiliated with the website celestia.cn. We do not endorse or support any activities related to the sale of fake star name certificates or any other fraudulent activities. The website celestia.cn is not authorized to display any of its products or services in the Celestia app. Please exercise caution and conduct your own due diligence before engaging with any website or individual claiming to offer star naming services or other celestial-themed products.
Chinese:
免责声明：Celestia应用程序与celestia.cn网站没有任何关联。我们不认可或支持任何与售卖假星名证书或任何其他欺诈行为相关的活动。celestia.cn网站未经授权，不得在Celestia应用程序中展示任何其产品或服务。在与声称提供星座命名服务或其他天体主题产品的任何网站或个人进行交易前，请谨慎行事并进行自己的尽职调查。
This is probably not ideal. I think probably we should make it like this...
First, talk about whether a person can name a star and get widely recognized, and then mention that some companies have been using Celestia to showcase their star name certificate. I do not want to mention celestia.cn specifically because I don't want to get people to visit the site out of curiosity.
A revised version, again by ChatGPT
English:
Disclaimer: Please note that the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the internationally recognized authority for assigning designations and names to celestial bodies, does not offer commercial star-naming services. Therefore, any star-naming services offered by private companies are not officially recognized and do not confer any legal or scientific validity. For more information, see Buying Stars and Star Names on the IAU website.
In addition, we want to clarify that Celestia app is not affiliated with any of these companies or their star-naming services. While we have heard that some companies have been using Celestia to showcase their star name certificates, we do not endorse or support these services and are not associated with them in any way. Any information or claims related to these services that may appear in connection with Celestia app are not authorized by us and should be viewed with skepticism. Please exercise caution and conduct your own due diligence before engaging with any website or individual claiming to offer star-naming services or other celestial-themed products.
Chinese:
免责声明：请注意国际天文学联合会（IAU）是国际公认的为天体指定编号和名称的权威机构，它不提供商业星座命名服务。因此，任何由私人公司提供的星座命名服务均未得到官方认可，不具有任何法律或科学有效性。查看更多相关信息，请前往国际天文学联合会网站的购买恒星和恒星名称页面。
此外，我们想澄清的是，Celestia应用程序与这些公司或它们的星座命名服务没有任何关联。虽然我们听说有些公司一直在使用Celestia来展示他们的星座命名证书，但我们不认可或支持这些服务，也不与它们有任何关联。任何与Celestia应用程序相关的关于这些服务的信息或声明均未经我们授权，并应予以怀疑。在与声称提供星座命名服务或其他天体主题产品的任何网站或个人进行交易前，请谨慎行事并进行自己的尽职调查。
Looks good, except I'd remove
the practice of "naming" a star is not recognized by the scientific community
since the scientific community does recognize star names, mainly those assigned by the IAU.
It might be worth linking to the IAU's page on this topic.
Looks good, except I'd remove
the practice of "naming" a star is not recognized by the scientific community
since the scientific community does recognize star names, mainly those assigned by the IAU.
It might be worth linking to the IAU's page on this topic.
great, updated in place in the comment.