---
title: "What's a \"betalupi?\""
author: "Mark"
slug: whats-a-betalupi
---

[es]: https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky
[*Stellaris*]: https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/stellaris/about
[Arabic]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arabic_star_names
[wiki-betalupi]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Lupi

# What's a "betalupi?"

Beta Lupi is a solar system on the [_Endless Sky_][es] galaxy map,
which is the first place I look whenever I need to name a server.

Stellar names (especially those of [Arabic] origin) make pretty good hostnames: they're meaningless (in English), they sound interesting, and the "hyperlanes" that connect them in titles like [_Endless Sky_][es] and [*Stellaris*] look a lot like a network topology.

Beta Lupi also happens to be a real star in the southern constellation of Lupus ([wiki][wiki-betalupi]), but that's not particularly important.

A snippet of the [_Endless Sky_][es] map is below.

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**In other words:** Try finding a `.com` domain that...

- Isn't already taken
- Doesn't sound awful
- Isn't owned by a scalper that's selling it for $300"

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<img alt="betalupi map" class="image" src="/assets/img/betalupi.png"></img>
