Changing or Adding names to existing Stars

[PlutonianEmpire]

Is it possible to change or add to the name of existing stars using the Modify feature in Celestia 1.6.0? If so, how may I go about doing that?

[selden]

The only way to change a star's names is to redefine it completely using its HIP number. Modify doesn't affect names. Several examples are in data/nearstars.dat
e.g.

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84140 "Gliese 661 A:BD+45 2505 A"
{
   OrbitBarycenter "Gliese 661"
   SpectralType "M3V"
   AppMag 9.93

   EllipticalOrbit {
      Period           12.96
      SemiMajorAxis     2.43 # mass ratio 0.36:0.35
      Eccentricity      0.75
      Inclination      27.34
      AscendingNode    65.56
      ArgOfPericenter 138.70
      MeanAnomaly     248.89
   }
}