Jaitea said:

Yeah it sounds like a good idea, but when our heroes discover the Death Star at the remains of Alderaan, Han especially can't believe what he's seeing, if it had been stationed at the Empire home planet, the nerve centre of the galaxy every star system would know. The ultimate weapon may end up guarding Coruscant, but I think at this early stage it would still be hidden,....dunno

J

I knew this thought would come up. Who says its been stationed at Coruscant for long? Considering at the start of ANH the Imperials are starting to reveal the DS to the galaxy, wouldn't it make sense to unveil above Coruscant? Maybe there was some sort of launch party of some sort. It sounds silly, but it seems a possibility. The real question is how long would it take people on Tatooine, the outer rim of the galaxy to find out about the DS. A week? I think Coruscant works.