
How to find the night sky on a special date
The date, place and local time you need to calculate a past sky, what changes when the time changes, and what to do when the time is unknown.
Read the guide : How to find the night sky on a special dateThe day they arrived. The night you met. Turn a date and place into a personalized star map, with your own words and design.
Create my star mapFind my momentStart with a template. Make it yours.
Bring together one to six moments. Change the lettering, colours and composition, or let a template help you start. You decide how much to personalise.
Digital and print options are being prepared. Today you can create a design and download a preview; ordering is not open yet.
Explore the maps and formatsWe use a star catalogue and your chosen date, time and coordinates to calculate positions. The examples show rendered artwork with the Milky Way and other celestial elements; the designer uses a simpler chart preview.
It is not a photograph of the past: it does not recreate clouds or light pollution. The Moon and planets, when shown, are enlarged for the composition.
How we represent the skyNot yet. You can create a design and download a marked layout preview. Paid digital files, printed posters and framed prints are being prepared; checkout remains closed.
Yes. The planned digital option is a final PDF and PNG, with printing and framing paid for separately. The current preview download is not that final product.
The date, local time, time zone, latitude and longitude determine the calculated view. Names and dedications change the design, not the astronomical positions.
Yes. Edit the event details, wording, colours and fonts. You can also change the sky count, arrangement, orientation and selected layers. A template is a starting point.
Start there. The words and the design are yours to choose.
Create my designCreate and download a preview. Payments are not open yet.