Personal Starlight Map
Personal Starlight Map
We’ll collect your personalization details by email.
A custom star map based on real light travel.
Choose a date you want to honor — for example a birth, wedding, or anniversary. Then choose a second date and place for the sky shown on the print.
The two dates must be at least 15 years apart. We mark stars whose light travel time corresponds to the time between those dates. The result is a personal, minimalist print connecting two moments through real astronomical data.
For example: if the two dates are 40 years apart, we can mark stars about 40 light-years away.
The date you want to honor — for example a birth, wedding, first meeting, anniversary, or another meaningful moment.
The date whose sky will be shown on the print. It may be in the past or future, but it must be at least 15 years apart from the honored date.
City is enough.
What earlier moment is being honored? For example: birth, wedding, anniversary, or engagement.
Shown beneath the map.
Free delivery.
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Please note: Because this artwork is made to your specifications and clearly personalized, the statutory 14-day right of withdrawal does not apply.
The light you see tonight left its star when your story began.
A Personal Starlight Map connects two moments in your life through real astronomy. Choose a date to honor — a birth, a wedding, the year everything changed — and a second date: the moment of looking up. We select real stars whose distance in light-years matches the span between your two dates. The light of those stars reaching your eyes on the second date set out at the very moment you are honoring. Not a metaphor — real light, arriving on time.
How it works
- Choose your two dates (minimum 15 years apart) and a location.
- We chart the sky and mark the connecting stars, using data from ESA's Gaia and Hipparcos missions.
- Within 24 hours (on weekdays) you receive a digital proof. One text or layout revision is included. We only print after your approval.
What you receive
- A personalized astronomical art print — 11×14″, 12×18″ or 16×20″
- Museum-grade archival paper with a minimal, gallery-style design
- Star selection based on real astrometric data (ESA Gaia, Hipparcos)
- Your names, dates, location and dedication elegantly typeset
- Free EU delivery: printed within 2–3 business days after approval, shipped in 3–5
- Frame not included — all sizes are standard and fit widely available frames
- Arrived damaged? We reprint and reship free of charge.
Made for moments with distance
40th, 50th and 60th birthdays · silver and golden wedding anniversaries · the year a parent was born · in loving memory. The longer the light has travelled, the more it says.
Why this is not a standard star map
A standard star map shows the sky of a single night. Your Starlight Map connects two: the sky above you now, marked with the stars whose light set out when it all began.
Personalization: fill in the fields above (title/name, honored date, sky date, location, occasion) before adding to cart. Every map is prepared individually — and nothing is printed until you approve it.
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