The night we met star map: the sky over the place it started
The night you met is the one date couples argue about affectionately — was it the party or the walk home after? The chart settles it gently: choose the moment you both remember, and the sky is drawn for that minute over that street.
The place matters as much as the date. A bar in Rome and a beach in Sydney on the same night show different skies: different stars above the horizon, the Southern Cross in one and not the other. Search for the town, or move the pin to the exact spot.
If the year is fuzzy, the season is not: winter nights carry Orion, summer nights the Milky Way through Cygnus and Sagittarius. The preview updates as you change the date, so you can check against what you remember.
Two ways to give it
Printable PDF $4.99
- A3 star chart, vector PDF
- Your place, moment and line of text
- Delivered by email in a minute
Gift edition $14.99
- Everything in the PDF
- A2 print file at 300 dpi (420 × 594 mm), ready for any print shop
- A personal dedication printed under the title
Printing it at home? There is a second paper: the same sky as ink on white. A full-bleed night A3 bands on a home printer and drinks a cartridge; the ink one does not. Same price, pick either on the next page.
Preview free, one-off payment by card, no account. The place, the moment and the line of text are yours to change on the next page; the example shown here is a real sky over Rome on 2 July 2016, 23:40 local time.
The line of text
The line under the chart is the card: “Rome, 11:40 pm — you asked me the way to the station”. Sixty characters, printed small.
Questions people ask
We only remember the month, not the day — can we still make it?
Yes. Within a few days the sky barely changes; choose a likely day, and let the line under the chart tell the story.
Is this different from an anniversary star map?
It is the same chart, anchored to the first night instead of the wedding or a later date. Many couples order both as a pair.
Can we change the text after buying?
Each purchase is one finished PDF. Preview the chart with your text first — it is free — and buy once it reads right.
Other occasions
- Birthday star map — star map of the night you were born
- Anniversary star map — sky on the night it started, as an anniversary print
- Wedding star map — wedding star map of the night you said yes
- New baby star map — birth star map for the nursery wall
- Remembrance star map — remembrance star map for a date that mattered
- Engagement star map — sky over the proposal, as an engagement star map
- Graduation star map — graduation star map of the night it was done
- Valentine’s Day star map — Valentine’s Day star map that is actually about you two
- Christmas star map gift — star map Christmas gift that arrives the minute you buy it
- Mother's Day star map gift — Mother's Day star map of the night she became a mother
- Father's Day star map gift — Father's Day star map that shows the sky of your first night together
- Last-minute star map gift — last-minute personal gift you can give tonight
Or just look: the real sky tonight over 500 cities →
