Stories, guides, and the science of the sky.
Everything you might want to know about star maps, the night sky, and turning a date that mattered into something you can hang on a wall.
Wedding Star Map Gifts
The sky over the wedding venue, at the time of the ceremony — a wedding gift that holds the date instead of just decorating around it.
Anniversary Star Map Ideas
First, fifth, tenth, twenty-fifth, fiftieth — how a personalized star map of the wedding night fits each anniversary milestone, and why couples keep returning to the idea.
Star Map Christmas Gift Ideas
How to pick the night that makes the gift land, what to choose for a partner, parents or the person who has everything, and why there is no shipping deadline.
Housewarming Gift Ideas
Why a star map of the new address beats another candle, which night to pick, and how to choose size and palette for a house you have never seen.
Retirement Gift Ideas
A retirement gift about the working life, not the hobbies: the sky over their first or last day, and how it changes for a teacher, a parent or a coworker.
Mother's Day Gift Ideas
The sky over the night you were born is also the night she became your mom. Which night to pick, and how it changes for a new mom, a grandmother or a mother-in-law.
Father's Day Gift Ideas
For the dad who says he wants nothing: the sky over the night he became a dad, a first Father's Day from the baby, and a dad-to-be.
Graduation Gift Ideas
The sky over graduation night, or the night they were born, for high school and college graduates, best friends and the wall they take with them.
Best Friend Gift Ideas
A sentimental gift for a best friend that isn't soppy: the sky over the night you met, the trip, or the night before one of you moved away.
Pet Memorial Ideas
A gentle guide to a pet memorial star map for a dog or a cat: which night to choose, what to write, and how to give one to a friend.
Baby Shower Gift Ideas
A baby shower gift for the parents, not just the baby, and four honest ways around the fact that the birth night hasn't happened yet.
Gifts for Grandparents
The sky over the night each grandchild was born, or their own wedding night: a gift for grandma, grandad or both, and one the grandkids can help make.
We’re writing through a long list of guides — how star maps work, gift ideas, the night sky on any date in history, and a year-round calendar of meteor showers and eclipses. New posts go up here as they’re finished.