Capture the night sky of your sky, ready to hang straight out of the box — astronomically exact, beautifully printed
A framed print is the kind of moment you can't recreate. The sky above you on that night is just as irreplaceable — and just as forgettable, unless someone captures it. Starry Memory does, with NASA-grade astronomical precision.
Framed print moments are rare. The sky above them, even rarer — every minute produces a unique alignment of stars that won't repeat for thousands of years.
Generic gifts get added to a pile. A star map of a framed print gets framed, hung, and pointed at by visitors for years. The recipient doesn't just receive a poster — they receive proof that someone noticed the date specifically enough to capture the sky of it.
Every star position is rendered from the HYG v3.0 catalogue, the same database professional astronomers use. Planet positions come from NASA JPL ephemerides — the same data feeding mission planning. The result is verifiable against any planetarium software.
Every Starry Memory order includes access to our 3D sky explorer — a unique interactive tool that lets you navigate the exact sky of your chosen date as if you were standing under the stars that night. Drag to change the angle, zoom into a specific constellation, identify every visible planet. We're the only service combining a printed poster with an immersive digital experience — not a static PDF, but a personalised planetarium for your moment.
Three approaches that work. (1) The surprise print: order the digital file at €3.99, print it at home on heavy paper or get it printed at a photo shop (any local print store, Walgreens, CVS, Walmart Photo) — A4, A3 or A2 sizes depending on the target wall. Slip it into a simple frame, wrap it. (2) The intro screen: send the digital file first by email with a personal message, then announce the print to come. Ideal for far-away recipients. (3) The double gift: first give an A4 printed version for the desk, then an A2 framed version for the living room — shows attention to duration. For the framed-star-map-print use case, approach (1) is the most effective: maximum surprise effect, minimum cost.
On the custom star map market, you mainly find three categories. All-physical services delivering a printed poster between $25 and $50, with a 3-10 day delay and expensive logistics passed on to the price. Marketplaces (Etsy) where each seller has their own quality, their own delay, with no guarantee of astronomical precision. Premium digital services charging $15-30 for a file, justifying it by careful design. Starry Memory positions itself elsewhere: €3.99 for the HD digital file, delivered in 30 seconds by email, with the same astronomical precision as premium services and access to the 3D explorer included — the only service on the market to offer it. For the framed-star-map-print use case, this positioning means: no compromise on quality, price divided by 5 to 10.
Our customers fall into three main groups. First, family celebrations: birth, baptism, wedding anniversary, parent's birthday — the goal is to capture a moment the whole family shares. Second, couples: the sky of the first date, of moving in together, of the engagement, of the honeymoon. The poster becomes a landmark in the relationship's timeline. Third, personal attentions — for a friend getting married, a colleague retiring, a child graduating. The framed-star-map-print use case covers exactly this type of attention: a gift that goes beyond the object to become a signal of genuine care.
Yes — verify with Stellarium or any planetarium software, you'll find the same star positions, the same planets, the same moon phase.
Yes — instant digital download worldwide, including UK, US, Canada, Australia and Ireland. Premium prints ship to 14 countries with tracked delivery in 3–7 working days.
The high-resolution star map (4960×7016 px, 300 DPI) + a personalised illustrated poem generated from the brightest stars visible that night.
Digital file: 30 seconds after payment. Premium print: 3–7 working days with tracked shipping.
Yes — we can compute the sky up to 2100. Some customers order their wedding poster in advance to gift a 'pre-image' to their future spouse before the big day. The computation remains accurate, as star positions change very slowly on a human timescale.
After your purchase, you receive a personal link giving access to an interactive web planetarium. You can rotate the celestial sphere, zoom into any constellation, identify every visible star with its name and magnitude. No installation required — works on smartphone, tablet or computer.