👶New baby gift: the sky of the day they arrived

A birth is one of the few moments in life where we know the exact minute. It is written on a certificate, in a text message, in somebody’s memory. That precision makes this the most accurate — and the most beautiful — date to turn into a map.

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Custom star map as a new baby gift

Why it works as a gift

1

The time is on record, so the map is exact down to the minute.

2

It looks right in a nursery and it grows with the child.

3

For grandparents it is usually the gift that gets them.

Which date should I pick?

The time on the birth certificate, and the city where the baby was born, not where the family lives now. A detail almost nobody thinks about: if the birth was at dawn, the sky is completely different from the night before — and that difference is what makes the map theirs and nobody else’s.

And the time?

Use the exact time of birth. Here precision does change what you see: the Moon moves half a degree every hour.

Suggested style: Celestial or Blush — soft, made for a nursery.

The text underneath

Every map carries a title and one line at the bottom, both written by you. Short beats explained: whoever receives it already knows what it is about.

The night you arrived · November 3, 2024 · 4:17 AM · Seattle

How it looks

Four of the fifteen styles. The map is the same; the palette changes.

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You already have the date in your head

See how the sky looked that night. Looking is free.

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