{"title":"Gifts","description":"\u003cp\u003ePersonalized Christian gifts, each made to order one at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-sky-over-us","title":"The Sky Over Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sky God set over you that night.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTell us the date, the town and, if you know it, the time. We compute the sky exactly as it stood over that place at that minute: the stars down to the faintest the eye can see, the constellations, the moon at its real phase and the planets where they were. Then we set your names beneath it in the style of an engraved plate and frame it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not a pattern of pretty dots. Look up the same night in a planetarium app and the stars, moon and planets are where we put them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo ways to have it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFramed canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e (our pick): your sky printed on canvas, 344 g\/m2, in a pine frame 1.25 in deep with the canvas floating inside it. Black, white or brown frame. Hanging hardware attached, rubber pads on the back corners. 16 x 20, 18 x 24 or 24 x 36 inches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFramed print\u003c\/strong\u003e: your sky on thick matte paper, 189 g\/m2, in a wood frame 0.75 in deep with an acrylic front. No mat. Black, white or oak (oak in the US only). Hanging hardware included. 12 x 16, 18 x 24 or 24 x 36 inches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe real sky for your date, place and time, any night from 1900 to 2050\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe moon at its true phase and position, with the planets that were up marked by name\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree styles, each drawn in the style of an antique celestial chart, with a degree ring: Covenant (deep navy with a warm gold ink, printed, not foil), Folio (ink on a cream ground), Midnight (a deep charcoal night, with the stars in their true colors)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOr choose The Moon: the moon alone, lit exactly as it was that night, craters and all, turned the way it faced your town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePsalm 19:1 printed around the rim of the chart in every style, in the style of an engraved chart: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour names, a line of your own, the place, the date and the coordinates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd a verse from our short list, write up to two short lines of your own, or leave it off\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor your wedding night, an anniversary, the night you met, the night she said yes, the night a child was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow accurate is it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery position is computed for your minute and place from the planetary data observatories use. We tested our charts against two independent references: the stars against the International Astronomical Union's SOFA library, and the moon and planets against NASA's JPL Horizons system. Every star lands within a tiny fraction of the width of the smallest printed star.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre all the stars there?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovenant and Midnight show every star down to the faintest the eye can see on a dark night, thousands of them. Folio stops half a magnitude short (magnitude 5.5) so every ink dot stays crisp on cream. Where a constellation's name crosses the sky, a few of the faintest step behind its letters, as on a printed star atlas; the brighter stars are never covered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if I do not know the time?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeave it empty and we show the sky at 9:00 PM that evening. We only print a time if you give us one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I use the exact spot, like the church or the beach?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes. Pick the nearest town, then paste the exact coordinates from any map app. We print the place however you write it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is the moon bigger than real life?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe real moon would be a dot about a millimetre across on an 18 x 24 print, too small to show its phase. We draw it up to twelve times larger, exactly where it stood and with its real phase; when a planet sat close beside it, we draw it smaller so both show. The moon is always in front, as it is in the sky. If you want the moon itself, choose The Moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the moon was not up that night?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen it is not on your star map, because it was not in your sky. The Moon print shows it turned the way it faced your town after dark that night: at your time if it was up, otherwise when it stood highest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if our night was close to a new moon?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin about two days of a new moon, the moon is almost entirely dark: a Moon print would be a dark circle with a hair of light. The preview tells you the phase before you order, and we suggest the whole sky instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich way up is it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorth is at the top and east is on the left, the way the sky looks when you lie on your back with your head to the north. The edge of the circle is the horizon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe live in the southern hemisphere. Does it work?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes. Southern skies are computed the same way, and when the Southern Cross is well up it is drawn, and named wherever there is a clear way to label it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich verses can I add?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWedding or engagement: Song of Songs 3:4, Matthew 19:6, Ecclesiastes 4:12, Ruth 1:16, 1 Corinthians 13:4, Psalm 118:24, 1 John 4:19 or Psalm 147:4. Anniversary: Song of Songs 3:4, Ecclesiastes 4:12, 1 Corinthians 13:4, 1 John 4:19, 1 Corinthians 13:8, Matthew 19:6, Proverbs 18:22 or Psalm 147:4. The night you met: Song of Songs 3:4, Psalm 147:4, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Proverbs 16:9, Psalm 118:23, 1 John 4:19 or Psalm 74:16. A birth: Psalm 139:14, James 1:17, Psalm 147:4, Psalm 139:13, Psalm 127:3, Psalm 74:16 or Genesis 15:5. In memory: Psalm 147:3, Revelation 21:4, 2 Timothy 4:7, Matthew 25:21, Psalm 34:18, Psalm 23:6, John 11:25 or John 14:2. Christmas together or Christmas Eve: Luke 2:11, Luke 2:14 or Matthew 2:10. Born at Christmas: Luke 2:14, Matthew 2:10, Psalm 139:14, James 1:17, Psalm 147:4, Psalm 139:13, Psalm 127:3, Psalm 74:16 or Genesis 15:5. In memory at Christmas: Luke 2:14, Psalm 147:3, Revelation 21:4, 2 Timothy 4:7, Matthew 25:21, Psalm 34:18, Psalm 23:6, John 11:25 or John 14:2. Psalm 19:1 is printed around every chart's rim. All are quoted word for word. Or choose Your own words and write up to two short lines instead. We print them exactly as you type them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat will I see before I order?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA live preview of your sky as you type, drawn by the same software that makes the print, at lower resolution. The print itself is drawn at 300 dpi. Please check the spelling of the names, the date and the place: each piece is made for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere do you ship, and when will it arrive?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe United States only (free shipping). 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Dates are Julian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e7 BC:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jupiter and Saturn in Pisces, the third of their three meetings that year (5 December).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e5 BC:\u003c\/strong\u003e a new light recorded by Han astronomers in Qianniu, in what we call Capricornus. The record gives a region, not an exact position, so the plate marks the region.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e2 BC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17 June, Jupiter and Venus under a twentieth of a moon apart.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll three skies are drawn as seen from Babylon. Matthew records the star \"in the east\", while the 2 BC pair stood low in the west; the article sets out where each night fits and where it falls short.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/what-was-the-star-of-bethlehem\"\u003eRead the article: What was the Star of Bethlehem?\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChoose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 x 16 in framed print, black frame: US$99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 x 24 in framed canvas, black frame: US$139\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree shipping within the US. 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We compute the sky exactly as it stood over that place at that minute: the stars down to the faintest the eye can see, the constellations, the moon at its real phase and the planets where they were. Then we set your names beneath it in the style of an engraved plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not a pattern of pretty dots. Look up the same night in a planetarium app and the stars, moon and planets are where we put them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 x 24 in (46 x 61 cm), unframed, printed on thick matte paper, 189 g\/m²\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt arrives rolled in a protective tube, ready for your own frame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe real sky for your date, place and time, any night from 1900 to 2050\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe moon at its true phase and position, with the planets that were up marked by name\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree styles, each drawn in the style of an antique celestial chart, with a degree ring: Covenant (deep navy with a warm gold ink), Folio (ink on a cream ground), Midnight (a deep charcoal night, with the stars in their true colors)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOr choose The Moon: the moon alone, lit exactly as it was that night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePsalm 19:1 printed around the rim of the chart in every style: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour names, a line of your own, the place, the date and the coordinates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd a verse from our short list, write up to two short lines of your own, or leave it off\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor your wedding night, an anniversary, the night you met, the night she said yes, the night a child was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt came rolled. How do I flatten it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnroll it on a clean, flat surface and hold each corner down with a book. Thick paper can take a few days to lie flat. Once it is in a frame, the frame holds it flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow accurate is it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery position is computed for your minute and place from the planetary data observatories use. We tested our charts against two independent references: the stars against the International Astronomical Union's SOFA library, and the moon and planets against NASA's JPL Horizons system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if I do not know the time?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeave it empty and we show the sky at 9:00 PM that evening. We only print a time if you give us one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich way up is it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorth is at the top and east is on the left, the way the sky looks when you lie on your back with your head to the north. The edge of the circle is the horizon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat will I see before I order?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA live preview of your sky as you type, drawn by the same software that makes the print, at lower resolution. The print itself is drawn at 300 dpi. Please check the spelling of the names, the date and the place: each piece is made for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere do you ship?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe United States, with free shipping. Each piece is made to order. We email you tracking when it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I return it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is made for you, so we cannot take back a change of mind. If it arrives damaged or creased, or we got something wrong, tell us within 30 days of delivery and we will make it right with a replacement or a refund.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eCredits. Star positions: Yale Bright Star Catalogue. Constellation figures: d3-celestial (Olaf Frohn, BSD licence). Moon surface: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio. Planetary data: NASA JPL. 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