Your Birthday Star — The Real Star Whose Light Reaches Earth on Your Birthday

A star, a real one, whose light reaches Earth on their birthday, having set out the year they were born. Capella is 43 light-years away, so the light that arrives on a 43rd birthday left it 43 years ago; Vega's light for a 25th, Algol's for a 90th. Every birthday has its star, and this print finds it. Enter their name, their birth date and which birthday: the next one, a milestone, one that has passed, or a newborn's first. You get up to three real stars to choose from, nearest to their age first, and ones they can see from their half of the world. Their star shines at the centre of its own sky, its constellation drawn in, inside a ring lettered with its name and distance and the four points of the sky. Under it, their name, the star's name, a few words about its light, and its journey: when it left the star and the day it reaches Earth. The words are yours to change. Set it over one of four real photographs of the night sky (a forest, a fjord, deep space or snowy mountains), or a sky in colour: Slate blue, Midnight & gold, Nordic night, Aurora, Deep violet, Black & silver or Ivory & navy. The lettering of the star's name is yours to choose too. You get a print-ready PDF the moment you pay: photo skies sharp at 300 dpi up to A2 and 20×30 inches, colour skies from A5 to A1 and 8×10 to 24×36 inches. Print it at home or at any print shop and frame it, for a milestone birthday, a newborn, a parent or a partner. You can also send it as a gift straight from the cart, with your message, on the day you choose. No physical item is posted.