About the work

A closer look.

The night sky over one date, one place, worked out properly. You give me one date and one place. I send back the actual sky over that place on that night, worked out properly: the moon, its phase and the exact minute it set, the planets and bright stars above your street, what was rising and when, and whether it was visible from where you stood. Every number from ephemeris tables, checked twice against a second source, with the source named. What you get: a written page, roughly 600 to 900 words, in plain English. Not a horoscope, not a chart dump, not a generic star map. The night you name, described so you can tell it is yours. Good for: an anniversary or a birthday under the stars, a Christmas or holiday gift for someone who loves the sky, a street you left, a trip you are planning, or a night you saw through a telescope and want explained (stargazing, an eclipse, a meteor shower, a new moon dark enough to actually show stars). Before you pay: send the date and place and I answer with one real detail about that night that you can check yourself. That answer costs nothing. If the sky over your place was flat, blocked or dull, I say so and we stop there. Two days from a paid order, one revision included. I do not invent a place: if there is no usable map or street-level view of your spot, I tell you before you pay.