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Star Map Generator

Star Map Generator

Enter a place (or exact coordinates), a date and time, and up to three lines of inscription — Atomm's Star Map Generator recreates the real night sky from that exact moment, complete with constellation lines and star magnitudes, then exports laser-ready vector files instead of a flat print, so the same design cuts clean in wood or acrylic.

How to Make a Custom Star Map with Atomm

From a place and a date to a laser-ready star map, in three steps.

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Set the moment

Enter a place or your own custom coordinates, then add the date and time you want to remember. The generator runs real astronomy data to rebuild that exact sky — every constellation line and star magnitude, precisely where it stood that night.

02

Personalize & preview

Add up to three lines of inscription — a location, a date, or a personal message — and the layout auto-separates text from the star field so nothing overlaps. Switch to 3D to preview how the points of light will glow through engraved wood or acrylic.

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Export & make

Export a laser-ready vector file of your star map for cutting or engraving, or send it straight to xTool Studio with Open in Studio. The same design also exports as a print file, so one order can become both a poster and an engraved keepsake.

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Laser-Ready Star Points, Not Just a Print

Most star map tools hand you a flat JPG or PDF built for a print run — beautiful on paper, but the star points blur into a smear and the fine constellation lines disappear the moment you try to cut them. Atomm's generator outputs the same night sky as clean vector star points and constellation lines, so the identical design ships as a print poster or as a laser-engraved wood or acrylic piece — two products, one file, no separate raster-to-vector rebuild.

Design Your Star Map
Laser-Ready Star Points, Not Just a Print

Place Lookup or Exact Coordinates — No Geocoding Detour

Type a city like Montclair, CA and the generator finds it instantly; for a farm, a beach, or anywhere too small to show up in a search bar, switch to Custom Coordinates and enter the latitude and longitude directly. Either way, the exact sky for that spot renders right away — no separate lookup tool, no copying coordinates in from another app, no minutes lost per custom order.

Design Your Star Map
Place Lookup or Exact Coordinates — No Geocoding Detour

Inscription and Star Field, Automatically Kept Apart

Fit a location, a date, and a personal line of text into the same design as hundreds of stars, and it's easy for wording to land across a key constellation. The generator's layout keeps your up-to-three lines of inscription in their own band beneath the star plate and the sky in its own frame, so every order comes out balanced without you nudging text boxes by hand.

Design Your Star Map
Inscription and Star Field, Automatically Kept Apart

3D Preview That Shows the Glow Before You Cut

Switch to 3D and see how the finished piece will actually look once light passes through it — the constellation lines and star points glowing the way they will in engraved acrylic or wood, not just flat lines on a screen. Send that preview to a customer as proof before you commit material, and adjust plate size or layout on the spot if anything needs changing.

Design Your Star Map
3D Preview That Shows the Glow Before You Cut

Moments the Sky Remembers

Every one of these star maps starts the same way — a place, a date, and a reason it mattered.

Weddings & Anniversaries

Recreate the exact sky above "The Day We Met" or "The Night We Said Yes" — the wedding and anniversary category that drives the biggest wave of star map orders each year, peaking in the run-up to Valentine's Day.

Newborn Arrivals

Set the date, time, and place straight from the birth details and the generator rebuilds the sky over a baby's very first night — "Under This Sky Was Born" turned into a keepsake instead of a line in a baby book.

Memorial Tributes

Recreate the sky from the night a loved one passed for a tribute piece that carries real astronomical weight — a category buyers pay a premium for precisely because the moment behind it matters.

Milestones & First Meetings

Birthdays, graduations, a first date, a first house — any life moment with a specific date, time, and place becomes its own star map, not just weddings and newborns.

Etsy & Shopify Seller Batch Orders

Swap in a new place, date, and inscription for every custom order and keep shipping through the year's biggest star map rush, the month before Valentine's Day, without redesigning from scratch each time.

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FAQs about Custom Star Map Design

What is the Star Map Generator and how does it work?

It's a tool that rebuilds the real night sky for any date, time, and place. Enter a location — or your own custom coordinates — plus the date and time you want to capture, and it calculates the exact star positions, constellation lines, and star magnitudes for that moment. Add up to three lines of inscription, preview the result in 2D or 3D, then export a laser-ready vector file or a print file.

Is the star map astronomically accurate?

What file formats do I get, and will they work with my laser cutter?

How is this different from a printed star map poster?

Do I need to know the exact latitude and longitude of the location?

How much inscription text can I add?

Can I preview how the engraved piece will actually look before I cut it?

Can I sell star maps I make with this generator, for example on Etsy?

Invite friends to register and both of you get credits.