Six ways to present it
- Framed: print it at a photo counter and put it in a store-bought frame. The most "finished" option.
- Rolled: print it on matte paper, roll it and tie it with a ribbon — easy to hide, fun to unroll.
- In a card: print a 5 × 7 in version for the card, with a note that the large print is coming.
- On their phone: set it as their lock screen as a surprise, or give the two-phone couple wallpaper.
- At a dinner: have the framed print waiting at the table on the anniversary itself.
- Long distance: send the file at the exact time the original moment happened — 9:42 PM, say.
If you only have today
A digital star map can go from idea to framed in an afternoon: about ten minutes to design it, an instant download, and many photo counters print the same day. If printing is impossible, a home-printed 8 × 10 in on photo paper in a simple frame still looks deliberate.
What to write with it
One or two lines about why that date: "This is what the sky looked like the night we met at Sam’s party." People love learning that the stars, the planets and the Moon are really where they were that night.