✔ Request any changes if needed – we’ll adjust it until you’re 100% happy!
✔ Only after your approval do we proceed with printing and shipping your order. We want your custom star map to be exactly as you envisioned, so we’ll work with you to make sure it’s absolutely perfect before it arrives at your door! ✨🌌
Every star map design is available in the same five standard sizes, across five print options. You can order any size as portrait (e.g. 12in x 18in) or landscape (e.g. 18in x 12in) — just let us know your preferred orientation when ordering, or in the design notes at checkout.
Perth Metro (postcodes 6000–6199): because we print locally in Booragoon, Perth metro delivery is reduced to $25 for any size, and free pickup from our Booragoon (Perth, WA) studio is available. 🖨️
Standard sizes
- Small — 12in x 18in (305mm x 457mm)
- Medium — 18in x 27in (457mm x 686mm)
- Large — 24in x 36in (610mm x 914mm)
- X Large — 30in x 45in (762mm x 1143mm)
- XX Large — 40in x 60in (1016mm x 1524mm)
Full price list (all prices in AUD, GST-free, flat $40 shipping Australia-wide):
| Print option | Small 12×18in | Medium 18×27in | Large 24×36in | X Large 30×45in | XX Large 40×60in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Print | $110 | $140 | $170 | $190 | $340 |
| Framed Paper Print | $150 | $260 | $350 | $450 | $910 |
| Rolled Canvas (no frame) | $110 | $150 | $200 | $280 | $430 |
| Stretched Canvas Print | $130 | $210 | $310 | $420 | $540 |
| Floating Frame | $220 | $320 | $460 | $630 | $910 |
Need a custom size? Just contact us — we can print up to 140cm on the short edge by as long as you like (limited by roll length, not by us!).
We use quality Italian timber picture frame mouldings 20mm x 20mm for small sizes up to a 20mm x 38mm depth for larger sizes with clear framing acrylic front to avoid damage in transportCustom made framing Includes 5cm matt border with cut out insert for the print to suite smaller frame sizes or a non printed 5cm paper border out to the timber frame for larger sizes.
Finishing includes hanger & fittings with brown framers tape & felt bumpons on the back. We use a matt paper 160gsm for framing.
Instead of glass we use premium grade, reflection control acrylic as sending glass has an extremely high risk of breakage. The acrylic not only looks the same but is less reflective and a lot more durable!
Please also note that the size listed is the outside edge of the frame, the artwork measurements are inside of the frame
Our star maps are fully customisable, so the colour options can apply slightly differently depending on the design you choose. In many cases, selecting “Same Colours as Example” will give you the exact colour scheme shown in the product images.
Some designs allow colour changes to:
The Background
The Stars
The Text
Or Accent Elements
If you are ever unsure, don’t worry — we always carefully read the order notes. You are very welcome to tell us exactly what you are looking for, even if the dropdown options do not seem like a perfect match.
Most importantly, every order includes a digital proof within 48 hours (usually much sooner), and you are welcome to request tweaks and updates to the design until you are 100% happy with it.
Please don’t worry too much about getting every detail perfect in the order form. Our designs are highly customisable, and the ordering system is designed to work across hundreds of different star map styles, so we understand it can sometimes feel a little confusing.
The main thing is simply to enter the basic information as best you can:
Date
Location
Names
Colours
Or Your Preferred Design Direction
Then use the notes section to tell us anything you were unsure about, anything you would like tweaked, or any extra requests you have in mind. We will always carefully read the notes alongside your selections.
Most importantly, every order includes a digital proof within 48 hours (usually much sooner), and you are always welcome to request changes and updates until you are 100% happy with the design.
So even if you are unsure about certain options, just place the order with the closest selections and explain what you are aiming for in the notes — we’ll work with you from there and refine everything together.
We ensure that every canvas print and framed print is delivered ready to hang, complete with high-quality picture wire for effortless installation. Our durable, heavy-duty picture wire is carefully selected to provide maximum strength and stability, ensuring your artwork stays securely in place on your wall for years to come.
We use premium, flexible steel wire, designed to handle a variety of wall mounting setups while preventing sagging or damage. Each frame is professionally fitted with secure D-rings and high-tensile picture wire, allowing you to easily hang your artwork straight out of the box—no extra hardware required. Whether it’s a statement canvas print, a sleek floating frame, or a classic framed print, our expert craftsmanship guarantees a professional, gallery-quality finish that’s both stylish and practical.
Enjoy peace of mind knowing your artwork is not only visually stunning but also engineered for durability and easy display
Yes — most of our finishes arrive ready to hang straight out of the box, with the hanging hardware already fitted:
- Stretched canvas — gallery-wrapped over a solid timber frame
- Framed prints — supplied in the frame, ready to display
- Floating-frame canvas — set into its floating frame
The only finishes you’ll need to frame yourself are:
- Rolled canvas (No Frame) — supplied rolled in a tube
- Unframed paper prints (e.g. Lustre Paper) — a loose print
Please note: some overseas orders arrive with the hanging fittings included in the packaging rather than pre-fitted — but they’re quick and easy to attach yourself, with no professional fitting needed.
So unless you choose a rolled canvas or an unframed paper print, your star map turns up ready to go on the wall.
Absolutely, yes — we can.
We’re able to include constellation names on your star map design if you’d like. This can be done subtly and tastefully, ensuring the names complement the overall look of the artwork without overwhelming it.
If you have a preference for how the constellations are labelled — such as a clean, minimalist style or something more detailed — simply let us know in the notes at checkout. We always read and follow customer notes carefully, and we’re happy to tailor the design to suit your vision.
If you’re unsure whether constellation names will suit your final layout, we’re also happy to include them in your proof so you can see how everything looks before printing.
A rolled or un-stretched canvas is just the printed canvas without the wooden frame, it is delivered rolled ready to be framed your a local framer or draped as it is without a frame. Most people order rolled canvas prints for ease when moving them long distances for example overseas. Please note that if you want to frame an artwork it’s best not to order a rolled canvas, instead please order a paper print.
Our floating frames are our most premium option, they combine a frame with a canvas. I.e. The stretched canvas print sits inside a frame. The Floating Frames have a 5mm gap from the canvas to the inside of the timber frame then a 10mm timber from the frame face and 45mm depth on the side.
We currently not for a black or white floating frame a standard but we also have a premium grade Tasmanian Oak that is available on request.
Lustre paper is a nice option if you’d like to frame the artwork yourself at home, we use 260gsm, high-quality photo lustre paper, its ideal for printing photographs on with a nice satin finish. Photo papers have more definition than matt or art papers due to the coating which enhances the image.
We use 290gsm Moab Entrada Bright white 100% archival fine art paper. This is museum grade fine art archival 100% rag paper. Rag papers have a loose fibre and are ideal for artworks such as prints of paintings giving them a softer look.
We offer a flat-rate shipping fee of $40 for all Australian orders, ensuring a secure and reliable delivery of your personalised star map. 🚚✨
For international orders, shipping costs vary based on the destination. 🌍 The final shipping fee will be calculated at checkout based on your location. If you’d like a quote before placing an order, feel free to contact us for more details.
Rest assured, all orders are carefully packaged to ensure they arrive in perfect condition, no matter where in the world you are!
We offer flat-rate shipping across Australia wherever possible, and in the vast majority of cases, this covers delivery to homes and businesses nationwide. However, on rare occasions, certain delivery addresses may be classified by our courier partners as remote, regional, or extremely rural locations. This can include outback areas, remote islands, mining regions, or properties located a significant distance from major transport routes.
If your delivery address falls into one of these categories and attracts an unavoidable surcharge from the courier, we may need to quote an additional shipping fee before your order is dispatched. In these cases, we’ll always contact you first with the exact cost, giving you the option to proceed, adjust your order, or cancel for a full refund if you prefer. We believe in complete transparency and will never apply extra shipping charges without your approval.
Absolutely, you are more than welcome, when placing the order, to select the option to collect from our print studios, we have two locations available for art print collection, Noosaville, QLD and Booragoon, Perth, the addresses can be seen here.
When ordering, simply select that you would like to collect from one of these two locations, naturally there was no delivery fee when collecting from us and its faster too!
Our office hours are 8.30am to 4.15pm, Monday to Friday, (we close slightly early as we have to post each day before 5pm). Please always call us before coming to the office.
Yes, we will happily ship all over the world. Alternatively, once you place an order and select the overseas destination the website will automatically calculate the delivery cost before you are charged.
We deliver overseas to most of the world, if you can’t see your country as an option when ordering just contact us.
Yes you are welcome to cancel the order after you have received the proof. We will happily tweak the design as many times as is needed until you are 100% happy with it. If you still would like to cancel the order for some reason, such as the recipient no longer needs it, then we will deduct a $40 design deposit from the initial amount and refund the rest.
We accept Visa, MasterCard & AMEX, Afterpay, direct cash deposits, cheques, Paypal or cash in our studio if you come personally.
We don’t charge GST, what you see is what you get, there are no hidden costs or fees. It’s all about great quality canvas prints at great prices with zero fuss.
No — we do not use metallic paint or metallic inks. Instead, the silver and gold appearance is created using a carefully designed blend and layering of colours to achieve the metallic-style effect within the artwork itself. This approach allows us to create the elegant look of silver and gold tones while maintaining excellent print quality, colour consistency and fine detail across canvas prints, framed prints and floating frames. The result is a sophisticated metallic-style finish designed to look beautiful on the wall without relying on reflective paints or foils.
Yes, we do, just email or call us, we will happily create custom sizes for you.
Star Maps Australia is a specialist provider of custom star maps, capturing the exact night sky from any location, date, and time that holds special meaning to you. Whether it’s a birthday, anniversary, wedding, or any unforgettable moment, our beautifully designed star maps create a timeless keepsake of the stars above at that very moment. ✨🌌
We are proud to be part of the Blue Horizon Prints family, operating under the Blue Horizon Prints brand. As part of this larger group, we bring years of expertise in premium personalised wall art, ensuring every piece is crafted with care, high-quality materials, and a passion for meaningful design. 💫🎨
If you’re looking for a unique, sentimental gift or a stunning addition to your home, Star Maps Australia is here to turn your special moments into starry masterpieces!
We have two print facilities one in beautiful Sunshine coast of Australia in a small town called Noosaville, about one and a half hours drive north of Brisbane, next to beautiful Noosa and a second in Booragoon, Perth, WA, and are philosophies are partially dictated by our beautiful surroundings, we are relaxed but efficient, friendly and always happy to help and we care about our business and our customers. More info here.
FAST! Our standard delivery service is one of the fastest in Australia, usually dispatching within 3 working days. This rapid service means our customers get their canvas prints FAST! The exact delivery time depends on your location, we print in Noosa, Queensland so delivery to WA takes a lot longer than to Brisbane. Sydney and Brisbane are 1-2 days, Melbourne 2-3 days, Canberra 3-4 days, Adelaide, Hobart and Perth 4-7 days. Rural areas take longer. Please note, manufacturing time is on top of this, this is just a delivery time frame, please allow two or three days from manufacturing for normal order or less for an expedited VIP order.
The largest size we offer as standard on the site is 40 x 60 inches (102cm x 152cm) however if you need to go larger, let us know and we’ll see what we can do, we can print up to 140cm on the smaller side of the canvas by as big as you’d like to print. Please bear in mind that we are restricted by the width of the printer which is 60inches, we can, however, print as long as a roll of canvas! We are the home of quality wall art and canvas prints online and are always happy to answer any questions you may have about our service or products.
A stretched canvas print weights a lot less than a framed print, this is one of the many advantages they have over framed prints, as many of our customers buy them as they want to hang them on their walls using non-destructive sticker hooks. Here is a basic guide for the sizes and weights.
- Small Canvas Print: 18″ x 12″ weights approximately 2kg
- Medium Canvas Print: 27″ x 18″ weights approximately 3kg
- Large Canvas Print: 30″ x 20″ weights approximately 5kg
- X Large Canvas Print: 45″ x 30″ weights approximately 6.5kg
- XX-Large Canvas Print: 60″ x 40″ weights approximately 7.5kg
**Add 1 to 2kg extra for paper framed and float framed
For the ‘Small’ size Framed prints we print a 20mm white border, using a card mat makes the art too small, the printed border gives the impression of a small mat, for example on the 12×18″ size, it looks better, the frame thickness is 20x20mm.
All frames between 12×18″ up to 900mm on the long edge have 20x20mm thick frame and 50mm matt border.
18 x 27″ 20x20mm thick frame and 50mm matt border
24 x 36″ 20x20mm thick frame and 50mm matt border
XL / XXL size: 32 x 43″ & 40 x 60″ – frame thickness is 30x20mm, no card mat, we will print a white border by default but can print all the way to the frame on request when ordering.
*The rule of thumb is, the frame size is 20x20mm for frames up to 1mtr long and 30mmx20mm depth over 1mtr long frames.
Each artwork is printed to order, we do not hold an inventory of stock therefore we cannot accept returns unless the artwork has been damaged in transit or is faulty. All art is sold as seen on the site, the displayed prints are shown as Stretched canvas Prints, a Framed Print will naturally have a frame around it as opposed to stretcher bars and rolled or paper prints are delivered without frames.
The shipping method depends primarily on the size of the finished artwork. Orders that fit within parcels under approximately 1 metre in length — for example many canvas prints up to around 90cm depending on the format selected — are normally sent via registered Australia Post, providing reliable tracked delivery Australia-wide. Larger artworks that exceed standard parcel dimensions require specialist handling and will generally be sent via one of our trusted courier partners instead. This helps ensure larger canvas prints, framed prints and oversized wall art arrive safely and securely. Once your order has been dispatched, tracking details will be provided so you can follow its progress.
Because we operate on a print-on-demand model, we don’t hold traditional stock levels for our artwork. Every piece is produced specifically for each order, which means if you can see a product listed on our website, it is generally available to order. This also allows us to offer a much larger range of artwork, sizes and media options without products constantly moving in and out of stock. Whether you’re ordering canvas prints, framed prints, floating frames, personalised artwork or custom designs, everything is created fresh to order by our team.
Your star map shows what you would actually see looking up at the night sky from your chosen location, on your chosen date and time. Every point on the map is calculated from real astronomical data — not artistic guesswork — and the positions match what you would see in apps like Stellarium or SkySafari.
What is on your star map
- Every naked-eye star above the horizon at that moment — drawn from the Hipparcos catalogue (~118,000 stars measured by the European Space Agency’s Hipparcos satellite, 1989–1993), with the brightest stars taken from the Yale Bright Star Catalogue. The cut-off is around magnitude +6 — the faintest a human eye can see on a properly dark night.
- The 88 official constellations recognised by the International Astronomical Union, with the standard line patterns connecting their main stars.
- The Moon, in its correct position and phase for your date and location.
- Naked-eye planets that were above the horizon at the moment you chose — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — placed at their real coordinates.
- The Milky Way, shown as a subtle band of light where appropriate.
- Your horizon line and cardinal directions, so the chart matches what you would have seen by turning to face north, south, east or west.
What is not on your star map (and why)
- Pulsars, quasars, neutron stars and black holes. Astronomers know these exist and where to find them, but they are invisible to the human eye — even through binoculars. Plotting them would mean adding dots no one has ever looked up and seen.
- Faint deep-sky objects (most galaxies, planetary nebulae, faint star clusters). These require a telescope and dark skies. We can add named highlights (Andromeda Galaxy, Orion Nebula, Pleiades) on request — just mention it in your order notes.
- Satellites, the International Space Station and aircraft. These move minute by minute and were not in the same place even seconds before or after your moment. They belong on a live tracker, not a fixed keepsake print.
- Comets and meteors, unless one was naked-eye visible on your specific date. Most comets are too faint to include; if a bright one was overhead on your date, let us know and we can mark it.
- Asteroids. A few are just barely visible to the naked eye at favourable moments, but in nearly every case they are too dim to be meaningful on the chart.
How to verify your chart is accurate
Open Stellarium (free, on web or desktop) or SkySafari, enter your date, time and location, and compare with your finished star map. The constellation orientation, moon phase, and planet positions will match within the resolution of the print. That is the whole point — your map is the real sky, frozen in place.
If you would like a deeper dive into how the chart is calculated — Julian date, sidereal time, altitude/azimuth — see our Star Map Glossary.
Yes. All of our Australian canvas print orders are printed on premium 100% cotton canvas — a genuinely higher grade than the poly-cotton (polyester-cotton blend) that a lot of print companies use. 100% cotton gives a finer, tighter weave, richer and truer colour, a beautiful matte finish, and superior archival longevity, so your piece looks its best and lasts for years without cracking, sagging or fading. It also makes our canvases a lovely choice for a 2nd (cotton) wedding anniversary gift — a genuine 100% cotton keepsake. Please note: canvas orders shipped to addresses outside Australia are produced locally at the destination on poly-cotton canvas.
Our canvas prints are on premium 100% cotton canvas — a woven textile, gallery-wrapped and ready to hang. Our fine-art paper prints are on archival, museum-grade cotton-rag paper — ideal for framing. Both are premium, long-lasting materials; the choice comes down to the finish you want.
