Name a Galaxy Gift Package Features:

Galaxy Certificate

The certificate is inscribed with the recipient's name, the galaxy's astronomical name (the NGC number), and signed by an astronomer, curator, and archivist from Windowpane Observatory.

There are 2 certificate styles to choose from, sized 8.5" x 11". (click an image to enlarge)

Personal Letter from our Chief Astronomer

Dad's galaxy package will contain a personally written letter from our Chief Astronomer with a scientific profile of the galaxy and other interesting facts about the galaxy.

Star Chart

The Star Chart locates the exact position of the galaxy in the night sky, relative to the Big Dipper and North Pole. With this chart, the location of the galaxy can be easily located without a telescope. [see sample]

Hubble Telescope Slide Show

Included in your gift is a stunning audio-visual Hubble Slide Show, a visual feast of images from deep space taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. [more info]

The Extraterrestrial Planet Finder Kit

Your gift package also includes our famous Extraterrestrial Planet Finder Kit. Audio instruction, star charts and scientific profiles to show you how to find the nearest inhabitable planets from your own back yard, even without a telescope. The ET Planet Finder Kit gives coordinates and a star map of the 5 most visible of these stars and planets. [more info]