Built a star-map generator from scratch — would love your feedback

Hey IH! 👋

I've been working on a small side-project called SkyMoment — a web app that lets you generate a personalized star map for any date, time, and location.
It uses Skyfield + Hipparcos to reconstruct the real night sky, adds constellation lines, Milky Way rendering, and outputs a clean 4K image.

Why I built it

A lot of “star map” posters online use fake or simplified data.
I wanted something accurate, beautiful, and fully generated with real astronomy data — and it turned out to be a fun technical challenge.

How it works

Python (Skyfield, Astropy)

Hipparcos star catalog

Custom Milky Way noise layer

Django backend

Automated rendering after payment (Lemon Squeezy)

A preview is generated instantly on the website, and a full 4K version is processed on the server and sent by email.

Current problems / open questions

Very few visitors yet — struggling with early traction

Performance issues: rendering takes ~40 seconds on the server

Not sure which marketing channels will work best for a visual product like this

Debating whether to target birthdays, anniversaries, or astronomy enthusiasts first

Would love your feedback

Does the product make sense to you?

Would you change something on the landing page?

Any suggestions for early traction on a very low budget?

You can try the live version here:
👉 https://skymoment.art/

Thanks! I'd really appreciate any feedback from this community.

Happy to share technical details or the rendering code if anyone is curious.