Famous Nights · 13 September 1916

The sky the night Roald Dahl was born

«The night a storyteller arrived»

13 September 1916, a terrace house in Llandaff, Cardiff. One upstairs window lit, and a storyteller arrived. The sky above that Welsh street, exactly as it was. Every star in its true position. What's your night?

Llandaff, Cardiff · 13 September 1916 · 21:00 local · 51.4934° N · 3.2180° W

Now map your own night — from £34.99 Set to this famous sky below — or map your own date and place in two taps.

The sky the night Roald Dahl was born — star map art print

The short film

Eight seconds over Llandaff.

The era scene is an AI reconstruction. The sky above it is not — every star is computed from astronomical data for 13 September 1916, 21:00 local time.

Your turn

Make it your night.

Below, the map is set to this famous sky. Start fresh with your own date and place — the night you met, a birthday, a wedding — from £34.99. Or keep this historic sky as a print.

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