Eonelya

FAQ

The questions everyone asks

Gifting a nebula

01Am I really buying a nebula?

No, and nobody can: space law forbids ownership of celestial objects. What you buy is shares of a nebula fragment recorded in a name: a dedication in our private registry, a personalized certificate and a gift page. No astronomical organization recognizes this dedication; the value lies in the gesture, not in a legal right.

02What does the recipient receive?

An immersive gift page in their name, unveiled like a jewel box over the photograph of their nebula, and a personalized diploma-style certificate (name, dedication, registry number, authentic photograph), in two files: the high-definition version for the screen, and an A4 version ready for printing and framing.

03Can I print it and frame it?

Yes, and the file is built for it. Every order produces two PDFs of the same certificate: the on-screen version, cropped to the gold border, the one you look at and share; and a landscape A4 version ready for printing, with its margins, its 3 mm bleed and its declared trim size, which a print shop reads. The text is vector, so it stays sharp at any size, and the photograph is above 400 dpi where professional printing asks for 300. Any off-the-shelf A4 frame will do.

04Are the nebula images real?

Yes, 100%. Every nebula in the collection is an authentic archival photograph from the public programs of the great observatories (Hubble, James Webb, ESO, NOIRLab, NASA/JPL), cleared for commercial reuse and credited in our legal notice. Most are under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license; two of them fall under the JPL image use policy. Two of them are infrared observations shown in representative colour, which is stated in our legal notice.

Price, payment and delivery

05How much does a share cost, and how many should I choose?

A share costs €2.90 or €4.90 depending on the nebula's renown. The number is up to you: one share is enough for the gesture; some choose a meaningful number (12 shares for a June 12th). Each nebula is a limited edition: between 40,000 and 100,000 shares, never more. The certificate states the share of the sky your choice represents.

06Can I schedule the delivery for a specific date?

Yes. In your basket, choose "Schedule a date" on that gift: the gift page stays sealed until the big day, then unveils itself. The delivery email is sent automatically on the chosen date. Each gift in an order has its own date.

07Is the payment secure?

Yes: payment is processed by Stripe (end-to-end SSL encryption). Your card details never touch our servers.

The certificate's value

08Does the certificate have any official or scientific value?

No, and we do not hide it from the recipient: the gift page they open says so plainly. The dedication is decorative and confers no ownership of any celestial object. No astronomical authority recognizes it, and no space organization (NASA, ESA, ESO, NOIRLab) sponsors or endorses Eonelya. We prefer a proudly honest symbol to a false promise.

The Helix Nebula photographed by ESO