If you want to set up the northern sky, print the northern map and the northern grid files.
If you want to set up the southern sky, print the southern map and the southern grid files.

The grid file is used when you create the sky, the map is used later for identifying constellations.

Get the following equipment:

• Phosphorescent adhesive tape. I have bought a brand called GlowLite Nova from Systemtext in Stockholm, width 25 mm. You need about 50 cm.
• Masking tape, about 15 mm wide. Use the lightly adhesive type used for making sharp lines when painting.
• Pen for making marks on the masking tape and crossing completed stars on the grid printout.
• Sissors
• Paperknife (very sharp)
• A ceiling, preferably white and above a bed
• Ladder to reach the ceiling
• About 6 hours of time

Cut the main stars from 16 squares of the phosphorescent tape, each 25 times 25 mm.
Use four of the squares for the largest stars, each created by dividing the square into 2 by 2 smaller squares and cutting off the corners to create octagonals. This creates a total of 4 * 2 * 2 = 16 stars of largest size. Not all are necessarily used.
Use five of the squares for the midsized stars, each created by dividing the square into 3 by 3 smaller squares and cutting off the corners to create octagonals. This creates a total of 5 * 3 * 3 = 45 stars of middle size.
Use seven of the squares for the midsized stars, each created by dividing the square into 4 by 4 smaller squares and cutting off the corners to create octagonals. This creates a total of 7 * 4 * 4 = 112 stars of small size.
The image shows a strip of the tape with the a large and a midsized star. Click on the image for enlargement.

The smallest stars are created by cutting a 15 centimeter long bit of the tape. Then use the paperknife to cut the strip in half, lengthwise, but cut only through the actual phosphorescent tape, not the back. Then use the knife to cut each of the two stripes in three stripes in the same way, resulting in a total 6 stripes of tape still attached to the back of the tape. Then use the knife to cut out the smallest, square stars, six at a time. The image shows a finished strip. Click on the image for enlargement.

Measure a square area of the ceiling above your bed you can use for the sky. Divide the side length by 8 to get the distance between each grid intersection. For instance, if you have a 2 by 2 meter square, the grid intersection distance will be 25 cm.

Climb the ladder. Use one masking tape piece to mark the center. Next, use the other 80 pieces to mark the grid intersections. Get down from the ladder to examine the grid, checking each row and column. Make adjustments until you are satisfied that the grid is evenly distributed. Click on the images for enlargement.

Looking at the ceiling from the bed, the orientation of the stars could match the map printout. However, since the sky is revolving, the orientation is not crucial.
Use the grid printout to place the stars of the largest size, like Vega and Altair, using the largest stars of the phosphorescent tape. When you add a star, cross it off on the grid printout.
Do the same with the middle size, like Polaris and some stars of Ursa Major, crossing them as you add them to the ceiling.
Do the same with the small size. Remember to cross out the stars that are done.
Then use the smallest, square stars of the long strip to add all the remaining stars of the constellations. You can add stars outside the canstellations of you want to. Remember to cross out the stars you have already added.

If you need more stars, you can obviously cut some more.

Now you are done. Wait until it is dark and enjoy. You can make adjustments at any time using the ladder and the knife (for removing phosphorescent tape off the ceiling).

Note that the tape is charged by light, slowly giving off light when dark. The sky will glow for about half an hour after turning off the light in the room.

I have compiled a simplified version with the swedish names.
It was originally found on the Onsala rymdobservatorium (Chalmers) site.

Idea by Sven Trebard Gothefors