Astronomer proposes with writing on the moon Mr Osario said: "We had spoken about getting married and she knew I would be proposing at some point in the year. I wanted the proposal to be romantic, with a hint of geeky. I didn't want to do it in too public a place, because Miss Rodriguez's shy, and of course I wanted it to remain a surprise. One morning as I had breakfast, I looked up at the telescope and the idea just hit me. Two weeks before the proposal I dropped hints of me starting an astronomy club at work. This gave me an excuse to have the entire telescope apparatus in my car without raising suspicion. Mr Osario, a member of the Royal Canadian Astronomical Society, made several star-gazing trips to ensure his idea would work. I had to somehow imprint it on the small eye piece. I needed to write the whole thing on a surface just 8mm in diameter. Luckily, Mr Osario works as a civil engineer and had access to special printers capable of producing miniaturised text. He said: "I spoke with Saydi's parents about my intentions. They were delighted. Mr Osario chose a restaurant near the observatory to begin their magical evening in August 2012. He organised everything with the site manager at the David Dunlap Observatory, north of Toronto, who agreed to open the observatory up for the couple on a Saturday night. Mr Osario said: "The day arrived and I had all my ducks in a row. I barely ate at the restaurant, and kept my attention on the window. As we paid the bill and stepped out, I looked for a full blue moon, and there it was -- a beautiful full moon, and a clear night. The atmosphere was perfect. I set up the telescope in 15 minutes and kept the special eyepiece in one pocket and the ring in the other. After looking at the stars for a while I changed to the special eyepiece, lined up the big question in the centre of the moon and focused. With the moon as our witness I asked for her hand in marriage, and she said yes. Miss Rodriguez, a primary school teacher, said: "He had asked me to go look at the stars I had no idea what his plan was. It was a full moon and everything looked beautiful. Mr Osario was trying to adjust the eyepiece to the telescope so that I could get clear look at the moon. Just before I looked I remember thinking what a romantic way this would be to propose. Then he asked me to look in and all I saw was 'will you marry me?' I looked back and he was on one knee. I was very surprised. I kept asking him if he was serious, even once the ring the was on my finger and I had said yes. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him. The couple, from Toronto, Canada, now plan on getting married next year.