A map of the local star systems

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2003-01-04 02:09am

does anybody know where I can get one, I want to make a novel about a human empire and a revolution on a nearby system(in other words, its based on the American Revolution).So if anyone could provide a picture or map with labels, it would be very much appreciated.

And I saying, within 100 lightyears of Sol.

lukexcom · Post by **lukexcom** » 2003-01-04 04:02am

The National Geographic Society has a beautiful double-sided poster (from one of the 2001 issues, I believe) of our galaxy on one side ("shot" from 45 deg. above the galactic plane, from the looks of it), and on the back is a set of translucent "cylinders", interconnected to one another. The first "cylinder" contains our solar system, the next is the local stellar neighborhood (up to 20 ly radius), then it's our galaxy and it's small magellanic clouds, and finally our local galactic group, then the local galactic supercluster, 75 million ly radius.

If you want, I can scan the local star group part and get it to you, and / or I could take a shot of both sides of the poster with a digital camera and send that to you. I would highly recommend that you get the actual poster if you can, the galactic side of it is beautiful (IMO) and makes a for a great wall poster.

But for a larger map of the local star neighborhood....well, you could turn to nasa.gov .... if they don't have it online, maybe you could e-mail someone there. Or, check your local library for a large National Geographic universe atlas (or one from another company) if they have one. There should be a similar map of the local stellar neighborhood there.

Contact me at lukexcom@attbi.com

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-01-04 04:13am

Mr. Luke, welcome to SD.Net, enjoy yourself, adn of course.

*Arms RPP-Rocket Propelled Poke, adn braces over shoulder*

POKE!!!!!

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2003-01-04 04:25am

Mr. Garden Gnome, do you spend all your time hunting for newbies and poking them?

nasa.gov's search won't work at all right now, I have no idea why.

Please do scan it and provide a link here please or private message me and I'll give you my email.

Thank you

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-01-04 04:30am

FaxModem1 wrote:Mr. Garden Gnome, do you spend all your time hunting for newbies and poking them?

Yes I do. I have dogs on every corner sniffing them out. I have gnomes posted on every rooftop, with binoculars, infrared and nightvision goggles, to inform me of newbie intruders. I have aircraft taking pictures every 1 minute and 12 seconds, watching for those who've just arrived. I have satelites taking pictures of every imaginable type of terrain, scouting for hide-aways. I have elitle Commando-Gnome squads to caprtue and subdue those who resist poking.

You newbies cannot run. I will find you. And I will poke you.

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2003-01-04 04:35am

Good thing garden gnomes are so easy to shatter, otherwise I might be worried.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-01-04 11:01am

http://anzwers.org/free/universe/250lys.html

lukexcom · Post by **lukexcom** » 2003-01-04 02:50pm

Ok guys, the map is up...scanner seems to be malfunctioning, so I whipped out the good 'ol 3.1mpixel digital camera and a tripod. Through a series of despecle, sharpen and blur filters, I managed to up the sharpness of the letters a bit.

It's a 1.1 mb, 2140x1600-ish jpeg compressed from the original 8.8 mb tiff file. This server should manage 180kbps if you're on broadband. If not, be patient. I didn't want to sacrifice quality for small size.

http://home.attbi.com/~lukexcom/stardes ... cstars.jpg

Now, there's one catch about our little stellar neighborhood....unless I'm wrong, there are no solid planets that we know of orbiting these stars. Just your huge, enormous gas giants so big that Jupiter himself would whither in fear.

Oh, there's a gread 3d program called "Celestia", which not only models TO SCALE our solar system, all the moons around our planets, and multiple comets, asteroids, and some of the spacecraft we sent up, but also features multiple stars of our local neighborhood. I do believe they also have some of the extra-solar planets in there. Fully in 3d, of course. Time acceleration included....can fast forward time up to millions of years per sec. and see the planets zip by really really fast.

Get it here:

http://ennui.shatters.net/celestia/

And as for a garden gnome poking me.....that gives me an idea for a fanfic. Stay tuned to the fanfic board.

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2003-01-04 04:11pm

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:You newbies cannot run. I will find you. And I will poke you.

*from the shadows, a man steps out behind the little gnome and decapitates him with a katana*

"There's always someone meaner out there. In this case, me. Poke at your peril, for great is my knowledge of the TGOD."

lukexcom · Post by **lukexcom** » 2003-01-04 04:28pm

Extra! Extra! Luke gets poked! Read all about it!

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=9603

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-01-04 05:49pm

lukexcom wrote:<SNIP>

Oh, there's a gread 3d program called "Celestia", which not only models TO SCALE our solar system, all the moons around our planets, and multiple comets, asteroids, and some of the spacecraft we sent up, but also features multiple stars of our local neighborhood. I do believe they also have some of the extra-solar planets in there. Fully in 3d, of course. Time acceleration included....can fast forward time up to millions of years per sec. and see the planets zip by really really fast.

Get it here:

http://ennui.shatters.net/celestia/

And as for a garden gnome poking me.....that gives me an idea for a fanfic. Stay tuned to the fanfic board.

HOLY CRAP! That's a totally excellent proggy! You are correct on all accounts about the program, but your description dont do justice at all to it! BTW since you're a Newbie....

In A.D. 2101
Poke was beginning.
<<POKE!!>>
N00b: What happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the Poke
Operator: We get signal
N00b: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on
N00b: It's You !!
E. Sn0 -=31337=-: How are you gentlemen !!
E. Sn0 -=31337=-: All your Poke are belong to us
E. Sn0 -=31337=-: You are on the way to destruction
N00b: What you say !!
E. Sn0 -=31337=-: You have no chance to survive make your time
E. Sn0 -=31337=-: HA HA HA HA ....
N00b: Take off every 'Zig'
N00b: You know what you doing
N00b: Move 'Zig'
N00b: For great justice

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-01-04 10:43pm

lukexcom wrote:The National Geographic Society has a beautiful double-sided poster (from one of the 2001 issues, I believe) of our galaxy on one side ("shot" from 45 deg. above the galactic plane, from the looks of it), and on the back is a set of translucent "cylinders", interconnected to one another. The first "cylinder" contains our solar system, the next is the local stellar neighborhood (up to 20 ly radius), then it's our galaxy and it's small magellanic clouds, and finally our local galactic group, then the local galactic supercluster, 75 million ly radius.

If you want, I can scan the local star group part and get it to you, and / or I could take a shot of both sides of the poster with a digital camera and send that to you. I would highly recommend that you get the actual poster if you can, the galactic side of it is beautiful (IMO) and makes a for a great wall poster.

But for a larger map of the local star neighborhood....well, you could turn to nasa.gov .... if they don't have it online, maybe you could e-mail someone there. Or, check your local library for a large National Geographic universe atlas (or one from another company) if they have one. There should be a similar map of the local stellar neighborhood there.

Contact me at lukexcom@attbi.com

I have that on my wall ^^

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-01-05 01:33am

IIRC, the book Spaceflight (old book, 1970s) has a list of every star within 40 light years, with what type of star it is (G2, A0, etc), if its binary or trinary (I think there's one quadruple star also), where it is in the sky, and how massive and luminous it is, along with where it's going.