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Coloured version of the Galactic Peacock. Copy made for a friend. Scanner still hates me. Media used: Prismacolor pencil crayons <3, sharpies, gel pens.
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a map of the brightest stars in the Pleiades open cluster, adapted from a SpaceEngine screenshot. please be aware that space is 3-dimensional and thus APPARENT relative distances and positions on this map do NOT correspond to ACTUAL relative distances or positions. you can figure those out on your own with SIMBAD data and this calculator here. this image is public domain by my explicit authorization, because I did all that work so why should anyone else have to?
stellar charting is soothing for me, idk why? manual data entry and cross-referencing is just pretty zen in my book, and there’s nothing better than the sky to hold my interest.
I also have a handy local stars chart here, with a Sol-centric radius of 10 parsecs.
I'm in the process of giving the Diaspora star map a much-needed aesthetic overhaul. It's turning out pretty well so far! Here's the first stage: up to 10 ly from Sol.
Some notes:
all stars (four and eight points) signify an individual star, colored according to its spectral type.
eight-pointed stars are the homesuns of sapient species.
stars with rings have at least one planet. green rings indicate native life present; red rings indicate prior terraformation by the extinct Hemeran civilization.
the two other markers, one white dot and one white dot with an angled ring, indicate rogue interstellar planets.
the map is arranged by right ascension (celestial X coordinate) and distance, so the +/- number above each system is its declination (celestial Y coordinate).
the arrows at the center indicate the directions of the galactic core and rim, using the symbols of Sagittarius and Orion, respectively (although this map is aligned to right ascension which means the plane we're viewing is actually almost perpendicular to the galactic disk)
Second stage complete! Now featuring all systems out to 15 ly from Sol.
Additional notes:
The green-colored rogue planet, Murray-Callahan, is the only unbound interstellar object (UIO) known to harbor life.
The blue links in the network are systems and routes that are claimed by the United Nations of Humanity.
The yellow links in the network are systems and routes that are claimed by the Ra'na InterGlobal Council.
The turquoise links in the network are systems and routes that are claimed by the Worldtribe.
Grey links are neutral and under jurisdiction of the United Spacefaring Sophonts Coalition, usually either crucial hub systems or systems with carefully managed native life.
I'm in the process of giving the Diaspora star map a much-needed aesthetic overhaul. It's turning out pretty well so far! Here's the first stage: up to 10 ly from Sol.
Some notes:
all stars (four and eight points) signify an individual star, colored according to its spectral type.
eight-pointed stars are the homesuns of sapient species.
stars with rings have at least one planet. green rings indicate native life present; red rings indicate prior terraformation by the extinct Hemeran civilization.
the two other markers, one white dot and one white dot with an angled ring, indicate rogue interstellar planets.
the map is arranged by right ascension (celestial X coordinate) and distance, so the +/- number above each system is its declination (celestial Y coordinate).
the arrows at the center indicate the directions of the galactic core and rim, using the symbols of Sagittarius and Orion, respectively (although this map is aligned to right ascension which means the plane we're viewing is actually almost perpendicular to the galactic disk)
STAGE THREE, EVERYBODY GIVE IT UP FOR STAGE 3
This is where things get COMPLICATED. Damn thing looks like an eldritch horror but I'm PROUD of it. Two more phases to go.
Additional notes:
Added perpendicular dashes in a network line to show a connection that bypasses a given marker(s), due to the limits of 3D space being represented in 2D. Hopefully this is intuitive.
The orange links in the network are systems and routes claimed by the Rimor Corporate Conglomerate.
The darker green links in the network are systems and routes claimed by the Xib Zjhar. Their systems do not link to any others because they are an isolationist culture.
The purple links in the network are systems and routes claimed by the Allied Tribes of Calypso. Very few systems are under their jurisdiction due to their inexperience with spaceflight and the rarity of their required environmental conditions.
Yeah, I know I forgot Furuhjelm 46. I'll fix it later. And yeah, I know Xi Bootis is well beyond the 20ly-boundary. I put it there bc I had the G/K binary marker copied and was saving myself some labor later.
LP 816-60 should have a Worldtribe designation, probably a Qaryn number. I'll fix it later.
Multiple brown dwarf systems are potential candidates for Calypsian habitation, but I have some stuff to figure out about them first.
I'm in the process of giving the Diaspora star map a much-needed aesthetic overhaul. It's turning out pretty well so far! Here's the first stage: up to 10 ly from Sol.
Some notes:
all stars (four and eight points) signify an individual star, colored according to its spectral type.
eight-pointed stars are the homesuns of sapient species.
stars with rings have at least one planet. green rings indicate native life present; red rings indicate prior terraformation by the extinct Hemeran civilization.
the two other markers, one white dot and one white dot with an angled ring, indicate rogue interstellar planets.
the map is arranged by right ascension (celestial X coordinate) and distance, so the +/- number above each system is its declination (celestial Y coordinate).
the arrows at the center indicate the directions of the galactic core and rim, using the symbols of Sagittarius and Orion, respectively (although this map is aligned to right ascension which means the plane we're viewing is actually almost perpendicular to the galactic disk)
Since the last update my previous computer beefed it, and I almost lost all of my work! However, I managed to FINISH the star charting sheet that I use as a basis for the map, and I've been working on the map again on my interim laptop, so here's another update!
Changes:
Changed a few star names and shuffled a few more systems around.
Added a couple of stars just outside the 20 ly boundary.
Added some new network links and altered the civ claims of some existing ones.
Apparently the white dwarfs Sirius B and Keid B throw off such strong UV radiation that they ionize the ISM around them to distances as far as a few lightyears! These regions of ionized hydrogen are called Strömgren spheres, and I added them to the map as fuchsia circles around the aforementioned stars.
Also added the Local Cloud and G-Cloud: nearby regions of unusually dense neutral hydrogen in the ISM. They don't really affect interstellar navigation and aren't visible to the naked eye, but they're pretty background elements.
I'm in the process of giving the Diaspora star map a much-needed aesthetic overhaul. It's turning out pretty well so far! Here's the first stage: up to 10 ly from Sol.
Some notes:
all stars (four and eight points) signify an individual star, colored according to its spectral type.
eight-pointed stars are the homesuns of sapient species.
stars with rings have at least one planet. green rings indicate native life present; red rings indicate prior terraformation by the extinct Hemeran civilization.
the two other markers, one white dot and one white dot with an angled ring, indicate rogue interstellar planets.
the map is arranged by right ascension (celestial X coordinate) and distance, so the +/- number above each system is its declination (celestial Y coordinate).
the arrows at the center indicate the directions of the galactic core and rim, using the symbols of Sagittarius and Orion, respectively (although this map is aligned to right ascension which means the plane we're viewing is actually almost perpendicular to the galactic disk)
