Star Map - Tumblr Posts
Sooo the canon has changed a bit since the last WIP map was posted, and consequently so has the map itself! Notably: the setting is now called Astra Planeta. I'm still working on the sheet that I use to keep track of everything, so little progress has been made on Stage 4, but I'll get there soon.
Changes:
The map got flipped. I realized I'd made an egregious error: right ascension is actually measured west to east, which means counterclockwise if viewed from the north celestial pole. Oops!
I've changed some names (and, while not visible on the map, some system compositions). For those of you wondering why the star formerly labeled Tamanuitera is now Radegast, fear not: I'm keeping Tamanuitera in my pocket for a higher-mass star so I can plausibly give the system more planets with a greater variety! Same goes for the other systems whose names have been changed.
Brown dwarfs are no longer good candidates for Calypsian habitation, now that I've nailed down the basic mechanics of their ecosystem. They're more partial to lower-mass stars, sure, but not infrared-only substars. Brown dwarf systems remain useful only for waystations and some industry.
Added a handful more rogue planets, mostly to serve as waystations between certain major stars with slightly-greater-than-jump-distance separation.
Added Furuhjelm 46! Finally! Still debating if it should have planets or not. Haven't given LP 816-60 a Qaryn number yet though.
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)
Me and my parents and brother finished watching the first episode of Ahsoka and I was grinning every time a Rebels character appeared and the little callbacks to the show. Also, please someone tell me that I’m not the only one on here that thought that star map looked somewhat similar to the map from Treasure Planet!