Star Maps

[seppun1]

I was curious if anyone had a decent Star Map that shows the includes the new areas that were in 2320? I actually knew of a very good map that was done, but unfortunately, Yahoo got rid of it when the shut down the geocities. (shakes fist!)

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Colin]

I have no star maps that can be released, sorry.

 

[Peter Schutze]

help with new stars

several new stars have been found near earth eg teegardens star

anyone know how to convert the astronomical right ascension and declination data into x,y,z information ?

 

[Peter Schutze]

does anyone know an easy way ot convert astronomical ascension, declination information into x,y,z co-ordinates ?

 

[aramis]

I don't know for the NSL in 2300, however, IIRC, it works out to something like this...

Z=sin(a)*d
d'=cos(a)*d
X=sin(r)*d'
Y=cos(r)*d'

where
a = ascension/declination (in rads, grads, or degrees...)
r = right ascension in (in rads, grads, or degrees...)
d = total distance to star
d' = flat distance to star as viewed from +Z or -Z

 

[Starflyer]

Try this link for finding the co-ordinates you want it provides a very comprehensive list of stars and both RA/Dec and xyz co-ords

http://www.stellar-database.com/

 

[Peter Schutze]

thank you both for the speedy replies !

 

[DEWLine]

You might be interested in this site run by Jed Whitten:

http://starmap.whitten.org/

It's optimized for Star Trek fans, as you'll note by some of the names of the star systems shown on the start-up screen, but you might be able to get some use out of the map-making functions it offers!

 

[Murph]

http://www.scifi-az.com/astro2.htm

Here is a good source, I have it and it is quite nice.