At 08:47 AM 12/27/2006, you wrote:
1. Has anyone has ever drawn up a "real-life"
star map (one with real nearby stars, not
fictional ones). I'm planning to draw one up
using Star Trek Star Charts (G. Mandel) as a basis.
2. How does one come up with the formula for the
average distance between two neighboring points
(1.12 ? cube root of (V/N)), given the volume
(V) and the number of points (N)? (Where does
the 1.12 come from and what does it represent?)
(ref: GURPS Space 4e, sidebar, p. 72)
3. What are the number of stars and the volumes
of space covered in Space Atlas 3 & 4 (I've
heard SA4 is double-size with 49 stars). I have
SA1 & 2: 28 & 25 stars (respectively) in a
volume of 40?32?32 parsecs (Z-axis size assumed).
If you can find a copy of the map from either
Traveller: 2300 or 2300AD (same game, different
name), you'll have a map of all the stars within
50 light years as well as the type of starts and
their relative x, y, and z coordinates as they relate to Earth.
Kurt Feltenberger
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TEOTWAWKI Fiction and Chat http://www.teotwawki.net
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may she always be in the right, but our country, right or wrong!"
~Stephen Decatur
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