6 Foot Invisible Rabbit Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 (edited) I am currently working on my next campaign but I am having a bit of trouble trying to find a pretty accurate star map of our galaxy that shows Earth's location in relation to the other stars. If anyone can help in this I would highly appreciate it. Specifically a map that shows the locations of Beta Canum Venaticorum, HD 10307, HD 211415, 18 Scorpii, 51 Pegasus, Epsilon Indi A, Epsilon Eridani, Omicron 2 Eridani, Alpha Centauri B, and Tau Ceti as well as the relative distance from Earth and each other. Edited February 22, 2006 by 6 Foot Invisible Rabbit Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Foot Invisible Rabbit Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 What? No one can help me find a star map? Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Here is a list of stars, by abstruce name. Also try Googling results. Pretty picture: No names Galactic Navigation ... Galactic Latitude and Galactic longitude ... and this might help (check out the yellow dots: they are individual stars). OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrielle Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Search Engines are your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * There ya go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 What? No one can help me find a star map? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Talk about impatient! I was typing out all those links whilst you were chomping at the bit ... What? No thank you / feedback? :Darque: OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrielle Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * There ya go <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * There ya go <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Pretty! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> :beguiled face icon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 No love for the geek. Info doesn't make right. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I'm sure Hades will show his appreciation when he comes back online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Hades doesn't appreciate anything but Troika. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrielle Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I'm sure Hades will show his appreciation when he comes back online <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He'll say it sucks, not good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Don't forget the old standby: I paid too much, oh and I found it in the bargain bin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 That's what you said last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrielle Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Don't forget the old standby: I paid too much, oh and I found it in the bargain bin <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Foot Invisible Rabbit Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 Okay, okay. Thanks for the links. I didgive Google and Yahoo a try first but I wasn't finding anything particular that I needed though I did find some cool pics of nebulas and articles on astronomy. Also a thing called Drake's Law. Very cool stuff. Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 NASA.gov have good stuff. I found a great site, about a decade ago, which had PROOF of Gumby's image on Venus (using the data from the Venus RADAR-mapping satellite). OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zachech Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I tried to do a similar thing, but then I just drew my own map and put stuff where I wanted it because what kind of players are going to be all "omg zeta reticuli is .4 light years too close to sol! stop stop stop!!!" also metadigital your sig is disgusting...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Foot Invisible Rabbit Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 Well, my group might. My group is full of college educated peeps. I have 2 graphic designers, a geneticist, agricultural engineer, psychology major (still in school), and well... my roommate. At one time I also had an astrophysicist, and a mathematician studying chaos theory. Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nartwak Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Are they astronomers too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Well, my group might. My group is full of college educated peeps. I have 2 graphic designers, a geneticist, agricultural engineer, psychology major (still in school), and well... my roommate. At one time I also had an astrophysicist, and a mathematician studying chaos theory. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And all of these exist in the same place at the same time... in Iowa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrielle Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 That can't be Iowa, there's too many smart people listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Foot Invisible Rabbit Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 It is Ames, Iowa. Majority of us are Iowa State University students/graduates. We have nuclear testing labs (or we did), it is the birth place of the digital computer, a key research facility for the CDC, and where the major research for alternative fuels is being conducted. Iowa might be a hick state but Ames is not a hick town. Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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