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A galaxy map from real catalogues

Sunholo
Sunholo
Stapledon's Voyage team

The galaxy map now draws from the same star catalogues as the sky, and stars that belong together stay together.

What's new​

  • The map on the catalogue tiers (#81): 5,687 stars within 25 pc, up from 3,802, with full-precision positions. α Centauri A and B are separate stars you can select.
  • Companion stars at their system's distance (#89): a companion within 60″ and 2,000 AU of its primary, agreeing in parallax and proper motion, takes the system's distance rather than its own noisier one. That moved 20,524 companions; Sirius B, for one, now sits with Sirius A at 8.6 ly.

The galaxy map planning a trip to Sirius A, 8.60 ly

Not yet​

Both are in the walkable bridge demo, v0.4.0-dev.1.