[Culloden]

Well, it's nothing secial, but if you really want it, it should be in youre inbox by the time you read this. That goes for the $5 bill too.  

[Eishtmo]

Thanks Cul.  I'll be posting the basics on all the stars I've found soon (like in 10 min).  Enjoy it.

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[Setekh]

For those who haven't seen it yet:

 

[Culloden]

Thanks for posting that Setekh.  

[penguin]

Any of the Greek ones are in the named constellation, the letter is the relative magnitude within the constellation.  So Delta Serpentis is the fourth-brightest star (as seen from Earth) in the constellation Serpens; Gamma Draconis is the 3rd brightest in Draco; Alpha Centauri is the brightest one in Centaurus, etc.

A lot of these have other names as someone else pointed out: Epsilon Pegasi = Enif; Alpha Cygni = Deneb, etc.

Alphard is Alpha Hydrae.

Mirfak is Alpha Persei (or whatever the genitive of "Perseus" is, I've forgotton all my Latin)

Dubhe is Alpha Ursa Major (won't even try the Latin on this one)

Adhara is Epsilon Canis Major (ditto)

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Ikeya seems to be a comet... did   mess up?  Unless you count the one at White Marsh Mall (sorry, that bad joke's been made already)

Ribos apears to be from an old "Doctor Who" episode (this is not a joke).

.... and all references to Laramis that I could find via google.com pointed to FS forums  

[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by Culloden:
Thanks for posting that Setekh.  

Not a problem dude - just out of curiosity, where did you get all of it? I mean, that program - what is it, exactly?  

 

Originally posted by penguin:
.... and all references to Laramis that I could find via google.com pointed to FS forums  

 ! Oh and hey, welcome to HLP, penguin! Enjoy your stay  

[Culloden]

It's from a program called Red Shift 4, which combines a planetarium, astronomy dictionary and picture gallery all in one.

The dictionary and picture gallery isn't anything you couldn't find online, but the planetarium is quite unique. If I remember correctly, it was the first program to make use of the full Tycho 2 Catalouge and has records for apx 18 million stars down to magnitude 20, aswell as 70,000 galaxies, 1,700 comets and 15,000 asteroids.

It's very good value for money. I got mine for £20 and by now it's down to £10 or $7.

 http://www.redshift.maris.com/index.php3    

RED SHIFT 4 SCREENS

 

 

 

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[Culloden]

 

Originally posted by penguin:
Dubhe is Alpha Ursa Major (won't even try the Latin on this one)

Don't quote me on the spelling, but it's something along the lines of Alpha Ursae Majoris.

[Setekh]

Looks like a heck of a lot of info there. I'll see if I can find it anywhere around here...

[Scorpius]

I found something on Ikeya. I Think Ikeya is a comet (full name is Ikeya-Seki) But this is the closest I could find. Take a look:
 http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0304.html

[Boct1584]

Sweet! I didn't know that Delta Serpentis really existed!

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[VR7]

I dare somebody to look for a Knossos portal in Gamma Draconis  

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[Fulgrymm]

I never got to do anything this interesting when I was at Uni, doing my Astrophysics degree.
     

[Eishtmo]

For those interested, a more or less complete list of the Stars of Freespace was posted here a couple of weeks ago.  Go back a page or two and you might find it.

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[##UnknownPlayer##]

Ikeya does exist as a star. I can't remember its other name, but there my school once had this skydome thing around which was basically a picture of the night sky on the inside of a dark dome (it was pretty cool). The guy running it was pointing at stars, and at one stage pointed out Ikeya, which appears to be its secondary name. So keep looking! It is out there!

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[Labcoatguy]

Hey, new guy here. If I recall correctly, Laramis is/was the name of the company that made the Super Soaker. I think this may be a [V] injoke, because remember that the first time that it was mentioned was when they created the Flail.

[Su-tehp]

 

Originally posted by Eishtmo:
Anyways, there are only three stars I have yet to find any record of and a bunch I have incomplete records on.

Not Found:

Laramis
Ribos
Ikeya

Incomplete Data:

Dubhe
Gamma Draconis
Episilon Pegasi
Beta Cygni
Alphard
Adhara
Mirfak

The three Greek ones I'll have data on soon, I've just got to look them up.  The rest I'm still looking on.  Any links or info you can provide to the completion of my table would be appretiated.  I'm looking for the info I provided on D.S.  Later.

About Mirfak: I noticed on some of the FS2 command briefing cutscenes that it is actually spelled "Mirfax" with an "x", rather than a "k".

In your starcharts all of you have found, is its official spelling with the "k" or the "x"?

Did [V] make another error here?

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[ZylonBane]

It's Mirfak with a K. That had me concerned for a while because I was making a mission set there.

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[Eishtmo]

Yeah, its a 'k.'  But as I said, a thead called "Stars of Freespace" is somewhere on this very forum, and it has just about all of the info you could want or need.

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[Vertigo1]

Eishmo: here's something you might be interested in.  
 http://www.relex.ru/~zalex/main.htm  - StarCalc.    Its 100% free.

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