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Old 06-02-2019, 05:26 PM   #32
AlexanderHowl
 
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Default Re: [Space] Mapping Large Flat Areas

There are around 2,000 stars within 50 ly of Sol, many of which would appear quite close to each other on a 2D map without a 3D dimension. There are ~260,000 stars within 250 ly of Sol, many of which would appear quite close to each other on a 2D map without a 3D dimension. In the former case, there would effectively be effectively 1 star per 4 square ly of projection. In the latter case, there would effectively be 3 stars per 4 square ly of projection. You can start to see the complications with a 2D hyperspace real quickly, and that is without looking at the millions of galaxies below and above the Milky Way.
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