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I had to muck with my browser's settings to see that left-hand column stuff. It is exactly what I was missing for at least one of my problems. Quote:
I assume that it includes all the RECONS 100 closest stars, but I'll check them, and add all of those CTIOPI dwarfs and whatnot. I want to include all of those dwarfs because I want to set routes as short as I reasonably can in Astrosynthesis to get interesting-looking maps with strategic systems and dead-ends and such. Thanks tons. Hipparcos numbers lack poetry, though. Is there an easy way to find other names for stars? Zeta Tucanae, Proxima Centauri, etc.? I found a list of the 227 official IAU names indexed by hipparcos number, but I'd like the others, too.
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08-21-2018, 09:58 PM | #12 | |
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08-22-2018, 04:47 AM | #13 | |
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Thanks, but the credit really belongs to Erik Anderson and Charles Francis, who made the compilation.
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Gliese 551 C (Proxima Cen) Alpha Centauri (Proksima Kentavra) Alpha Centauri (Rigel Kentaurus) Gliese 699 (Barnard's Star) Gliese 411 (Lalande 21185) 9 Alpha Canis Majoris (Sirius) Gliese 729 (Ross 154) 18 Epsilon Eridani Gliese 887 (Lacaille 9352) Gliese 447 (Ross 128) Gliese 725 B 61 Cygni (HR 8085) 10 Alpha Canis Minoris (Procyon) 61 Cygni B (HR 8086) Gliese 725 A Gliese 15 A Epsilon Indi (HR 8387) 52 Tau Ceti Gliese 54.1 Gliese 273 (Luyten's Star) Gliese 191 (Kapteyn's Star) Gliese 825 (Lacaille 8760) Gliese 860 A Gliese 234 A (Ross 614) Gliese 563.2 A Gliese 35 (Van Maanen's Star) Gliese 628 (Wolf 1061) Gliese 1 Gliese 687 Gliese 674 Gliese 440 Gliese 876 A (Ross 780) Gliese 412 A (Lalande 21258) Gliese 380 Gliese 832 Gliese 1005 40 Omicron-2 Eridani (Keid) Gliese 682 70 p Ophiuchi (HR 6752) Gliese 873 53 Alpha Aquilae (Altair) Gliese 445 Gliese 526 (Wolf 498) Gliese 251 (Wolf 294) Gliese 205 (Wolf 1453) Gliese 644 (Wolf 630) Gliese 229 A 61 Sigma Draconis (Alsafi) Gliese 570 B Gliese 213 (Ross 47) Gliese 693 Gliese 570 A (Lalande 27173) Gliese 752 A (Ross 652) Gliese 588 36 A Ophiuchi 24 Eta Cassiopeiae (Achird) Gliese 285 (Ross 882) Gliese 664 Gliese 908 (Lalande 46650) Gliese 783 A (HR 7703) 82 e Eridani Gliese 555 (Wolf 1481) Delta Pavonis (HR 7665) Gliese 2130 A Gliese 2130 B Gliese 338 A Gliese 896 A Gliese 784 Gliese 581 (Wolf 562) Gliese 338 B (Lalande 18115) Gliese 268 A (Ross 986) Gliese 661 Gliese 625 Gliese 892 (HR 8832) Gliese 408 (Ross 104) Gliese 829 (Ross 775) 37 Xi Bootis (HR 5544) Gliese 643 (Wolf 629) Gliese 402 (Wolf 358) Gliese 667 (HR 6426) Gliese 880 (Ross 671) Gliese 809 Gliese 393 (Ross 446) Gliese 105 A Gliese 3991 Gliese 33 (Wolf 25) Beta Hydri Gliese 109 (Ross 556) 107 Piscium 30 Mu Cassiopeiae (Marfak ) Gliese 879 (HR 8721) Gliese 514 (Ross 490) 3 Alpha Lyrae (Vega) Gliese 673 (Wolf 718) 24 Alpha Piscis Austrini (Fomalhaut) Gliese 701 Gliese 480.1 Gliese 382 Gliese 793 Gliese 257 A Gliese 623 44 chi Draconis (HR 6927) 1 Pi-3 Orionis (Tabit ) Gliese 686 p Eridani Gliese 54 B Gliese 884 (Lalande 44964) Gliese 48 (Ross 318) Gliese 831 (Wolf 922) 86 Mu Herculis (HR 6623) Gliese 486 (Wolf 437) 8 Beta Canum Venaticorum (Chara) Gliese 618 A Gliese 745 A (Ross 730) 61 Virginis (HR 5019) Gliese 185 Gliese 450 Zeta Tucanae Gliese 1105 Gliese 877 54 chi Orionis Gliese 867 A Gliese 183 Gliese 250 A Gliese 745 B (Ross 731) Gliese 203 (Ross 41) Gliese 666 A (HR 6416) Gliese 465 (Ross 695) Gliese 433 Gliese 4247 Gliese 785 (HR 7722) Gliese 424 13 Gamma Leporis Gliese 357 23 Delta Eridani (Rana) Gliese 451 A (Lalande 22369) Gliese 849 (Wolf 1329) Gliese 2066 43 Beta Comae Berenices (HR 4983) Gliese 84 96 Kappa Ceti Gliese 3325 Gliese 442 A Gamma Pavonis (HR 8181) Gliese 3135 Gliese 176 (Ross 33) Gliese 190 Gliese 3801 (Ross 1015) Gliese 226 Gliese 358 Gliese 694 Gliese 432 A 61 Ursae Majoris Gliese 1125 Gliese 479 Gliese 680 Gliese 239 (Wolf 287) 12 Ophiuchi (HR 6171) Gliese 569 A Gliese 638 Gliese 367 Gliese 803 Gliese 678.1 A (Wolf 751) Gliese 352 (Ross 440) Gliese 536 Gliese 49 (Wolf 46) Gliese 22 A HR 5256 Gliese 75 Gliese 172 Gliese 436 (Ross 905) Gliese 568 A (Ross 52) Gliese 748 (Wolf 1062) Gliese 127.1 A Gliese 453 Alpha Mensae Gliese 487 Gliese 3804 Gliese 846 (Wolf 1340) Gliese 649 (Ross 860) Gliese 117 Gliese 431 78 Beta Geminorum (Pollux) Gliese 508 Gliese 595 Gliese 87 (Wolf 124) Gliese 341 Iota Persei Gliese 373 Gliese 488 Gliese 654 (Wolf 636) Gliese 3459 Gliese 1206 Gliese 3412 Gliese 617 A (Lalande 29917) Gliese 653 (Wolf 635) 40 Zeta Herculis (HR 6212) Gliese 145 Gliese 9492 Gliese 617 B Gliese 413.1 Gliese 660 A Gliese 86 8 Delta Trianguli Gliese 553.1 (Wolf 1478) Gliese 228 (Ross 79) Gliese 909 A (HR 9038) Gliese 740 5 Beta Virginis (Zavijah) Gliese 519 Gliese 754.1 A Gliese 4333 Gliese 79 94 Beta Leonis (Denebola) Gliese 688 Gliese 706 (Lalande 33439) 54 Piscium Gliese 505 A Gliese 173 Gliese 1148 (Ross 1003) 13 Theta Persei Gliese 320 Gliese 370 Gliese 208 41 Gamma Serpentis (HR 5933) Gliese 361 (Ross 85) 16 Alpha Bootis (Arcturus) 8 Eta Bootis (Mufrid) 11 Leonis Minoris Gliese 4122 Gliese 169 Gliese 70 Gliese 9520 Gliese 494 B (Ross 458) Gliese 902 Gliese 4070 (Ross 145) Gliese 9236 Gliese 2 Gliese 567 (Lalande 27137) Gliese 362 Gliese 669 A (Ross 868) Gliese 9680 Gliese 103 Gliese 851 (Ross 271) Gliese 118 Zeta Doradus Gliese 1075 Gliese 2106 29 Gamma Virginis (Porrima) 24 Iota Pegasi (HR 8430) Gliese 410 Gliese 735 Gliese 572 Gliese 3060 A Gliese 542 Gliese 277 A Gliese 414 A 49 Delta Capricorni (Deneb Algedi) Gliese 96 Gliese 277 B (Ross 989) Gliese 842 Gliese 3992 (Wolf 654) Zeta-1 Reticuli Zeta-2 Reticuli Gliese 180 27 Lambda Serpentis (HR 5868) Zeta Trianguli Australis (HR 6098) Gliese 798 85 Pegasi (HR 9088) Gliese 821 (Wolf 918) Gliese 82 (Ross 15) Gliese 309 Gliese 179 (Ross 401) Gliese 192 Gliese 1097 Gliese 211 Gliese 360 Gliese 381 Gliese 268.3 Gliese 46 55 Rho-1 Cancri Gliese 390 Gliese 671 Beta Trianguli Australis (HR 5897) Gliese 435 Gliese 212 Gliese 142 Gliese 302 (Lalande 16304) Gliese 806 Gliese 91 Gliese 3708 A 15 Lambda Aurigae Gliese 2151 Gliese 422 Gliese 95 Gliese 863 Gliese 2069 D Gliese 67 (HR 483) 44 i Bootis (HR 5618) Gliese 206 (Ross 42) Gliese 454 (Lalande 22585) Gliese 3452 36 Ursae Majoris (HR 4112) Gliese 620.1 A (HR 6094) Gliese 675 (Lalande 32047) Gliese 775 Gliese 3722 Gliese 2138 Gliese 349 Gliese 114.1 A Gliese 895 (Ross 302) Gliese 2046 Gliese 521 Gliese 204 (Wolf 1449) Gliese 167 Gliese 722 (HR 6998) Gliese 865 Gliese 707 13 Alpha Aurigae (Capella) Gliese 469 (Wolf 414) Gliese 620.1 B Gliese 425 A Gliese 174 Gliese 556 Gliese 525 (Wolf 497) Gliese 716 Gliese 507 A 58 Eridani Gliese 597 (Ross 1057)
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08-22-2018, 05:24 AM | #14 |
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Re: Stellar Mapping
You can get wacky parallaxes from telescopic binaries, too.
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08-22-2018, 09:25 AM | #15 | |
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Thanks again, I'll be re-searching with that field checked. Now if only there were a flag for HABCAT status... :)
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08-22-2018, 01:58 PM | #16 | |
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Re: Stellar Mapping
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So if you want only stars between 5 and 6 parsecs, you could enter "5..6" in the "Dist" row (20th row, I think). To get all stars with distances <= 10 pc, you'd enter "<= 10" in the box. At the top of the list of columns, there's a link "Constraints (?)" which will give you a pop-up window explaining the formatting of how to specify constraints. |
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08-22-2018, 02:14 PM | #17 |
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Re: Stellar Mapping
I'm puzzled by all the M-class red dwarfs on the HabCat list while it overlooks a number of K, G and F stars (admittedly they are the quieter red dwarfs, so less chances of solar flares stripping away atmospheres). Tide-locking or 3:2 orbital:rotation resonances, and lack of bright enough light in the right wavelengths for photosynthesis (to give and maintain oxygen in atmospheres instead of CO2) seem to be factors against the inclusion of anything dimmer than an M1, in my opinion, but HabCat lists quite a few stars down to M5 in brightness.
Maybe I'm more pessimistic about the likelihood of habitability of comfort zone planets around cooler stars than the HabCat authors.
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08-22-2018, 02:36 PM | #18 |
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I have a copy of the original Turnbull and Tarter paper here. On a quick check, the most likely reason is those brighter stars are also younger. T&T set a lower limit for complex life at 3 billion years (though they admit this is somewhat arbitrary).
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08-22-2018, 07:31 PM | #19 |
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If so, you are not alone. I, too, doubt that M-type and perhaps even the cooler K-type stars are plausible places for planets habitable to Humanity. I pretend for SF that I believe that maybe, a few of the warmest Ms, but my heart is not in it.
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08-22-2018, 09:19 PM | #20 |
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Re: Stellar Mapping
Habitability aside, I've been working on a chart to help determine distance in lightyears from Star A to Star B. For this chart, I've been using the Galactic Coordinate system, with data pulled from stellar-database.com, with all numbers rounded to two decimal places.
For the chart itself, I limited it to M2 or warmer stars (Proxima being a notable exception for plot reasons), all within 20 lightyears of one the following stars: Sol, Alpha Centauri, Sirius, Epsilon Eridani, 61 Cygni, and Epsilon Indi. In my setting, I've recently made a change which puts Sirius (by interstellar treaty) as the center of the core worlds; Sol, 61 Cygni A, and Epsilon Indi are the home systems of the three major spacefaring species in the core worlds. Alpha Centauri A is home to one of the lesser species, and Epsilon Eridani is an independent human colony that has maneuvered itself into the position of being the capital of human colonists that don't want to answer to Earth. The chart itself was done in OpenOffice Calc, and isn't complete; I'm half-thinking of making a searchable function which would let you pick two stars and have it spit out a distance between them.
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