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#1 Astrocartician

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Posted 19 August 2024 - 05:29 PM

I am reducing the price of my new map - The Interstellar Surveyor Chart - to $19.95. This is not a sale but a permanent reduction (not accounting for the future of inflation, of course) for this chart.

 

If you have not seen my charts yet, The Interstellar Surveyor is the newest. It is a 3D star map (dimetric projection) of all the star systems and brown dwarfs within 5 parsecs (16.3 light-years).

 

It has a lot of information on it that you don't find on other 3D star charts. The symbols that represent stars are made in a way to show the general idea that the luminosity increases exponentially with a linear increase in mass.

 

 

All the confirmed planets (as of spring 2023) are on the map. They are shown in way that the map reader can see the distance of the planet from the primary. The graphics for these uses a system that increases scale away from the primary in a linear (not logarithmic) way to make the orbits more readable. The second image shows the Map Key with the illustration as to how it is read and the other data on the map.

 

 

I also have another chart I made in 2019 - The Astrocartica. It shows all stars within 12.5LY and notable stars within 25LY.

 

The Astrocartica uses a projection system that is orthographic (flat) but still has a visual aspect to it. You can see it on my web store.

 

My store's link - https://astrocarticslab.company.site/

 

Thank you for looking, Kevin

 

Here is an overall image of the map and a closeup of the Map Key -

 

 

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Interstellar Surveyor - Map Key

 



#2 Midnight Dan

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Posted 19 August 2024 - 08:44 PM

Awesome graphic, well laid out, interesting information, and easy to read.  This will make for a nice conversation piece.  Just ordered one.  Thanks!

 

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Posted 24 March 2025 - 03:57 PM

I just wanted to do an update.

 

There is a blog called Centauri Dreams that many of you may know. It's publisher, Paul Gilster asked me to do an essay about my maps on it and I felt truly honored by that.

 

If anyone is interested, the link is here - https://www.centauri...art-of-the-map/

 

Also, I have added a blog to my store. I always wanted to do a blog and I guess doing this essay has pushed me to finally do it.




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