About Star Map
Explore the solar neighborhood and beyond with the interactive star map. Over 248.000 stars in the database as well as 14 black holes have been mapped.
The map is divided into 10 parsec sectors (cubes) or 32.62 light years. Sector (0 ,0 ,0) is our home sector and Sol is the Solar System.
Find out how far from Earth are some of the more famous stars out there:
- Sirius, the Dog Star
- Polaris, the North Star
- Castor, a 6-star system
- Aldebaran, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Vega, Eta Carinae, Canopus, Alpha Centauri, Epsilon Eridani, Tau Ceti and thousands more!
Compare the radius of stars with our own Sun and find out which are the biggest and smallest stars out there. Can you encounter a sun-like star?
Find out the constellation belonging to each star!
An internet connection is necessary to access the online stellar database as well as the wiki information.
Website: http://www.3dgalaxymap.com
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by Y####:
This is really great, but it lacks some things that aren't too bad for me to rate it lower for. Some stars have the wrong Wikipedia articles linked as well as stars that I wanna see that aren't there. WHERES TRAPPIST-1 !?!??