Imperial Klingon Empire star chart by K'tark, rendered in Klingonese.
A star chart is a mapping of stars for use in navigation or identification.
History and specifics[]
In the 15th century B.C., the first star charts on Earth were rendered by Egyptians on the ceiling of pharoahs' tombs.
In 250 A.D., Claudius Ptolomy published the 13-book series Almagest which charted 400 space objects. (Star Trek Magazine Issue 182/US 55: "Treknology Timeline: Follow That Star")
In the 4th century, T'Sari of Vulcan released the chart T'Khasi at Surak's Passing. (ST reference: Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library)
In 1092, star charts were first published in China. In Europe, the first engraved star charts were released in 1515.
In 1603, Johannes Kepler was first to publish accurate star charts using the heliocentric star system model in his Tabulae Rudolphinae.
In 2013, the NASA space probe GAIA was launched with a mission to three-dimensionally chart 1 billion stars. (Star Trek Magazine Issue 182/US 55: "Treknology Timeline: Follow That Star")
In 2162, Starfleet Information Service's Lieutenant Commander John Kevin Millburn developed The Romulan War: An Astrographic Brief.
K'tark produced his official Imperial Klingon Empire star chart in the Year of Kahless 893 (2266). (ST reference: Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library)
By the 2280s, Editions 154 - 209 of LeMaire's Astromaps were released. (TOS reference: Star Trek II Biographies)
In 2364, an anonymous astrography clerk in the Cardassian Central Archives crafted a star chart known as Cardassian Union in Total.
In 2366, Lsel Essik at the Romulan Master Data Catalog released the Position of the Romulan Star Empire chart. (ST reference: Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library)
Montgomery Scott, after making contact with a Narisian in the previously unexplored Narisian system, was unsurprised that even within Federation space and little more than one hundred parsecs from Earth, the limited number of vessels in Starfleet still had not explored all stars, and some were little more than numbers on a star chart. (Star Trek novel: Engines of Destiny)
In 2379, Starfleet Academy Professor Eawood Full developed The Dominion War: Strategy and Battles, 2373-75 chart.
In 2386, Rhiis Talee of Andoria rendered the Known Space chart.
Also that year, Memory Alpha published charts maintained by the Federation Master Astrometric Database, including the Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385, Alpha Quadrant: Local Space Extract and Beta Quadrant: Local Space Extract, as well as carto-historian Doctor Geoffrey Mandel's Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385. (ST reference: Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library)
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External links[]
- Star chart article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Star chart article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.