Re: GZGL FH Guide to the Colonies

Nyrath the Nearly Wise (and Entirely Indispensable) wrote:

LaserLight, how about these?

Alarishi Stars
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LTT 4818	Spectral type:	 M4	   Luminosity:	0.00038
Distance:    7.1942 pc
Coordinates: Galactic (+3.298, -5.658, +2.978)
Right Ascension: 12h 36m 10s   Declination: -38d  4.9s
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CP -51°5356	Spectral type:	 M3	   Luminosity:	0.00334
Distance:    8.2576 pc
Coordinates: Galactic (+4.157, -6.965, +1.549)
Right Ascension: 12h 35m 11s   Declination: -51d 43.6s
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Ross 695    Spectral type:  dM4        Luminosity:  0.00223
Distance:    8.9206 pc
Coordinates: Galactic (+2.613, -5.837, +6.220)
Right Ascension: 12h 22m 13s   Declination: -17d 56.0s

The Emperor approves, bearing in mind that "red" stars will still give a
full spectrum light and things will look very close to normal under that
light as long as the insolation is high enough (about 6% of Earth's is
enough for normal vision, if I recall).  We hereby place a brown dwarf
of
about 1% solar mass at one of these, for our capital to orbit--probably
CP-51 etc., although that's not guaranteed.
     I note, by the way, that the luminosity is an order of magnitude
different between LTT 4818 and the others, is that correct?