Star Maps

With the recent(-ish) discussion on star mapping that had been
going on here (and subsequently moved over to the gzg computer
core list) I thought some of you might be interested in knowing
that National Geographic put out a *very* nice Milky Way star
map recently (I think last month's issue; I just found it this
past weekend - that's how busy I've been, I'm months behind in
my magazine reading :-/ ). Within this double-sided poster are
relative positional maps of the stars within 20 ly of our sun
(I haven't cross-checked this to verify it is showing each and
EVERY star w/in 20 ly, but there's pleny shown so prolly close
enough). then our position within the Milky Way, then the pos-
ition of the Milky Way within the Local Group, and the Local
Group's position within the Supercluster [of galaxies], etc.

As I said, very nicely done map. I believe you can order these
maps directly from National Geographic (at www.nationalgeographic.com)

Anyway, just fyi, for those mapmakers and interested parties in seeing
this sort of stuff. 

Mk
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