Location of Denebola Subsector

A thread of 2 messages, 18 January 1992 to 19 January 1992, in the order they were sent.

#3515 Location of Denebola Subsector

Mark F. Cook · 18 January 1992

Steve Bonneville writes:

> Incidentally, I haven't been able to find Spica, Alpha Crucis, or Fornast
> yet (although I haven't looked for Fornast much), so if anyone has a hex
> coordinate for them, I'd appreciate it.  For owners of "Solomani Rim":
> what subsector of Alpha Crucis was named "Denebola"?  Any help with this
> would be appreciated!

Steve, according the the sector archives (from GEnie) Denebola is
subsector L.  The entire sector looks like this:

    Alpha Crucis:
                A      Ximenes  C         D
                E      F        Orichalc  H
                I      J        K         Denebola
                M      N        O         Ziusudra

As you can see, only 4 of the subsectors have been named.

> For instance, do we know what Dark Nebula the sector of that name is
> named after, according to Traveller?  I'm putting together a list of
> stars/systems that I've seen referred to in sector library data, and will
> post it if anybody is interested.

Definitely post your list, when it's done.

How difficult is it for a non-astronomy literate person (me) to determine
where *real* stars are w/ respect to the Imperium (or specific locations
therein)?  I have a need (for the about-to-restart) TML PBEM to be able
to tell PCs where certain recognizable (i.e. bright or unusual) stellar
objects are in respect to their own location.  (Unfortunately, I can't
go into any more detail without spoiling the plot!)

Later,
	- Mark C.

#3518 Alpha Crucis Subsectors

Hans Rancke-Madsen · 19 January 1992 · reply to #3515

Mark F. Cook writes:

>Steve Bonneville writes:
>> Incidentally, I haven't been able to find Spica, Alpha Crucis, or Fornast
>> yet (although I haven't looked for Fornast much), so if anyone has a hex
>> coordinate for them, I'd appreciate it.  For owners of "Solomani Rim":
>> what subsector of Alpha Crucis was named "Denebola"?  Any help with this
>> would be appreciated!
>
>Steve, according the the sector archives (from GEnie) Denebola is
>subsector L.  The entire sector looks like this:
>
>    Alpha Crucis:
>                A      Ximenes  C         D
>                E      F        Orichalc  H
>                I      J        K         Denebola
>                M      N        O         Ziusudra
>
>As you can see, only 4 of the subsectors have been named.

According to _Solomani Rim_ the four names you mention are the
names of subsectors A, E, I and M respectively.

      Hans Rancke
University of Copenhagen
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