Book Contents

Section 1
How to Make the 3D Star Map10

Section 2
How to Read the Map15
Comfort Zone: Habitable Zones24
Cosmic Speed Bumps to Life27
Planets41
Nebula43

Section 3
Sun44
Luyten 726-846
UV Ceti48
Epsilon Eridani50
Sirius A52
Sirius B54
Procyon A56
Procyon B58
Wolf 35960
Lalande 2118562
Ross 12864
Alpha Centauri A66
Alpha Centauri B68
Proxima Centauri70
Barnard's Star72
Ross 15474
61 Cygni A76
61 Cygni B78
EZ Aquarii A80
EZ Aquarii B82
EZ Aquarii C84
Lacaille 935286
Ross 24888

Section 4
Interstellar Travel90
Wet Blankets to Interstellar Travel90
How to Make a Scale Map of the Solar System93
Types of Space Vehicles94
Drive Systems95
Technologies97
What do the Stars Look Like at Relativistic Speeds?98
Section 5
The Pleiades99
Orion101

Section 6
The Local Interstellar Medium106
The Milky Way Galaxy106
The Local Group109
Beyond the Local Group112
The Universe112
Appendix A:
Brightness of Stars in Lux At Various Distances From Star
115
Appendix B:
Angular Size of Star in Sky
136
Appendix C:
Conversion of Units of Measure
157
Appendix D: The Human Eye157
Bibliography158
Special Thanks too163

How to Read This Book
This book can be read as a manual on how to construct 3-D star maps. Section 1 is about how to make the 3-D star map. Section 3 gives statistics about the stars in the 3-D map. Stars in Section 3 with the same Map Identification Number are part of the same binary or trinary system. Section 2 gives the definitions and in depth explanations of the star's statistics. Section 4 explains how we might get to the stars. Section 5 explains how to make some more 3-D star maps. Finally section 6 explains the universe beyond our local region of space; it also contains the appendixes, and the bibliography.