RE: starship-design: charts

["L. Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net>]

Mike,

> Another thing that I was very, very curious about: are there any charts
that
> show the stars in our section of the galaxy and how far our communications
can
> be heard, maybe relative to a highlighted area or something similar?  I
would
> be very interested to learn about such a chart.  Again, thank you.
>

Look on the internet for a program called CHView, it will plot star charts
in 3D based on astronomical databases (included). There are also several
other programs of the same sort available. Try the "Other Worlds, Distant
Suns" site I think they have links to most of it.

Lee