The Map to the Stars
Post date: Oct 06, 2014 10:0:4 PM
"There will certainly be no lack of human pioneers when we have mastered the art of flight ...
In the meantime, we shall prepare, for the brave sky-travellers, maps of the celestial bodies."
— Johannes Kepler
This is a map of the over one thousand stellar systems with known exoplanets. The map helps to visualize the relative distance and location of exoplanets systems with respect to Earth using a flattened polar projection (i.e. zero declination) with a logarithmic distance scale. Those systems with potentially habitable exoplanets are highlighted with a red circle. You will need to enlarge to see details (probably something good for a Prezi presentation). The map can be printed 27" x 27" @ 300dpi. Check the original poster from 2011 for comparison.