#stellar cartography

[filmjunky-99]

'Enhance grid 9-A.' - picard

'Where was the Amargosa star?' - picard

'Now, you said that when the Amargosa star was destroyed, it affected the gravitational forces in this sector.' - picard

'Did the computer take that into account when it projected the course of the ribbon?' - picard

'No, sir. I will make the appropriate adjustments.' - data

'That's what Soran's doing.

He's changing the course of the ribbon.' - picard

s t a r t r e k g e n e r a t i o n s, 1994 🎬 dir. david carson

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Star Trek: Generations - Stellar Cartography Map Concept Art by Rick Sternbach

[stra-tek]

Very cool screen-used TOS-style graphic from Armagosa Observatory in Star Trek: Generations, with some interesting place names. From AJHalliwell on twitter.

[rzc11]

Orbits and Maps

[trek-tracks]

Jim: So Stellar Cartography’s been working really hard lately mapping this new sector of the galaxy. They’re great.

Bones: Yeah, they’ve been working very long days. They’re very dedicated, Jim.

Jim: ...so I thought they deserved some kind of reward, so when they finally went off-shift, I snuck in and gave them all a bunch of gold stars.

Bones: ...where did you put them?

Jim: Bones, they’re saying that I completely messed up their maps.

Bones: You put the gold stars on the -

Jim: I can’t go back there.

Bones: Even for you, this is...uncharted territory.

Jim: Bones -

Bones: It wasn’t a stellar idea, Jim.

[agent-troi]

[sloan-suggestion]

All of life's little problems can be solved with hard work and perseverance astrometrics and stellar cartography.

[thisdayintrek]

This Day in Trek

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Happy Birthday to Larry Nemecek - January 18, 1959 (X)