Newcomer / Intro Gliese in Universals Cartographics

[CMDR Luftsven]

Hello,

I was just wondering the unit type written in Universals Cartographics, which is Gliese.

What is the meaning of this please?

 

[McGyverCP]

I am not sure that Gliese is an unit of measure if that is what you are meaning. Wilhelm Gliese was an Astronomer who helped catalog stars. There are several stars that he discovered and they use his name and a number to designate them. (See Wikipedia for more info). In game, they have named several stars after him, some probably representing those he actually cataloged, others I'm not sure about.

if you are talking about something else...well I gave it my best...someone else have an idea? (currently at work so I can't check anything in game)

Take Care and Check Six Commanders! o7

 

[SciTrekker]

What is the definition of Gliese?

Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars

Not sure if this is what you are looking for.

 

[CMDR Luftsven]

I am not sure that Gliese is an unit of measure if that is what you are meaning. Wilhelm Gliese was an Astronomer who helped catalog stars. There are several stars that he discovered and they use his name and a number to designate them. (See Wikipedia for more info). In game, they have named several stars after him, some probably representing those he actually cataloged, others I'm not sure about.

if you are talking about something else...well I gave it my best...someone else have an idea? (currently at work so I can't check anything in game)

Take Care and Check Six Commanders! o7

I see. So, if this Sir recognized the stars that were the same for him, so it's the count of all stars surrounding a planet but not all of them, because I imagine there's an infinite number, more or less of stars.

It's a unit of measure you say, so why for example I read "W037". What is the "W" for? so it would be 37 stars categorized?

 

[SciTrekker]

I think we're going to need more of an expert than Google.

 

[CMDR Luftsven]

I think we're going to need more of an expert than Google.

Definitely

 

[Para Handy]

Hello,

I was just wondering the unit type written in Universals Cartographics, which is Gliese.

What is the meaning of this please?

It would take an age to type up the naming used in Elite Dangerous, suffice to say that 160,000 of the 400 billion star systems in the galaxy were hand-crafted/positioned - these are named either from common-use names (e.g. Sirius) or by designations from some of the common star-catalogues used by astronomers.

You are invited to:

1 - watch this video (David Braben introducing Elite Dangerous at Gamescon 2014) tells you about the stars from that time-stamp (2min 45 if the time stamp doesn't work on the link):

2 read this thread (an examination of the star catalogues used in the game):

STAR CATALOGUES! - The versions Frontier uses in the game

I am forever looking at the galaxy map during exploration & I'm wondering, what Star Catalogues does Frontier use & what versions of those catalogues does Frontier use? If the staff members here know or have a list then I would very much appreciate it, as would others. It would allow us to know...

forums.frontier.co.uk

3 here is the Wiki page about the Galaxy in the game:

Galaxy

Elite Dangerous has a 1:1 scale simulation of the Milky Way galaxy based on real-life scientific principles, scientific data and theories. It includes around 400 billion star systems, modeled on actual galactic charts. Planets and moons rotate and orbit with 1:1 scale in real-time, thus...

elite-dangerous.fandom.com

4 find more info about stellar forge etc on the yootoob - try the Elite Dangerous posted videos for example:

Elite Dangerous

Blaze your own trail through the unique evolving, player-driven narrative. The cut-throat Milky Way of warring galactic superpowers provides boundless opport...

www.youtube.com

e.g. Here is the video of the livestream explaining how the galaxy in the game was created:

 

[CMDR Luftsven]

It would take an age to type up the naming used in Elite Dangerous, suffice to say that 160,000 of the 400 billion star systems in the galaxy were hand-crafted/positioned - these are named either from common-use names (e.g. Sirius) or by designations from some of the common star-catalogues used by astronomers.

You are invited to:

1 - watch this video (David Braben introducing Elite Dangerous at Gamescon 2014) tells you about the stars from that time-stamp (2min 45 if the time stamp doesn't work on the link):

2 read this thread (an examination of the star catalogues used in the game):

STAR CATALOGUES! - The versions Frontier uses in the game

I am forever looking at the galaxy map during exploration & I'm wondering, what Star Catalogues does Frontier use & what versions of those catalogues does Frontier use? If the staff members here know or have a list then I would very much appreciate it, as would others. It would allow us to know...

forums.frontier.co.uk

3 here is the Wiki page about the Galaxy in the game:

Galaxy

Elite Dangerous has a 1:1 scale simulation of the Milky Way galaxy based on real-life scientific principles, scientific data and theories. It includes around 400 billion star systems, modeled on actual galactic charts. Planets and moons rotate and orbit with 1:1 scale in real-time, thus...

elite-dangerous.fandom.com

4 find more info about stellar forge etc on the yootoob - try the Elite Dangerous posted videos for example:

Elite Dangerous

Blaze your own trail through the unique evolving, player-driven narrative. The cut-throat Milky Way of warring galactic superpowers provides boundless opport...

www.youtube.com

e.g. Here is the video of the livestream explaining how the galaxy in the game was created:

Thanks for all !
I knew Elite is based on the Milky Way. The video at the bottom is great. Wonderful to know we are in some way there.

 

[MaxG10]

Thanks Para!

Doc Anthony's explanation of the cube layers solved a personal puzzle for me that I was pondering about on and off, well more off after a short while, because to me It was evident that computational power is the massive bottleneck here, and that's why I honestly always thought this is kind of a marketing gag, all that we modelled the Milky Way stuff.

Yeah right, did ya now? Oh come on, here is a fish Lad, bring it to home to mommy now and be a good boy.

So, frankly, cough cough, I did not belive a word of that! I was not too bothered to look that up into more detail, because exactly that is where I was convinced they are taking the mickey, impossible with todays computing, perhaps when we have achieved your Amazon ordered personal quantum computer, no problem, but we still are a wee few qbits away from that aren't we.

So, I publicly admit my ignorance. Yes, Elite is modelled, within certain limitations, after the milky way.

Chapeau!