How do we define "Furthest system along the meridian(s)"

schlowi123 · Apr 25, 2019

Hello

once again I wonder how something is defined (by the community).

In this case it is about the system furthest away from the point of origin along the north / south, east / west - meridian(s). Who would have guessed with such a thread title.

I'm asking because Livingstone Point is 104.018 ly away from said meridian.

So how far away (in each direction) can a system be to be accepted by the community as "furthest system along the meridian"?

Edit:
To clarify things, I'm talking about the following system:
Manifest Destiny - The Western Meridian => Cyuefoo LC-D d12-0
Pernicious - The 'Eastern' Meridian => Plae Eur IC-D d12-0
Asterous - The 'Northern' Meridian => Iorady JO-Z d13-0
Livingstone Point (would be the southern Meridian) => Hypuae Euq SY-S d3-0
actually I've just realized that there is also:
Notus - The 'Southern' Meridian => Hypuae Euq ZK-P d5-0

The point of origin is obviously Sol with the meridians being the x / y / z-axes.
This has nothing to do with the furthest north, south, west, east systems. For example further north than Asterous would be Semotus Beacon but the latter is far away from the north-south meridian.

Arnoldo · Apr 25, 2019

LOL; there's different views on what the cardinal points are, even on what the point of origin should be - take a look at this thread for some info - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/cardinal-points.220552/

My criteria for a cardinal was within 1 ly in any direction of the N, E, S, W, Up or Down direction - your mileage and criteria may vary

Rudi Raumkraut · Apr 25, 2019

Thought there is just "furthest south" (defined by its coords) not "furthest south on its meridian" ?

Edit
Of course both exist, but in matter of stats/records...

Arnoldo · Apr 25, 2019

Rudi Raumkraut said:
Thought there is just "furthest south" (defined by its coords) not "furthest south on its meridian" ?

Edit
Of course both exist, but in matter of stats/records...

You're totally correct, in terms of stats or records, Livingston is furthest south. If you add in the meridian or line from a major point of origin, you may get a different system, if you drop a line south from Sol, you get one system, if you drop a line straight south of Sag A, you get somewhere else. Each to their own and the obvious answer to the conundrum is to visit them all

schlowi123 · Apr 25, 2019

To clarify things, I'm talking about the following system:
Manifest Destiny - The Western Meridian => Cyuefoo LC-D d12-0
Pernicious - The 'Eastern' Meridian => Plae Eur IC-D d12-0
Asterous - The 'Northern' Meridian => Iorady JO-Z d13-0
Livingstone Point (would be the southern Meridian) => Hypuae Euq SY-S d3-0
actually I've just realized that there is also:
Notus - The 'Southern' Meridian => Hypuae Euq ZK-P d5-0

The point of origin is obviously Sol with the meridians being the x / y / z-axes.
This has nothing to do with the furthest north, south, west, east systems. For example further north than Asterous would be Semotus Beacon but the latter is far away from the north-south meridian.
(Updated the first post)

Especially with the last two southern-systems, my question remains: how far away from the meridian(s) can a system be to be considered as furthest away from Sol along the meridian?

schlowi123 · Apr 25, 2019

@Arnoldo: I must have not read your post, but that is axactly what I mean. You call them cardinal points and that is probably the correct terminology.
However, since in the great galactical catalogue (EDSM) some definit North, south, east, west "meridians" are labeled, I wonder how we (as the community) agreed upon that.

Also Amundsen's Star (Lyed YJ-I d9-0) is the southern most system (not Livingstone Point).

Arnoldo · Apr 25, 2019

schlowi123 said:
To clarify things, I'm talking about the following system:
Manifest Destiny - The Western Meridian => Cyuefoo LC-D d12-0
Pernicious - The 'Eastern' Meridian => Plae Eur IC-D d12-0
Asterous - The 'Northern' Meridian => Iorady JO-Z d13-0
Livingstone Point (would be the southern Meridian) => Hypuae Euq SY-S d3-0
actually I've just realized that there is also:
Notus - The 'Southern' Meridian => Hypuae Euq ZK-P d5-0

The point of origin is obviously Sol with the meridians being the x / y / z-axes.
This has nothing to do with the furthest north, south, west, east systems. For example further north than Asterous would be Semotus Beacon but the latter is far away from the north-south meridian.
(Updated the first post)

Especially with the last two southern-systems, my question remains: how far away from the meridian(s) can a system be to be considered as furthest away from Sol along the meridian?

Bottom line, no hard and fast criteria, set your own and enjoy. If you're happy with 104Ly then off you pop. If you want 50Ly from the meridian, that's cool too. I set mine as <1Ly off the line but that reduced the absolute distances from - hey ho, I was happy

Re point of origin; If you want to set the point of origin to Sol, that's cool (I used Sol) but if you want to set it as Sag A (ala DuckFather) then good on you. It was obvious to him ..

Best advice is just head out into the black and enjoy

Dr. Nagi · Apr 26, 2019

Personally I always found it weird that Sol is the origin as it is not centered. But the game kinda dictates that on us so I'll go with the locations set on EDSM, though Livingstone Point should be the southern one imo as it is closer to the line then Notus and further south too.