Looking at the Aenean night sky, Ivar Frederiksen sees:
Betelguese - everything between him and it belongs to the Terran Empire;
beyond that, Rigel and the Pleaides which belong to the Merseian Roidhunate;
beyond them, Polaris and the Orion Nebula where new stars are forming.
Near Sector Alpha Crucis is the Domain of Ythri. Beyond the Sector are barbarians.
It is as if all of known space and some of unknown space is visible at a glance.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I've experienced similar things contemplating the clear night time skies of Hawaii, when visiting my late brother. The stars are far brighter than in the often cloudy or light hazed sky in my MA hometown. I seem to see far more of the universe in those Hawaiian nights.
Ad astra! Sean
Though when he looks up, he's not seeing the -present- of those solar systems; he's seeing the distant past.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
True, the light from a star 400 light years from Earth would take 400 years to get here.
Ad astra! Sean
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