Friday 25 September 2015

Can anyone explain the Star Trek astrography (i.e. quadrants)?

(Edit: the mod pointed out that the site I pulled the info from and attributed may not be the original source of the material, which may have instead been this site: http://startrekfan.wetpaint.com/page/Milky+Way+(Alpha,+Beta,+Delta,+Gamma+Quadrants) )




In short, what area of the universe was Star Trek exploring?




Our galaxy, the milky way.




Was the entire series limited to our galaxy, or did the crew ever visit other galaxies?




I believe crossing the distance between galaxies is a big deal in the Trek universe - the Federation tech isn't there yet. I can think of two (also shown on the map below) where they had help:




Can anyone explain the Star Trek geography (i.e. quadrants)?




Our galaxy is labeled by cutting it like a pie into 4 pieces: Alpha (Federation location), Beta (Klingon/Romulan location), Gamma (ST:DS9 wormhole), Delta (ST:VOY setting).




Does anyone know how the travels of the Enterprise relate to our universe in physical space?




I like the map from here:



Star Trek Quadrants



Click for large version:



Don't miss:



  • The limits of explorer local space

  • ST:VOY Voyager's route

  • The ends of the ST:DS9 Bajoran wormhole

  • The Great Barrier from ST:TFF

  • The points where Enterprise and Enterprise-D left the galaxy

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