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| + | [[File:The Explored Galaxy.jpg|thumb|Location of Canopus III on "The Explored Galaxy"]] |
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| + | '''Canopus''' was a [[star]]. |
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| − | '''Canopus''' (or '''Alpha Carinae''') was the [[star|primary]] of the [[Canopus system|Canopus]] [[planet]]ary [[star system|system]]. The location of Alpha Carinae in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] was depicted on a [[Federation]] [[star chart]] in [[2293]]. ({{film|6}}; {{TNG|Yesterday's Enterprise}}) |
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| − | In [[2267]] |
+ | In [[2267]], {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} [[helmsman]] [[Hikaru Sulu]] used Canopus as a reference point to plot the location of the ''Enterprise'' after it was flung five hundred [[parsec]]s by the [[Metron]]s. ({{TOS|Arena}}) |
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| − | In [[2367]], the star appeared on a chart in [[Captain]] [[Benjamin Maxwell]]'s [[ready room]] on the {{USS|Phoenix}}. ({{TNG|The Wounded}} ''[[:de:Bild:Taktisches_Statusdisplay.svg|display graphic]]'') |
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| + | In the [[canon]]ical Star Trek universe, Canopus and [[Alpha Carinae]] were depicted as two distinct stars, with their own solar systems. This was contrary to the real word universe, where Canopus and Alpha Carinae were the names for the same star. |
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| + | According to ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' (p. 65) and the ''[[Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library]]'' ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385"). the Canopus (Alpha Carinae) system was located in the [[Beta Quadrant]]. The primary was a [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Spectral classification|F-class star]]. |
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| − | ''In an [[alternate timeline|alternate]] [[2366]], Alpha Carinae was marked on a [[tactical situation monitor]] showing the fleet deployments in the [[Federation-Klingon War (alternate timeline)|Federation-Klingon War]].'' ({{TNG|Yesterday's Enterprise}} ''display graphic'') |
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| + | For {{film|8}}, [[Alex Jaeger]] created a ship size comparison chart for [[Industrial Light & Magic]]. On this chart, one of the names considered for the {{Class|Norway}} [[starship]] was the USS ''Canopus''. {{eas|articles/akira/fc-scale-chart.gif}} |
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| − | File:Star-chart_alpha-beta_quadrant.jpg|The location of Alpha Carinae and Canopus on "The Explored Galaxy" wall chart |
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| − | File:Benjamin Maxwells tactical monitor.jpg|The location of Alpha Carinae on the tactical situation monitor |
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| + | The ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' (3rd ed., p. 83) stated that this red supergiant star was used as a navigational reference by [[Voyager series]] [[probe]]s and other [[NASA]] [[spacecraft]]. |
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| − | {{bginfo|Michael Okuda, who created the wall chart "The Explored Galaxy", believed that Canopus and Alpha Carinae were two distinct stars. So, he created two systems, the Canopus and the Alpha Carinae, and located them in separate regions of space. A large, but indeterminate, number of [[light year]]s separated these two systems from each other. This conflict with real world facts was understandable because a connection between the two was never established in the canon. A planet may be named Canopus III, or Alpha Carinae III, but never as Canopus III and Alpha Carinae III in the same episode. Another example of this splitting of a system into two systems would be repeated with Pollux ([[Beta Geminorum]]) with a different result.|"The Explored Galaxy" chart was also seen in several ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episodes set in the [[24th century]], from the year [[2364]] to [[2370]]. These were {{TNG|Conspiracy|The Measure Of A Man|The Emissary|The Mind's Eye|The Game}}, and {{DS9|In the Hands of the Prophets|Cardassians}}.|According to ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' (pg. 65). Canopus (or Alpha Carinae) was a star located in the Canopus system. This system was located in or near Federation space, in the [[Beta Quadrant]], in the late [[24th century]]. The primary, Canopus, was a [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Spectral classification|F-class star]] with a [[magnitude]] of -1, which was a hundred times brighter than [[Sol]].}} |
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| + | ==See also== |
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| + | *[[Canopus III]] |
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| + | *[[Canopus Planet]] |
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| + | *[[Canopus Major]] |
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== External links == |
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* {{ISDb|id=220700|name=Canopus}} |
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Revision as of 19:43, 15 March 2016
Location of Canopus III on "The Explored Galaxy"
Canopus was a star.
In 2267, USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu used Canopus as a reference point to plot the location of the Enterprise after it was flung five hundred parsecs by the Metrons. (TOS: "Arena")
Background
In the canonical Star Trek universe, Canopus and Alpha Carinae were depicted as two distinct stars, with their own solar systems. This was contrary to the real word universe, where Canopus and Alpha Carinae were the names for the same star.
According to Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 65) and the Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385"). the Canopus (Alpha Carinae) system was located in the Beta Quadrant. The primary was a F-class star.
For Star Trek: First Contact, Alex Jaeger created a ship size comparison chart for Industrial Light & Magic. On this chart, one of the names considered for the Norway-class starship was the USS Canopus. [1]
The Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 83) stated that this red supergiant star was used as a navigational reference by Voyager series probes and other NASA spacecraft.
See also
External links
- Canopus at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Canopus at Wikipedia
- Canopus at the Internet Stellar Database