# Map O' the Stars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 4, 2000, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-o-the-stars/35603 "2000-10-04T10:25:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MattTheCroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MattTheCroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattTheCroc)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-o-the-stars/35603/1 "2000-10-04T10:25:18Z")
Well, I’m not exactly sure how to phrase this, but I’m looking for a map of stars which isn’t based from Earth, rather from some great distance away. I’m sure everyone knows what I’m talking about, it’s just hard to explain 🙂 Anyway, it’s the “classic” way of viewing stars in movies etc, with little lines in between showing how they fly between. So my question is, does anyone know where to find such a map? My extensive search (around 40 minutes…) revealed only Earth based ones… And would this be more of a GQ or something else? Someone defined GQ as a place where the question “has a definitive answer” so it seemed right. Thanks for any help. ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-o-the-stars/35603/2 "2000-10-04T10:39:30Z")
Take a look at Nyrath the Nearly Wise’s (m/k/a Winchell Chung) [3-D Starmap Page](http://www.clark.net/pub/nyrath/starmap.html). ---
**Author:** ![MattTheCroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MattTheCroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattTheCroc)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-o-the-stars/35603/3 "2000-10-05T08:02:37Z")
Hey, thanks, that looks great.