We imagine a starship leaving from Antares (Alpha Scorpii), making a straight line toward the Pleiades cluster (specifically the star Taygeta, in Taurus).
Following is a list of some of the stars encountered.
Each star is shown with three coordinates which define its position. z is the point along the line of travel where the star is closest. z defines a plane; within that plane the star's coordinates are given in polar coordinates, r (distance from the line), theta (angle w/r Sol's projection to that plane). The star's highest brightness rank is shown if it was ever one of the brightest stars in the sky along the route), along with a 'c' if the star was ever closest. The fional columns show the star's absolute magnitude and spectral class.
All distances are in light-years. Only stars in the HYG catalog are eligible. (Note that 20Sig_Sco was never -5.5 magnitude along the journey, indeed was never higher than rank 6. The high magnitude is achieved 144 light-years in the opposite direction: for consistency, such a star is shown with negative z.)
Total distance Antares to Taygeta is 294.115015 parsecs (959.273770 l-y)
z Star constellation r theta magnit ranks abs-mag spec-cls
-144.1 20Sig_Sco Sco 14.5 333° -5.5 #06 -3.7 B1III
-32.8 6Pi__Sco Sco 67.6 8° -1.8 #02 -3.4 B1V_+_B2V
0.0 Antares Sco 0.0 xxx° -inf #01c -5.1 M1Ib_+_B2.5V
62.1 Dschubba Sco 69.8 342° -1.9 #02 -3.6 B0.2IV
80.9 Alniyat Sco 15.1 121° -4.7 #01c -3.0 B0V
140.1 22____Sco Sco 14.4 318° -2.5 #01 -0.7 B3V
150.2 Graffias Sco 69.7 326° -1.3 #02 -2.9 B0.5V
242.0 hr6216 3.1 99° -3.4 #01c 1.7 A2V
255.8 Hadar Cen 268.7 69° -0.2 #02 -4.8 B1III
279.5 Sargas Sco 97.0 125° -0.6 #01 -3.0 F1II
336.7 hr152429 6.7 312° -0.4 #01c 3.1 G0IV
354.2 Acrux Cru 269.4 64° 0.4 #05 -4.2 B0.5IV
428.1 Kaus_Australis Sgr 32.9 148° -1.4 #01 -1.4 B9.5III
465.0 Nash Sgr 4.7 93° -3.6 #01c 0.6 K0III
485.1 Kaus_Borealis Sgr 3.0 302° -4.2 #01c 0.9 K1IIIb
544.1 49Del_Cap Cap 4.0 14° -2.1 #01c 2.5 A5mF2_(IV)
552.2 Sol 41.7 0° 5.4 #.. 4.8 G2V
556.9 Sirius CaMj 46.2 7° 2.2 #55 1.5 A0m...
586.5 Canopus Car 316.3 74° -0.6 #01 -5.5 F0Ib
610.3 Hamal Ari 13.4 329° -1.4 #01 0.5 K2III
635.8 17Eta_Ari Ari 5.8 259° -0.8 #01c 2.9 F5V
716.2 57Del_Ari Ari 7.6 98° -2.4 #01 0.8 K2IIIvar
722.2 #33.344470 Ari 0.4 206° -4.5 #01c 4.9 G5
756.7 64____Ari Ari 6.7 309° -2.0 #01c 1.5 K4III
922.3 Sterope_I Tau 4.9 356° -3.6 #02c 0.5 B8V
927.2 Celaeno Tau 2.6 22° -5.3 #01c 0.1 B7IV
930.4 Merope Tau 5.3 45° -5.1 #01 -1.2 B6IV
930.5 Sterope_II Tau 4.3 359° -3.3 #05c 1.1 A0Vn
932.6 28_Taurii Tau 8.9 23° -3.1 #05 -0.3 B7p
933.0 Atlas Tau 8.9 27° -4.5 #01 -1.7 B8III
933.5 Maia Tau 3.5 14° -6.3 #01c -1.5 B8III
936.4 hr1172 Tau 9.6 56° -2.6 #07 0.1 B8V
949.4 hr23873 Tau 7.6 16° -2.0 #07c 1.2 B9.5V
953.5 Alcyone Tau 4.9 43° -6.7 #01 -2.6 B7III
954.6 Electra Tau 2.4 105° -7.4 #01c -1.7 B6III
959.3 18_Taurii Tau 2.7 282° -5.3 #04 0.2 B8V
959.3 Taygeta Tau 0.0 xxx° -inf #01c -1.2 B6V
961.2 #63.982944 Tau 5.1 253° -2.0 #06 2.0 A2
964.9 hr23763 Tau 5.0 25° -2.6 #08 1.4 A1V
979.3 Betelgeuse Ori 288.1 37° -0.7 #01 -5.5 M2Ib
1238.5 Rigel Ori 536.0 70° -0.9 #02 -6.9 B8Ia
z Star constellation r theta magnit ranks abs-mag spec-cls
The above list was abridged. In the following list more stars are shown relative to that route. We show
Total distance Antares to Taygeta is 294.115015 parsecs (959.273770 l-y)
z Star constellation r theta magnit ranks abs-mag spec-cls
-144.1 20Sig_Sco Sco 14.5 333° -5.5 #06 -3.7 B1III
-32.8 6Pi__Sco Sco 67.6 8° -1.8 #02 -3.4 B1V_+_B2V
-10.0 #-58.342620 Sco 15.0 109° -1.0 #06 0.7 B8V
0.0 Antares Sco 0.0 xxx° -inf #01c -5.1 M1Ib_+_B2.5V
12.8 34Ups_Sco Sco 167.3 145° 0.0 #08 -3.5 B2IV
19.0 Shaula Sco 168.8 146° -1.0 #04 -4.6 B1.5IV+...
32.3 7Chi_Oph Oph 73.6 285° -0.0 #08 -1.8 B2Vne
62.1 Dschubba Sco 69.8 342° -1.9 #02 -3.6 B0.2IV
68.5 Mu_1Sco Sco 106.4 117° -0.4 #06 -2.9 B1.5IV_+_B
73.6 13____Sco Sco 39.1 27° -0.9 #05 -1.3 B2V
80.9 Alniyat Sco 15.1 121° -4.7 #01c -3.0 B0V
81.7 5Rho_Sco Sco 68.8 29° -0.3 #08 -1.9 B2IV/V
87.1 #-51.445314 Sco 16.1 26° 0.2 #15c 1.7 A0IV
106.5 hr150367 Sco 16.5 152° -0.7 #06c 0.8 K1IIICN...
108.9 Kap_Sco Sco 157.4 143° -0.0 #08 -3.5 B1.5III
133.4 42The_Oph Oph 80.6 194° -0.4 #07 -2.4 B2IV
139.6 #-38.902558 11.0 126° 0.3 #12c 2.6 F5V
140.1 22____Sco Sco 14.4 318° -2.5 #01 -0.7 B3V
150.2 Graffias Sco 69.7 326° -1.3 #02 -2.9 B0.5V
191.9 5Rho_Oph Oph 28.9 322° -0.9 #02 -0.7 B2V
201.0 13Zet_Oph Oph 102.3 280° -0.2 #04 -2.7 O9.5V
203.7 hr151012 7.4 194° -1.4 #01c 1.9 B9.5V
215.9 #-30.608471 50.7 90° 0.0 #08 -0.9 K5III
231.3 hr150863 4.0 130° -1.6 #01c 3.0 F2IV
234.3 hr150147 4.6 337° -0.6 #04c 3.6 F0V
242.0 hr6216 3.1 99° -3.4 #01c 1.7 A2V
253.9 24____Oph Oph 24.2 242° 0.1 #07 0.7 A0V
255.8 Hadar Cen 268.7 69° -0.2 #02 -4.8 B1III
268.8 hr6193 14.1 305° -0.5 #03c 1.4 A7III
279.5 Sargas Sco 97.0 125° -0.6 #01 -3.0 F1II
288.7 #-17.795104 16.8 209° 0.6 #09c 2.0 A9III/IV
304.2 #-14.953758 21.7 143° 0.6 #08 1.5 Fm
306.8 #-19.066646 4.5 111° 0.5 #07c 4.8 G6V
336.7 hr152429 6.7 312° -0.4 #01c 3.1 G0IV
354.2 Acrux Cru 269.4 64° 0.4 #05 -4.2 B0.5IV
365.4 Spica Vir 207.4 359° 0.6 #07 -3.4 B1V
367.8 #-9.781354 7.2 180° 1.1 #14c 4.4 G1V
370.0 Nunki Sgr 95.0 181° 0.2 #04 -2.2 B2.5V
400.6 #-7.586212 14.0 89° 0.3 #05 2.1 F6V
408.6 #-7.576236 9.6 289° 0.6 #12c 3.3 G3V
424.8 Eta_Sgr Sgr 34.6 137° -0.0 #03 -0.2 M2III
428.1 Kaus_Australis Sgr 32.9 148° -1.4 #01 -1.4 B9.5III
437.2 hr6630 Sgr 21.0 104° -0.7 #02 0.3 K0/K1III
445.7 45____Oph Oph 9.5 27° -1.1 #02c 1.6 F3III
455.1 55Xi__Ser Ser 23.7 289° 0.3 #07 1.0 F0IIIp
464.6 #2.035807 5.6 166° 0.1 #07 3.9 F8V
465.0 Nash Sgr 4.7 93° -3.6 #01c 0.6 K0III
467.7 35Eta_Oph Oph 28.9 322° 0.0 #05 0.3 A2.5Va
482.8 38Zet_Sgr Sgr 13.5 157° -1.5 #02 0.4 A3IV
485.1 Kaus_Borealis Sgr 3.0 302° -4.2 #01c 0.9 K1IIIb
519.6 Alnair Gru 64.8 126° 0.8 #07 -0.7 B7IV
529.1 hr7898 2.5 69° -0.0 #03c 5.6 G8/K0V
529.3 16Psi_Cap Cap 3.9 92° -1.3 #01 3.3 F5V
544.1 49Del_Cap Cap 4.0 14° -2.1 #01c 2.5 A5mF2_(IV)
550.8 Fomalhaut PsA 20.3 26° 0.7 #06 1.7 A3V
552.2 Sol 41.7 0° 5.4 #.. 4.8 G2V
554.8 Achernar Eri 123.7 103° 0.2 #02 -2.7 B3Vp
556.9 Sirius CaMj 46.2 7° 2.2 #55 1.5 A0m...
569.3 17Iot_Psc Pis 4.4 278° -0.9 #01c 3.4 F7V
578.7 #14.961169 Pis 3.6 270° 1.0 #13c 5.8 F5
586.5 Canopus Car 316.3 74° -0.6 #01 -5.5 F0Ib
591.2 Capella Aur 54.6 346° 0.6 #06 -0.5 M1:_comp
602.2 Sheratan Ari 12.4 337° -0.7 #02 1.4 A5V...
610.2 Alpheratz And 46.0 235° 0.5 #08 -0.3 B9p
610.3 Hamal Ari 13.4 329° -1.4 #01 0.5 K2III
617.6 Aldebaran Tau 48.1 14° 0.2 #04 -0.7 K5III
635.8 17Eta_Ari Ari 5.8 259° -0.8 #01c 2.9 F5V
636.7 Algol Per 39.7 316° 0.3 #04 -0.1 B8V
640.6 29____Ari Ari 6.9 84° 0.2 #05c 3.6 F8V
645.8 #24.752715 5.3 211° 0.3 #04c 4.3 F8
654.9 hr17332 4.6 28° 0.0 #03c 4.3 G0
655.4 47____Ari Ari 9.5 8° 0.5 #07 3.2 F5IV
661.3 46Rho3Ari Ari 8.0 51° -0.2 #02c 2.8 F6V
664.6 4Bet_Tri Tri 36.3 263° 0.3 #04 0.1 A5III
680.1 Alnath Tau 81.0 358° 0.6 #05 -1.4 B7III
704.0 Mirach And 95.9 231° 0.5 #05 -1.8 M0IIIvar
709.7 41____Ari Ari 18.9 250° -1.1 #01 0.1 B8Vn
714.8 39____Ari Ari 25.5 253° 0.4 #06 0.9 K1III
716.2 57Del_Ari Ari 7.6 98° -2.4 #01 0.8 K2IIIvar
718.3 #32.576972 0.6 339° -1.7 #02c 7.0 XX
721.1 #33.489239 3.9 110° 0.3 #07 4.9 G5
722.2 #33.344470 0.4 206° -4.5 #01c 4.9 G5
749.9 2Xi__Tau Tau 48.2 98° 0.5 #08 -0.3 B9Vn
756.7 64____Ari Ari 6.7 309° -2.0 #01c 1.5 K4III
759.1 66____Ari Ari 5.8 25° -1.8 #01c 2.0 K0IV
767.2 59____Ari Ari 15.2 274° 0.1 #06c 1.8 G8IV
774.0 Menkar Cet 85.4 123° 0.2 #04 -1.9 M2III
778.5 Bellatrix Ori 140.1 41° 0.4 #05 -2.8 B2III
803.3 hr1137 19.0 52° 0.5 #07c 1.6 A0V
807.0 58Zet_Ari Ari 20.6 161° -0.7 #01 0.3 A1V
816.8 #43.673283 14.0 64° 0.8 #12c 2.6 A5
844.6 60____Ari Ari 20.1 222° 0.3 #05 1.3 K3III:
856.0 #52.094933 6.6 178° -0.3 #03c 3.2 F5
862.8 63Tau2Ari Ari 26.5 151° -0.3 #04 0.2 K3III
869.7 #51.480947 2.5 314° -0.1 #06c 5.4 XX
889.8 Almaak And 178.2 242° 0.4 #05 -3.3 B8V
896.9 hr23642 9.4 11° -1.0 #05c 1.7 A0V...
913.2 #58.711477 5.4 215° -0.9 #10c 3.0 F0
916.9 hr23632 8.0 37° -1.3 #09 1.7 A1V
922.3 Sterope_I Tau 4.9 356° -3.6 #02c 0.5 B8V
924.7 hr1183 Tau 11.0 35° -1.5 #09 0.9 B8V
927.2 Celaeno Tau 2.6 22° -5.3 #01c 0.1 B7IV
930.4 Merope Tau 5.3 45° -5.1 #01 -1.2 B6IV
930.5 Sterope_II Tau 4.3 359° -3.3 #05c 1.1 A0Vn
932.6 28_Taurii Tau 8.9 23° -3.1 #05 -0.3 B7p
933.0 Atlas Tau 8.9 27° -4.5 #01 -1.7 B8III
933.5 Maia Tau 3.5 14° -6.3 #01c -1.5 B8III
936.4 hr1172 Tau 9.6 56° -2.6 #07 0.1 B8V
941.1 #62.976720 Tau 8.0 209° -1.3 #10 1.7 A0
941.3 hr23289 Tau 7.9 95° 0.5 #25c 3.6 F3V
945.7 hr23410 Tau 9.1 89° -1.3 #11 1.4 A0V
949.4 hr23873 Tau 7.6 16° -2.0 #07c 1.2 B9.5V
953.5 Alcyone Tau 4.9 43° -6.7 #01 -2.6 B7III
954.6 Electra Tau 2.4 105° -7.4 #01c -1.7 B6III
958.0 #62.329675 Tau 6.8 295° -0.8 #11 2.6 A0
959.3 18_Taurii Tau 2.7 282° -5.3 #04 0.2 B8V
959.3 Taygeta Tau 0.0 xxx° -inf #01c -1.2 B6V
961.2 #63.982944 Tau 5.1 253° -2.0 #06 2.0 A2
964.9 hr23763 Tau 5.0 25° -2.6 #08 1.4 A1V
979.3 Betelgeuse Ori 288.1 37° -0.7 #01 -5.5 M2Ib
1008.3 Mirphak Per 219.3 274° -0.0 #07 -4.2 F5Ib
1238.5 Rigel Ori 536.0 70° -0.9 #02 -6.9 B8Ia
z Star constellation r theta magnit ranks abs-mag spec-cls
Here is a journey between the large blue stars Beta Crucis (Mimosa) and Gamma Cassiopeiae (Cih). It is interesting because it passes close to Sol. I've hand-picked which stars to show, though I think I've left in all the -2 magnitudes and brightest stars. I've included several close neighbors of Sol.
Total distance Mimosa to Cih is 253.727508 parsecs (827.547490 l-y)
z Star constellation r theta magnit ranks abs-mag spec-cls
-109.1 Hadar Cen 63.0 328° -3.4 #03 -4.8 B1III
-42.6 Acrux Cru 23.7 82° -4.9 #02 -4.2 B0.5IV
0.0 Mimosa Cru 0.0 xxx° inf #01c -3.4 B0.5III
49.2 Eps_Cru Cru 13.1 118° -2.6 #01 -0.7 K3/K4III
76.7 Canopus Car 233.4 99° -1.2 #01 -5.5 F0Ib
116.5 Spica Vir 187.5 239° 0.4 #07 -3.4 B1V
151.0 Gam_Cen Cen 22.4 225° -1.6 #01 -0.8 A1IV
158.5 Iot_Cru Cru 4.9 29° -2.3 #01c 1.9 K1III
175.1 Miaplacidus Car 46.2 86° -0.3 #03 -1.0 A2IV
190.2 Gacrux Cru 1.9 193° -6.8 #01c -0.6 M4III
213.2 Achernar Eri 126.1 53° 0.2 #03 -2.7 B3Vp
214.5 Eta_Cru Cru 8.8 61° -0.2 #03 2.7 F2III
272.9 Arcturus Boo 34.7 255° -0.2 #02 -0.3 K2IIIp
274.3 Alp2Cen Cen 5.8 355° 2.0 #.. 5.7 K1V
274.3 Alpha_Centauri Cen 5.8 355° 0.6 #11 4.4 G2V
274.4 Lacaille_8760 17.1 4° 7.3 #.. 8.7 M1/M2V
276.0 #-2.282811 3.0 225° 11.4 #..c 16.6 M6
276.5 Sirius CaMj 6.6 92° -2.0 #01 1.5 A0m...
278.3 Procyon CaMi 7.6 132° -0.5 #03 2.7 F5IV-V
278.5 Sol 4.9 0° 0.7 #11c 4.8 G2V
278.6 Luyten's_Star 8.7 130° 9.1 #.. 11.9 M5
279.8 Lalande_21185 4.3 234° 6.1 #..c 10.5 M2V
280.9 18Eps_Eri Eri 11.5 63° 3.9 #.. 6.2 K2V
281.2 52Tau_Cet Cet 14.7 43° 3.9 #.. 5.7 G8V
282.7 Altair Aql 20.4 334° 1.2 #17 2.2 A7IV-V
290.8 Kruger_60 8.2 337° 8.6 #.. 11.6 M2V
291.4 Vega Lyr 23.8 304° -0.1 #03 0.6 A0Vvar
311.1 hr511 1.0 34° -2.0 #01c 5.6 K0V
311.3 Capella Aur 23.5 141° -1.2 #01 -0.5 M1:_comp
312.8 Aldebaran Tau 55.2 110° 0.5 #07 -0.7 K5III
322.5 hr10436 0.7 117° -0.7 #02c 7.8 K5V
333.0 Caph Cas 9.9 342° -1.4 #01 1.2 F2III-IV
339.6 hr244 Cas 4.5 352° -0.9 #02c 3.4 F8V
348.4 Rigel Ori 858.2 112° 0.2 #02 -6.9 B8Ia
357.7 Algol Per 41.2 103° 0.4 #05 -0.1 B8V
360.6 Alpheratz And 56.0 26° 0.9 #06 -0.3 B9p
377.7 Ruchbah Cas 4.5 94° -4.0 #01c 0.2 A5Vv_SB
395.9 Betelgeuse Ori 480.9 128° 0.4 #04 -5.5 M2Ib
411.4 33The_Cas Cas 15.4 56° -0.3 #01 1.3 A7Vvar
478.3 28Ups2Cas Cas 7.8 31° -2.4 #01c 0.7 G8III-IV
485.8 39Chi_Cas Cas 16.2 116° -0.9 #02 0.7 K0III
490.0 hr309 5.9 210° -1.2 #02c 2.5 A5Vn
506.1 Shedir Cas 21.3 17° -2.9 #01 -2.0 K0II-IIIvar
541.8 hr297 3.3 184° -3.7 #01c 1.3 F6V
605.3 #46.150758 11.0 140° -0.1 #02c 2.2 F7IV
606.8 26Ups1Cas Cas 11.6 35° -2.4 #01c -0.2 K2III
645.4 Almaak And 141.0 84° -0.1 #02 -3.3 B8V
657.0 Polaris UrMi 206.1 228° 0.4 #06 -3.6 F7:Ib-IIv_SB
686.5 45Eps_Cas Cas 51.3 168° -1.2 #01 -2.2 B2pvar
700.9 hr5890 3.8 165° -1.5 #01c 3.2 F5V
742.8 Mirphak Per 199.3 127° -0.2 #03 -4.2 F5Ib
759.5 #70.128761 3.7 103° -3.5 #01c 1.2 G8II
816.7 #79.109772 3.4 49° -5.4 #02c -0.5 B8V
827.5 Cih Cas 0.0 xxx° -inf #01c -4.0 B0IV:evar
867.3 17Zet_Cas Cas 75.2 25° -0.8 #03 -2.6 B2IV
z Star constellation r theta magnit ranks abs-mag spec-cls