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== Background information == |
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It should be noted that from Archer's vantage point in "Home", 61 Ursae Majoris is not to the left of Polaris, but in fact far to the right, being part of the Ursa Major constellation. However, Eta Cassiopeiae – the proposed location of the [[Terra Nova]] colony from [[Geoffrey Mandel]]'s book ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' – ''is'' to the left and down toward the horizon, in the constellation Cassiopeia. Gamma Cephei is even closer to where one would expect "just to the left" to be, being the brightest star directly to the left of (and closest to) Polaris. |
It should be noted that from Archer's vantage point in "Home", 61 Ursae Majoris is not to the left of Polaris, but in fact far to the right, being part of the Ursa Major constellation. However, Eta Cassiopeiae – the proposed location of the [[Terra Nova]] colony from [[Geoffrey Mandel]]'s book ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' – ''is'' to the left and down toward the horizon, in the constellation Cassiopeia. Gamma Cephei is even closer to where one would expect "just to the left" to be, being the brightest star directly to the left of (and closest to) Polaris. |
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Revision as of 01:19, 6 March 2010
61 Ursae Majoris is the Human designation for a star located in the Milky Way Galaxy about thirty-one light years from Sol. The star is the primary of the Archer system, named for Jonathan Archer, the captain of the first vessel to chart the star close up, Enterprise. (ENT: "Strange New World", "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
Upon his return to Earth following the search for the Xindi superweapon, Archer pointed out the star in Earth's sky to Erika Hernandez, to the left of the star Polaris. (ENT: "Home")
Background information
The star was designated so in Archer's bio screen aboard the USS Defiant, created by Mike Sussman.
It should be noted that from Archer's vantage point in "Home", 61 Ursae Majoris is not to the left of Polaris, but in fact far to the right, being part of the Ursa Major constellation. However, Eta Cassiopeiae – the proposed location of the Terra Nova colony from Geoffrey Mandel's book Star Trek: Star Charts – is to the left and down toward the horizon, in the constellation Cassiopeia. Gamma Cephei is even closer to where one would expect "just to the left" to be, being the brightest star directly to the left of (and closest to) Polaris.
The Star Trek: Star Charts also falsely states the planet circling 61 Ursae Majoris later explored in "Strange New World" to be Loracus Prime, which actually is a misinterpretation as the planet's name is not revealed until Enterprise's fourth season. As a consequence, the star "Archer", which the planet called Archer IV supposedly orbits, is placed near Klingon territory several hundred light years away from Sol according to the Star Charts.
It should also be noted that Sussman has stated in his podcast commentary that the biographical data was not intended to be legible to the audience, and because of that, the bio and other displays like it, should be considered a form of "soft canon" overridden by the character's statements. [1]
In Larry Niven's Known Space, 61 Ursae Majoris is the central star of the Kzinti's homeworld.