sumbuddyx said:
Kevman7987 said:
47 Tucanae is outside of the galactic disc but part of our galaxy being in its halo. It has an estimated mass of 700,000 times the mass of the Sun. Since most stars are red dwarfs much less massive than the Sun and since many stars are in double or multiple star systems, the total number of star systems is hard to estimate.
One million star systems would give a density of 1.111 per cubic light year. Five million star systems would give a density of 5.555 per cubic light year. Ten million star systems would give a density of 11.111 per cubic light year. That gives a volume of 0.09 cubic light years per star system.
If the average distance between star systems was 0.448 light years there would be 0.0899153 cubic light years per star system. If the average distance between star systems was 0.4485 light years there would be 0.0902167 cubic light years per star system. If the average distance between star systems is 0.448 light years and the Millennium Falcon could accelerate to almost exactly the speed of light it would take it about 0.448 years or 163.632 days to reach even the nearest star system, let alone Bespin.
Of course the average star density is in only the average parts of the 47 Tucanae cluster. In the outer parts the star density is much less and in the inner parts the star density is much greater. But it is a fact that many astronomical objects are dangerous to their neighbors or at least to the life forms on those neighbors. The closer a star is to its neighbors, the more likely it is that a close passage by another star will have flung its planets into interstellar space. And the more likely it is that all life on its planets will have been wiped out by radiation from nearby novas, supernovas, gamma ray bursters, etc. Certainly the x rays and gamma rays detected coming from 47 Tucanae indicate that the denser parts of the cluster are likely to be deadly for life forms. But Hoth has clearly gone for billions of years without having life wiped out.
Anyway the views of the stars from outer space in The Empire Strikes Back don't indicate that the stars are packed many times closer than in our region of our galaxy. You would be seeing tens and hundreds or even thousands of times as many stars in each space scene if they were that close together.
Thus the idea that the Millennium falcon somehow repaired its hyperdrive and then lost it again offscreen while travelling to Bespin seems to be the most logical one. Possibly it did travel part way at relativistic speeds affected by time dilation while months of outside time passed for Luke on Dagobah, but it must have traveled most of the distance off screen in a short period of time using the on again off again hyperdrive.
Kevman7987 said:
47 Tucanae is outside of the galactic disc but part of our galaxy being in its halo. It has an estimated mass of 700,000 times the mass of the Sun. Since most stars are red dwarfs much less massive than the Sun and since many stars are in double or multiple star systems, the total number of star systems is hard to estimate.
One million star systems would give a density of 1.111 per cubic light year. Five million star systems would give a density of 5.555 per cubic light year. Ten million star systems would give a density of 11.111 per cubic light year. That gives a volume of 0.09 cubic light years per star system.
If the average distance between star systems was 0.448 light years there would be 0.0899153 cubic light years per star system. If the average distance between star systems was 0.4485 light years there would be 0.0902167 cubic light years per star system. If the average distance between star systems is 0.448 light years and the Millennium Falcon could accelerate to almost exactly the speed of light it would take it about 0.448 years or 163.632 days to reach even the nearest star system, let alone Bespin.
Of course the average star density is in only the average parts of the 47 Tucanae cluster. In the outer parts the star density is much less and in the inner parts the star density is much greater. But it is a fact that many astronomical objects are dangerous to their neighbors or at least to the life forms on those neighbors. The closer a star is to its neighbors, the more likely it is that a close passage by another star will have flung its planets into interstellar space. And the more likely it is that all life on its planets will have been wiped out by radiation from nearby novas, supernovas, gamma ray bursters, etc. Certainly the x rays and gamma rays detected coming from 47 Tucanae indicate that the denser parts of the cluster are likely to be deadly for life forms. But Hoth has clearly gone for billions of years without having life wiped out.
Anyway the views of the stars from outer space in The Empire Strikes Back don't indicate that the stars are packed many times closer than in our region of our galaxy. You would be seeing tens and hundreds or even thousands of times as many stars in each space scene if they were that close together.
Thus the idea that the Millennium falcon somehow repaired its hyperdrive and then lost it again offscreen while travelling to Bespin seems to be the most logical one. Possibly it did travel part way at relativistic speeds affected by time dilation while months of outside time passed for Luke on Dagobah, but it must have traveled most of the distance off screen in a short period of time using the on again off again hyperdrive.
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