Star Trek: The Official Guide to Our Universe

[Therin of Andor]

The book arrived in Sydney, Australia, this week. Very handsome volume.
http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/latest-acquisition.192574/page-27#post-11604139

Yes TAS is briefly mentioned.

"The Counter-Clock Incident" is referenced in regard to supernovae, and the way they perform in the negative universe.

And not include Enterprise...

16 ENT episodes are referenced.

 

[Christopher]

The Sheliak, in the episode, demonstrated an interest in colonizing. Beta Lyrae could be just another colony.

Except there's no way a system like that could possibly be amenable to life. It's a semidetached binary pair of blue giants, swirling around each other at high speed and constantly spewing hydrogen and intense radiation out into space. Beautiful but deadly. It might have lifeless, icy planetoids orbiting at a great distance, as in "The Slaver Weapon," but nothing could live there and there'd be no sense colonizing it with anything more than a research outpost.

As I said, they're probably from some nearby system and are named for the most prominent star in their region. If they've been colonizing worlds in the region for a long time, the Federation might not even know what their native world is, so they'd name them after the region.

 

[bbailey861]

I received my copy in the mail today. Talking about making science fun, this is a great example.

 

[The Night Sky Guy]

Hope everyone is enjoying the book.

 

[The Night Sky Guy]

My wish is that it gets folks to learn a bit of science from their favourite episodes and also get them to take their own Trek across the real night sky from their doorsteps and backyards.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Was able to pick this up at Indigo on Wednesday, too. It's a lot thicker than I was expecting. Can't wait to dive in!

 

[publiusr]

I am very well pleased.

 

[Warped9]

This book caught my interest: https://www.amazon.ca/Star-Trek-Off...=Star+Trek+The+Official+Guide+to+Our+Universe

Has anyone seen anything of it yet or purchased it themselves? Opinions?

 

[Tuskin38]

http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/star-trek-the-official-guide-to-our-universe.279713/

Some talk here