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A [[Star Chart]] is an astrographic map showing the locations of [[trade route]]s, [[jump route]]s, [[astrographic phenomena]], [[astrographic feature]]s, [[anomalies]], and the like.
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
The earliest maps of [[sophont]] [[societies]], typically in the [[TL:1-3]] [[tech epoch]] tend to be two-dimensional or 2D in aspect. By the time, a society achieves [[spaceflight]], the need for accurate 3D maps becomes a necessity. Societies capable of achieving interstellar travel, whether [[NAFAL]] or [[FTL]], need to record a variety of [[astrographic phenomena]], accurate [[star]] notation, and [[nebula]]ic presence among other factors. 

Modern star charts can display 2D or 3D representative images, properly record and notate a variety of [[astrographic phenomena]], and record the presence of sophontic features such as [[trade route]]s, [[communication route]]s, [[jump bridge]]s, and related data.

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
As [[sophont]] [[societies]] develop the [[technology]] to achieve [[spaceflight]] and later [[starflight]], the need for accurate, well developed ''star charts'' becomes more acute. [[Astronomist]]s from earlier [[technological epoch]]s tend to develop useful maps of the stars, but they lack the details of later maps using closer [[sensor]] scans, and more detailed maps more suitable to space travel than scientific observation. From such, today's ''star charts'' in [[1105]] [[Imperial Calendar]] have arisen.

=== Selected Star Charting Voyages ===
# [[Core Expedition]]
# [[Perseus Project]]
# [[Solomani Rimward Expedition]]
# [[Turokan's Expedition to the Galactic Rim]]

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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{{Sources
|S1= {{CT}} Book 3 [[Worlds and Adventures]], pgs. 5-6 
|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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