Antares

Celestial Information

• Distance from Sol: 604 lyrs, 185 par
• Type of System: Binary
• Color: M1-Red Giant, B4-Blue Main Sequence
• Right Ascension: 16h 29m 24.439s
• Declination: -26° 25' 55.15"

Important Events

• 1/10/2335: Location of Operation Thresher, which ended in a Terran defeat with 504 pilots dead and 14 MIA
• 1/15/2335: Site of Lt. Alex McCarthys' rendezvous with the Vasudans during his attempted defection.
• 2335: First official encounter between the GTA, PVN and Shivans during escort of the GTSC Plato.
• 2335: The GTS Asimov, working on Project Tsunami, is attacked by Shivans in Antares.
• 2/15/2335: Site of a small Hammer of Light base of operations destroyed by GTA forces, and a point of retreat for Vasudan forces fleeing from the HoL following their decimation in Vega.
• Apparent location of a GTVA convention signing (Return to Babel; GTVA Security Act, Antares Convention, Section 15-5-7.)

Jump Nodes

• Beta Aquilae
• Beta Cygni
• Betelgeuse (Hearsay)
• Ribos
• Vasuda
• Vega (CBAnim)