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How far is a lightyear?
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James Nikolas Tesla
Tesla Holdings
#1 - 2014-05-08 11:03:32 UTC
I recently looked at my Remote Sensing skill and it says this:

The ability to gather and analyze remote sensing data from satellites in orbit around a planet and produce properly calibrated surveys.

Level 1: allows scans within 1 ly
Level 2: allows scans within 3 ly
Level 3: allows scans within 5 ly
Level 4: allows scans within 7 ly
Level 5: allows scans within 9 ly

Exactly how far is a lightyear? I assume it is one jump but I doubt it. Any clarification is appreciated.

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Solecist Project's Alt
Doomheim
#2 - 2014-05-08 11:06:04 UTC
Seriously?
Sibyyl
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2014-05-08 11:08:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Sibyyl
About 31.6 million Lightseconds.

Edit: Yep, I am surprisingly bad at math. My parents would be horrified.

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James Nikolas Tesla
Tesla Holdings
#4 - 2014-05-08 11:09:00 UTC
I guess I should clarify. How far is a lightyear in Eve? I obviously don't know how many kms are between jumps to other systems.

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Zifrian
The Frog Pond
Ribbit.
#5 - 2014-05-08 11:10:59 UTC
Sturmwolke
#6 - 2014-05-08 11:12:05 UTC
Not sure if serious. Lol.
Hint : http://evemaps.dotlan.net/jump
James Nikolas Tesla
Tesla Holdings
#7 - 2014-05-08 11:17:54 UTC
Nevermind

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Evelyn Meiyi
Corvidae Trading and Holding
#8 - 2014-05-08 11:22:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Evelyn Meiyi
James Nikolas Tesla wrote:
I recently looked at my Remote Sensing skill and it says this:

The ability to gather and analyze remote sensing data from satellites in orbit around a planet and produce properly calibrated surveys.

Level 1: allows scans within 1 ly
Level 2: allows scans within 3 ly
Level 3: allows scans within 5 ly
Level 4: allows scans within 7 ly
Level 5: allows scans within 9 ly

Exactly how far is a lightyear? I assume it is one jump but I doubt it. Any clarification is appreciated.



You can calculate how far (in terms of jump length) a lightyear is by looking at how many AU a ship can cross before it empties its capacitor.

1 AU (the distance between Earth and the Sun) is approximately 93 mllion miles, and one light-year is (again, approximately) 63240 AU.

(And, just because I like numbers: one light-year (93,000,000 x 63240) = around 5,881,320,000,000 miles/9,460,800,000,000 kilometers. Try walking that far to get to school... ;) )
Karen Avioras
The Raging Raccoons
#9 - 2014-05-08 11:23:25 UTC
same lenght as the light travels in a year. You're welcome man
Doreen Kaundur
#10 - 2014-05-08 11:25:10 UTC
a light year is about as far as a regular year but with fewer calories.

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Tonai Kion
Physics Says No
Brotherhood of Spacers
#11 - 2014-05-08 11:28:08 UTC
around 9.46 trillion KM
Velicitia
XS Tech
#12 - 2014-05-08 11:29:16 UTC
Evelyn Meiyi wrote:
James Nikolas Tesla wrote:
I recently looked at my Remote Sensing skill and it says this:

The ability to gather and analyze remote sensing data from satellites in orbit around a planet and produce properly calibrated surveys.

Level 1: allows scans within 1 ly
Level 2: allows scans within 3 ly
Level 3: allows scans within 5 ly
Level 4: allows scans within 7 ly
Level 5: allows scans within 9 ly

Exactly how far is a lightyear? I assume it is one jump but I doubt it. Any clarification is appreciated.



You can calculate how far (in terms of jump length) a lightyear is by looking at the length of the jump itself:

1 AU (the distance between Earth and the Sun) is approximately 93 mllion miles, and one light-year is (again, approximately) 63240 AU.

A Jaguar crosses that distance easily in one jump, but other ships might require two if their capacitor bottoms out.

(And, just because I like numbers: one light-year (93,000,000 x 63240) = around 5,881,320,000,000 miles. Try walking that far to get to school... ;) )



Um, 63000 AU is a bit far for a Jag to cross in one shot, even with decent skills (not to mention it would take ages)...

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Jur Tissant
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2014-05-08 11:44:25 UTC
In-game, a light-year is the DIRECT distance to the star as seen on the star map (unflattened). In my opinion CCP doesn't give very good tools for calculating it. If you select "My planet scan range" (something like that) in the map options it will highlight systems you can scan and give the ly distance to those, I think they should extend that to all systems.
Zifrian
The Frog Pond
Ribbit.
#14 - 2014-05-08 11:54:00 UTC
Jur Tissant wrote:
In-game, a light-year is the DIRECT distance to the star as seen on the star map (unflattened). In my opinion CCP doesn't give very good tools for calculating it. If you select "My planet scan range" (something like that) in the map options it will highlight systems you can scan and give the ly distance to those, I think they should extend that to all systems.

The give the data in the datadump (x,y,z) and sites like DOTLAN use it it to calculate jump costs.

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Victor Dathar
Lowlife.
Snuffed Out
#15 - 2014-05-08 11:54:28 UTC
Are we talking about the unit of distance or a Buzz?

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Jur Tissant
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2014-05-08 11:57:20 UTC
Zifrian wrote:

The give the data in the datadump (x,y,z) and sites like DOTLAN use it it to calculate jump costs.


And doing a data dump just to figure out how far away a system is is not a very simple way of doing things. DOTLAN's jump calculator can be used to see the direct light-year distance but isn't made specifically for that purpose.
Solecist Project's Alt
Doomheim
#17 - 2014-05-08 14:50:58 UTC
Sibyyl wrote:
About 31.6 million Lightseconds.

Edit: Yep, I am surprisingly bad at math. My parents would be horrified.

You managed to get close to the 40th prime
and then were able to figure out when my birthday is.

Now think about how far others would have gotten. :)
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#18 - 2014-05-08 14:56:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Tippia
It's roughly 1/80th the width of New Eden.

You can also filter the star map by the range of your skill, by the way.


Oh, and for the daily SQL dose:
K-space width: 845,268,785,854,449,280 metres (~89.3 ly)
K-space depth: 215,604,069,482,645,952 metres (~22.8 ly)
K-space height: 957,320,693,030,119,680 metres (~101 ly)

W-space width: 1,140,132,203,746,240,256 metres (~121 ly)
W-space depth: 107,774,032,662,489,920 metres (~11.4 ly)
W-space height: 1,136,248,884,755,312,640 metres (~120 ly)
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#19 - 2014-05-08 14:56:58 UTC
Karen Avioras wrote:
same lenght as the light travels in a year. You're welcome man


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Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#20 - 2014-05-08 15:00:09 UTC
James Nikolas Tesla wrote:
I recently looked at my Remote Sensing skill and it says this:

The ability to gather and analyze remote sensing data from satellites in orbit around a planet and produce properly calibrated surveys.

Level 1: allows scans within 1 ly
Level 2: allows scans within 3 ly
Level 3: allows scans within 5 ly
Level 4: allows scans within 7 ly
Level 5: allows scans within 9 ly

Exactly how far is a lightyear? I assume it is one jump but I doubt it. Any clarification is appreciated.


1ly = 9454254955,488 Mega Metres.

IF one year has 365 days.

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