... I don't know whether to be intrigued or frightened by the work and conclusions produced by descriptive text I can pretty much assure you I pulled out of thin air at the time I wrote the passages. in question.
I would comment that when I said that the Confederation cluster was "over a thousand light years away", I almost certainly meant "a thousand plus a little", probably best quantified as "1000-1150 or so light years". Being slightly buzzed from the first bottle of beer from my latest batch of homebrew (7% alcohol! yay!) plus more than a little drowsy at the moment even without the beer, I haven't tried to dig through the Wikipedia page you linked to, so I don't know if I just gave you a bullseye or left you with nothing.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
I would comment that when I said that the Confederation cluster was "over a thousand light years away", I almost certainly meant "a thousand plus a little", probably best quantified as "1000-1150 or so light years". Being slightly buzzed from the first bottle of beer from my latest batch of homebrew (7% alcohol! yay!) plus more than a little drowsy at the moment even without the beer, I haven't tried to dig through the Wikipedia page you linked to, so I don't know if I just gave you a bullseye or left you with nothing.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.