The purpose of this site is to maintain maps and documentation on the region of the Milky Way galaxy within about ten thousand parsecs (about thirty thousand light years). You can find

• an introduction to this site here
• the beginning of a collaborative book here including a section on the data sources used to create the map
• a blog where I occasionally mention changes I've made or plan to make to this site.

Please comment here if you happen to drop by. (In order to comment, you have to register by using the link on the left to create an account - it only takes a couple of minutes.) If you are interested in helping out with research or writing, please say so.

You can also email me:

kevinjardine at yahoo.com