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1254244 No.1254244 [Reply] [Original]

So I got some alien buddies coming by but I dont know the galactic address for earth..

>> No.1254252

Milky way, sun 3443324 planet 3

>> No.1254269

space is big, you need to be more specific

whats our cluster called?

>> No.1254278

>>1254269
Its called the "Local Cluster"

>> No.1254279
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1254279

Just tell them to ignore that 9th dot and it's current

>> No.1254286

>>1254244
> galactic address

So they are already in the Milky Way?

>> No.1254311

Pick three stars. Give distances to our own star and you have celestial triangulation.

>> No.1254315

they are on the edge of the big bang

>> No.1254317
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>> No.1254326

>>1254317
I like how they used constellations as the codes. Very clever because perhaps aliens are unaware of what we call other stars.

>> No.1254336

Stellar object designation "Sol", third planet (blue, green, brown, and colors inbetween) designation "Earth" or "Terra" or "Gaia".

>> No.1254338

>>1254326
Except of course for the fact that said constellations only look like that FROM earth. It holds no meaning anywhere else in the universe

>> No.1254354

OP hold on, I'm sending jamal an intergalactic graviton

>> No.1254367
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>> No.1254377

Tell him we live on the planet Miss Universe is from.

>> No.1254392

http://www.wikisky.org

>> No.1254414

I was thinking more in the format of

USA, Earth, Milky Way.......

>> No.1254442

>>1254338
Exactly, an advanced enough species could have a 3-d model of a good section of the universe and then run the shapes though the model to see what vantage points they show up at.

>> No.1254452

>>1254442

You probably have no idea of the mathematical complexity of the operation you're talking about...

>> No.1254469

>>1254452

I'm pretty sure a civilization that has mastered intergalactic travel could crunch a few numbers.

>> No.1254471

>>1254452
Aliens, sufficiently advanced, thought experiment, you're a retard, etc.

>> No.1254475

>>1254452
you probably have no idea of the processing power a fucking INTERSTELLAR SPACE SHIP would have.

>> No.1254481

Tell them its the pebble in the sky

>> No.1254485

Describe:
Alpha Centauri
Sirius
Vega

And tell them the exact distance from our sun.

>> No.1254494

>>1254490
The Milky way is that way ->

>> No.1254490

ok, ill simplify this

if I wanted to go to a friends house he would give the the addres:

555 road str
some town, CA, USA

this is on earth, earth is in the milky way

where is the milky way?

>> No.1254493

Once, you've helped them get there, tell them to read this, it might help in the future: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_coordinate_system

>> No.1254489

>>1254469
>>1254471
>>1254475

You guys should take a math class someday...

>> No.1254492

>>1254452
Hell you could probably narrow it down for them by giving them the distances between the stars, between us and the stars, our orbital pattern, our star type and composition. The more information you give the easier it would be to find us.

>> No.1254498

>>1254493
>centered on the sun
why not center it on the center of the galaxy?
It would be easier to explain to aliens.

>> No.1254506

>>1254498
Makes more sense really.

And it exists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_coordinate_system

>> No.1254508

>>1254490
Your giving out a bunch of names that would mean nothing to them. If they hadn't been here before they wouldn't understand the language. That would be like me trying to tel you to go to the Lachelae near the silae, schivaungah.

>> No.1254511

>>1254508

You mean the one right near the Gluitrda?

>> No.1254513

>>1254508
>the Lachelae near the silae, schivaungah.
how the fuck could anyone miss that it's right by the skcoielsm (in fieylkslfeld)

>> No.1254514

>>1254506
Use this OP, make sure you explain it to them

>> No.1254517

>>1254511
No, that's Jeurmsdo you're thinking of.

>> No.1254520

>>1254279
Did you guys miss this fucking picture?
That burst of lines at the left/middle is how to find earth, based on it's position relative to local pulsars, which is THE #1 most universal way anyone could ever think of to give another civilization a map to earth.

Seriously, what the FUCK /sci/. This should be common knowledge.

>> No.1254535

>>1254520
You're right.

The map in >>1254279 must be deleted from the internet and hardcopies destroyed. God help us, on no account must that image reach outer space.

>> No.1254544

>>1254535

Lol.

Oh, you.

>> No.1254547

city/state/country/planet (3)/Sol/milky way

>> No.1254555

>>1254547
>city/state/country/planet (3)/Sol/milky way/Virgo Supercluster/Universe Alpha

>> No.1254571

>>1254508
say the did

>> No.1254576

>>1254555
You forgot which arm of the milky way and the local group...

>> No.1254584

>>1254555
this is what im looking for, keep going..

>> No.1254591

>>1254571
If they've been here before, then why the FUCK WOULD THEY NEED DIRECTIONS?

>> No.1254752

>>1254591
they forgot

>> No.1254789

>>1254752

aliens have the dopest chronic in the galaxy

>> No.1254831

ZZ9 PLURAL Z α

>> No.1254929

>>1254831

I'm surprised it took that long to get to that.