Talk:Soell system

Location from Reach

By my calculations the Soell star system is about 42 Lightyears from Reach.

Based on the days and slipspace velocity of the Pillar of Autumn

August 31 - September 19 = 20 days

SS velocity of the PoA = 2.1 ly/d

20 x 2.1 = 42 lightyears.

--UNSC AI 02:32, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

My own calculations have been different. Using a velocity of 2.625 l/d and a distance of 49 lightyears, get a minimum of eighteen days in slipspace. Its well within the range of possibility - there's always been that convenient ""flexibility" to temporal flow" feature of slipspace. The distance between Iota Horologii I got from Celestia, a three-dimensional star map - I don't know how accurate it is, but it's served me well so far. -- Administrator Specops306 - Qur'a 'Morhek 10:55, January 18, 2010 (UTC)

Really?

"However, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, and Halo: Reach show that Soell is located near the edge of, if not outside, the Milky Way; Iota Horologii is roughly fifty-five lightyears from Earth, well within the boundaries of the galaxy."

This passage strikes me as odd: The view of the Milky Way Galaxy seen from the Soell system at the end of these games is clearly cribbed from a real-life astronomical shot like this. These pictures are, of course, taken from Earth, but they do not show that Earth is "near the edge of, if not outside, the Milky Way", so if it's okay, I'll remove it.--The All-knowing Sith'ari (talk) 15:19, 14 February 2013 (EST)