Slice of 1,000-star tour

star1k tour


The itinerary for the 1,000-star trip is given in the following files.

  • star1k_tour.txt, a list of integers from 1 up to 1,000, giving the order the stars appear in the tour,
  • star1k_order.txt, the points for star1k permuted in the tour order,
  • star1k.tour, the tour in TSPLIB format.

The tour's total length is 2222.7 parsecs, measured as described on the data page.

Interactive Views

Labels -- Zoom, pan, and rotate the tour to see its 3D structure. Some well-known stars are labeled with their common names.
Rotating -- See the tour rotating in 3-space. Stars are represented by twinkling points, using color to represent each star's position in the tour. The tour is traced by colored lines.