Community:Astronomy

This article discussed observations of the New Britannian sky. It is up to date as of Release 26, but the developers have noted that additional changes will be made.

Orbital Durations
Each satellites's orbit in New Britannian Days. All satellites hit true north at noon, except Purple which hits true north at midnight.


 * Daedalus - 7
 * Blue/Honesty - 19
 * Yellow/Compassion - 17
 * Red/Valor - 13
 * Green/Justice - 11
 * Orange/Sacrifice - 3
 * Purple/Honor - 2 -
 * White/Spirituality - 29
 * Black/Humility - 23

Constellations by Month

 * Jan. Chalice/Honor
 * Feb. Tear/Sacrifice
 * Mar. Scales/Justice
 * Apr. Sword/Valor
 * May. Heart/Compassion
 * Jun. Hand/Honesty
 * Jul. Infinity/Ethical Hedonism
 * Aug. Bell/Courage
 * Sep. Candle/Love
 * Oct. Book/Truth
 * Nov. Crook/Humility
 * Dec. Ankh/Spirituality

Days at Apex (True North)
Blue: 19h Jan 10 | Feb 1, 20 | Mar 11 | Apr 2, 21 | May 12 | Jun 3, 22 | Jul 13 | Aug 4, 23 | Sep 14 | Oct 5, 24 | Nov 15 | Dec 6, 25

Yellow: 17h Jan 9, 26 | Feb 15 | Mar 4, 21 | April 10, 27 | May 16 | Jun 5, 22 | Jul 11, 28 | Aug 17 | Sep 6, 23 | Oct 12 | Nov 1, 18 | Dec 7, 24

Red: 13h Jan 7, 20 | Feb 5, 18 | Mar 3, 16 | Apr 1, 14, 27 | May 12, 25 | Jun 10, 23 | Jul 8, 21 | Aug 6, 19 | Sep 4, 17 | Oct 2, 15, 28 | Nov 13, 26 | Dec 11, 24

Green: 11h Jan 6, 17, 28 | Feb 11, 22 | Mar 5, 16, 27 | Apr 10, 21 | May 4, 15, 26 | Jun 9, 20 | Jul 3, 14, 25 | Aug 8, 19 | Sep 2, 13, 24 | Oct 7, 18 | Nov 1, 12, 23 | Dec 6, 17, 28

Orange: 3h Jan. 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26 | Feb. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28 | Mar. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 | Apr. 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26 | May. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28 | Jun. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 | Jul. 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26 | Aug. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28 | Sep. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 | Oct. 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26 | Nov. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28 | Dec. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27

Purple: 2h All even days, however Purple is 12 hours out of sync with other orbits so it can't be involved in major alignments.

White: 29h Jan 15 | Feb 16 | Mar 17 | April 18 | May 19 | Jun 20 | Jul 21 | Aug 22 | Sep 23 | Oct 24 | Nov 25 | Dec 26

Black: 23h Jan 12 | Feb 7 | Mar 2, 25 | Apr 20 | May 15 | Jun 10 | Jul 5, 28 | Aug 23 | Sep 18 | Oct 13 | Nov 8 | Dec 3, 26

Alignments
Alignments occur when two or more orbital bodies overlap one another in the sky. Currently, all alignments occur at noon.

Major Alignments
Green + Red + Orange : Aug 19 Yellow + Green + Orange : Nov 1 Blue + Green + Orange : Dec 6 Red + Yellow + Orange : Dec 24 (479)

Minor Alignments
Orange has a total of 21 alignments due to its speed, so are not listed here. Other minor alignments are:

March 16: Red & Green April 10: Yellow & Green April 21: Blue & Green April 27: Red & Yellow May 12: Red & Blue May 15: Green & Black June 10: Red & Black June 20: Green & White June 22: Blue & Yellow July 21: Red & White Jul 28: Black & Yellow August 23: Black & Blue September 23: Yellow & White December 26: Black & White