Astrometrics

USS Voyager's astrometrics lab

Astrometrics is a specialized lab used aboard Federation starships for stellar cartographic purposes. The best known example is the astrometrics lab on the USS Voyager, which was designed by Ensign Harry Kim and Seven of Nine. Astrometrics is used for charting stars, planets, nebulae, and other stellar bodies. It contains a large wraparound wall screen which can display a stellar region three dimensionally. There are a series of control panels to manipulate the screen. The area below the screen and in front of the control panels may be used as a stage during presentations. Astrometrics also includes three workstations on the side wall. Seven spent many hours in the lab mapping and cataloging bodies which the ship encountered.

For convenience or advanced analysis, Astrometrics can also be used for communicational purposes or even a workplace for easy access to sensor information. Astrometrics was used by the crew of Voyager to communicate with Earth once contact was established through the Pathfinder Project.

Ensign Harry Kim and Seven of Nine updated Voyager's astrometrics lab at the request of Commander Chakotay in 2374. According to Chakotay, the lab had not been updated since Voyager left spacedock. (VOY: "Revulsion").

In an alternate reality, Naomi Wildman and Icheb worked in astrometrics once they became Starfleet officers. (VOY: "Shattered")

The astrometrics lab first appeared in "Year of Hell". It displayed many images from the Hubble space telescope.

An apparent continuity error occurred in "Shattered" when Janeway commented that they did not have an astrometrics lab, while they were on their way to scan the ship. This contradicts the "update" mentioned in "Revulsion".