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[[File:Star-chart_alpha-beta_quadrant.jpg|thumb|[[Alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] and [[Beta Quadrant]] [[star chart]] which depicts Beta Aurigae]]
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'''Beta Aurigae''' (or '''Menkalinan''') is a [[star system]] centered around a [[trinary star system|triple star]] located about 85 [[light year]]s from [[Sol]], located in or near [[Federation]] [[space]]. ({{TNG|Conspiracy}})
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'''Beta Aurigae''' was a [[star system]] in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. Its location was depicted on a [[Federation]] [[star chart]] in [[2293]]. ({{film|6}}, ''production art'')
   
In [[2269]], the {{USS|Potemkin|NCC-1657}} was scheduled to rendezvous with the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} in the Beta Aurigae system to conduct [[gravity|gravitational studies]] of the effects of the two major binary stars of Beta Aurigae. Before they could meet up at the system, the ''Enterprise'' received a [[distress call]] from [[Camus II]] causing the mission with the ''Potemkin'' to be delayed. ({{TOS|Turnabout Intruder}})
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In [[2269]], the {{USS|Potemkin|NCC-1657}} was scheduled to rendezvous with the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} in the Beta Aurigae system to conduct [[gravity|gravitational]] studies of the effects of the two major binary stars of Beta Aurigae. Before they could meet up at the system, the ''Enterprise'' received a [[distress call]] from [[Camus II]] causing the mission with the ''Potemkin'' to be delayed. ({{TOS|Turnabout Intruder}})
   
 
{{bginfo|Beta Aurigae was mentioned in [[DC TOS volume 1]] #56: "[[A Small Matter of Faith]]", where it was mentioned the star was a potent source of [[Berthold radiation]].}}
== Background ==
 
Beta Aurigae appeared as a small note on a very large [[star chart]] graphic created for {{e|Conspiracy}}. It was the image behind the chair in the room where [[Dexter Remmick]] was killed. It appears to be located within an outlined block, which may indicate that it was surrounded by, or was a part of, [[Federation]] territory.
 
 
Apocryphally, Beta Aurigae was mentioned in [[DC TOS volume 1]] #56: "[[A Small Matter of Faith]]", where it was mentioned the star is a potent source of [[Berthold radiation]].
 
 
Beta Aurigae is a real system in the Auriga constellation. Modern scientists have determined it is a trinary, even though only two of the stars were mentioned in TOS, when it was referred to as a binary. This is not specifically an error, however, as there are two major components, and a far smaller companion star making the third part of the system.
 
   
 
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== External links ==
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Revision as of 18:23, 1 January 2013

The Explored Galaxy

The location of Beta Aurigae in "The Explored Galaxy" star chart

Beta Aurigae was a star system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Its location was depicted on a Federation star chart in 2293. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, production art)

In 2269, the USS Potemkin was scheduled to rendezvous with the USS Enterprise in the Beta Aurigae system to conduct gravitational studies of the effects of the two major binary stars of Beta Aurigae. Before they could meet up at the system, the Enterprise received a distress call from Camus II causing the mission with the Potemkin to be delayed. (TOS: "Turnabout Intruder")

Beta Aurigae was mentioned in DC TOS volume 1 #56: "A Small Matter of Faith", where it was mentioned the star was a potent source of Berthold radiation.

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