Talk:Supergalactic coordinate system

I'm glad someone posted this article, but it could use some explanation in plain english. For a non-scientist, it is virtually incomprehensible after the first couple of sentences. Star-lists (talk) 14:25, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Converting Supergalactic Coordinates to Galactic Coordinates[edit]

Can you tell me how to convert Supergalactic X,Y,Z to Galactic X,Y,Z coordinates and vice-versa? The definition in the article may suffice for scientists, but I’m an engineer, and I was hoping to be given a formula or an algorithm to convert from one to the other. Glen Deen (talk) 15:19, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Supergalactic coordinates are expressed in latitude and longitude (SGB and SGL). Galactic coordinates are also expressed in latitude and longitude (b and l). Locations on the Earth's surface are also expressed in latitude and longitude. Not three coordinates X,Y,Z, but two. There are lots of conversion websites if you just google it. 124.168.234.78 (talk) 05:05, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Glen Deen. Spherical coordinates should include the third component - distance from coordinate center. The sending into google is impolite. If we will meet aliens from another star, they will have different "galactic coordinate system", because it's definition includes the position of race homeworld. There should be developed a way to describe stars of Milky Way relative to it's center, galaxy plane, and some direction as a starting point. 46.242.10.108 (talk) 23:55, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]