| abstract | - In 2364, the location of the Jewel stars was labeled in a star chart that was filed in the USS Enterprise-D library computer depicted the location of the Jewel stars. (TNG: "Datalore" , "Conspiracy" , display graphic) This stellar cluster was only mentioned in writing. This star chart was drawn by Rick Sternbach for the Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology in the late 1970s. Found on page 133, the Jewel stars were described as "The jewel stars of Corona Major", Cepheid Variables who unexpectedly change brightness and color. They were a tourist attraction. Inspection of the image in the book suggested there were eight of them.
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