Map of the (real) 40k Galaxy

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**Ratius**

Found this earlier and thought it was quite cool (apologies, its quite big).

You can right click it to open it larger.

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**Da Boss**

Huh. Been into 40K for decades and somehow thought the Eye of Terror was on the Eastern side of the galaxy.

**phillv85**

I thought it was galactic north, roughly where the storm of the emperors wrath is

Nice map though, thanks for sharing. Love looking over these things.

Edit: i’ve just seen the compass, it is north-ish haha

**Ratius**

Yme-Loc and Lugganash really dont want to be found

**kryczek**

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

**123ply**

I remember when Earth was still on the Saggitarus arm.

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Btw, why is there nothing in the centre of the galaxy? I feel like this is a dumb question, but it seems so open on the map

**jareddm**

That map's been around a long time. I first saw it about 12 years ago.

That said, if you're interested in neat 40k maps, there's this project: www.jambonium.co.uk/40kmap It's a fully interactive map of planets with a surprising level of detail.

**Tiennos**

123ply wrote:
I remember when Earth was still on the Saggitarus arm.

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Btw, why is there nothing in the centre of the galaxy? I feel like this is a dumb question, but it seems so open on the map

The current theory is that the centre of the galaxy is a really big black hole, so it'd be less likely to find inhabitable worlds in that area.

**Stevefamine**

Awesome!

**godardc**

Yeah that's an old map, you never saw it before ? I mean there has been map in evey single rulebook since I began playing about 10 years ago.
But it's always nice to see it if you somehow missed it. Way better than the new one with the cicatrix, which isn't super useful

**Ratius**

I dont recall it being in any rulebook. I thought it was fan made?

**Mercurius**

phillv85 wrote:
I thought it was galactic north, roughly where the storm of the emperors wrath is

Nice map though, thanks for sharing. Love looking over these things.

Edit: i’ve just seen the compass, it is north-ish haha

It kinda makes sense when you consider that the Chaos Wastes in Warhammer Fantasy are also in the freezing northlands, because chaos vikings.