Astronomy

First of all, I have to say if it wasn't for the Nitpicker's Guide to Sailor Moon I would never even have assumed that there is anything astronomical to say about the Starlights. So thank you for those amazing nitpicking powers.

So, we know that senshi are always representive of an astronmical body. And didn't you, just as I did, assume that - them being among the last senshi to appear - there was no real astronomical body left for them to represent?

For those that have read Seiya's name section, it is now time to recall what the name Kou Seiya translates to. For those that haven't, never mind, as I'm going to repeat it anyways. "Kou Seiya" roughly translates to "The Star Field Light". And now, the big surprise; something called the Star Field Light actually does seem to exist.

The Star Field Light, the Atmospheric Light (does this maybe remind you of Taiki?) and the Night Sky Light (you've guessed it, this refers to Yaten) are apparently myraid sources of light in the evening sky.

The Star Field Light originates from distant stars which cannot be seen by the human eye. Its intensity is 66×10-9 erg/cm2 s sr Å.

( Å = Angstroms (10Å = 10-9 m (meters)); 1 erg = 10-7 J (Joules); s = seconds; cm = centimeters; sr = steradians (solid angle unit; 1 sphere = 4 pi steradians = 12.57 steradians); )

Source - The Nitpicker's Guide to Sailor Moon

Now, who would have guessed that? I surely wouldn't have.

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