Sol Classified as a type - G yellow dwarf star , Sol ( also known as The Sun ) was the primary for the Sol system . This system was located within a stellar cluster in Sector 001 ( or Sol sector ) , a region of space in the Alpha Quadrant . Location . Sol was located less than ninety light year s from the primary of the Qo ' noS system , a Beta Quadrant system . ( ; , " production art " ) Solar system maps . In the late 19th century , the position of Sol was depicted on a German map of the inner system . ( , " opening credits " ) In 2254 , the position of Sol was depicted on a map of the inner system , which was stored in the library computer . This was one of the records scanned by the Talosian s . ( , " production art " ) In 2267 , the position of Sol was depicted on " Chart 14A : The Sol System " , which was stored in the " Enterprise " library computer . This chart was scanned by the probe " Nomad " in Auxiliary Control . ( , " production art " ) Star charts . In the 2270s , the location of Sol , and its largest planet Jupiter , was labeled on a neighborhood of astronomical objects , which was stored in the " Enterprise " library computer . This was one of the records scanned by " V ' ger " . ( , " production art " ) In 2293 , the location of Sol was labeled in a map of the Milky Way Galaxy . This map was on a wall of Captain James T . Kirk ' s quarters aboard the . ( , " okudagram " ) In 2364 , the location of Sol was labeled in a star chart of a stellar neighborhood with Sol at the center . This chart was stored in the library computer . Later that year , the chart was scanned by Outpost 63 . ( , " production art " ; ) History . Sol began to form out of nebula r dust and interstellar gas es around 5 billion years ago . ( ) For centuries , Human s believed that Sol revolved around Earth . When the scientist Galileo Galilei publicly challenged this belief in the early 17th century , by teaching that the opposite was true - that Earth revolved around Sol , he was tried and convicted by an inquisition . The inquisition ordered that his books be burned . ( ; ) In February of 2152 , Captain Jonathan Archer pointed Sol out to Keyla Terrana in the Risa n night sky . ( ) In April of 2153 as was returning home due to the Xindi attack on Earth , Ensign Travis Mayweather notified Captain Jonathan Archer that Sol could be seen on the ship ' s viewscreen . ( ) During the mid - 23rd century on at least two accounts , the crew of the used Sol to assist in a method of time travel known as the slingshot effect after they had been sent to the past . ( ) In the year 2286 , the crew of " " used the " slingshot effect " to travel to the year 1986 , and once again in that year to return to 2286 . ( ) Appendices . Background information . In a filmed but deleted Kirk voice - over which originally introduced , Sol was mentioned by Kirk as one of multiple " specks of dust " while the " Enterprise " was on a heading out of the Milky Way Galaxy . ( " Where No Man Has Gone Before " ( Rare and Unaired Alternate Version ) , TOS Season 3 Blu - ray special features ) Sol appeared in the first shot of the opening sequence of the remastered , seen surrounded by the Earth , the moon , Jupiter , and Saturn , before the started its exploration of the unknown space . The viewscreen graphic on the bridge of the from was taken from page T0 : 02 : 07 : 02 of the " Star Fleet Technical Manual " by Franz Joseph . Many of the names for astronomical bodies were unique to this book . The star chart naming stars within twenty light years of Sol was drawn by Rick Sternbach for the " Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology " in the late 1970s . Found on page 77 , this chart showed Earth commercial and exploration routes after the use of warp drive began .