Black star???????

[Leicki]

Happy New Year, Commanders!

Phimbeau AA-A H76
I discovered this black star and I need to know if it's true!
When I opened the galaxy map to plot a route, it's a bright Wolf-Rayet star.
But when I got there I found this!
A huge black star!
The data says it's a Wolf-Rayet class WN0 I, with 116.3828 solar masses and 8.4515 solar radii, but with a temperature of only 31 K.
As you can see in the images, on the System Information Summary screen it looks like a Y Type Star, but looking from the ship, it appears completely black.
Is this real, in the game, of course?
Since it's a Type Y and there are no other stars in the system, it's not illuminated and appears black?
If it's possible in the game, have other black stars been discovered?
I discovered it on 12/27 and revisited it today. 01/01, to make sure it wasn't an error when loading the system.

 

[Leicki]

I forgot to mention that the Codex confirms that it has a temperature of only 31 K.

 

[CMDR dkO]

Yes it is true and considering how low the temp is makes this an extremely rare find! The appearance of the Y dwarf star is just how the game displays it so it is still a WR class star.

Dance of Decay (lowest temp) & The Dark Star are publicly shared systems where you can view further details about this occurrence you have discovered

....happy new year!

 

[Leicki]

Yes it is true and considering how low the temp is makes this an extremely rare find! The appearance of the Y dwarf star is just how the game displays it so it is still a WR class star.

Dance of Decay (lowest temp) & The Dark Star are publicly shared systems where you can view further details about this occurrence you have discovered

....happy new year!

So it does exist, and it is rare indeed!

Thanks!

 

[EdzUp]

Maybe ya arrived at night

 

[Kzak]

That's a pretty rare find! +1 for sharing.

 

[Leif_Erikson]

Nice rare find and think it's also rare to find an undiscovered AA-A H system in the galaxy after over 10 years!

 

[space voyager]

Technically not a star, but definitely a rare find. Especially as a main "star".

 

[DjVortex]

It's quite ironic that Wolf-Rayet stars are usually extremely bright.

 

[Eahlstan]

It's a known bug. Frontier didn't set a lower temperature limit on WR stars.

 

[space voyager]

It's a known bug. Frontier didn't set a lower temperature limit on WR stars.

But WR stars seem be forming the whole star and sub-star spectrum. Couldn't one that is forming into a dwarf really be somewhat cold? Though perhaps not THAT cold...

 

[Leicki]

Nice rare find and think it's also rare to find an undiscovered AA-A H system in the galaxy after over 10 years!

Not so rare, because in the Phimbeau sector I discovered 53 Wolf-Rayet stars.
Phimbeau AA-A h11
Phimbeau AA-A h34
Phimbeau AA-A h50
Phimbeau AA-A h49
Phimbeau AA-A h42
Phimbeau AA-A h38
Phimbeau AA-A h61
Phimbeau AA-A h33
Phimbeau AA-A h65
Phimbeau AA-A h60
Phimbeau AA-A h57
Phimbeau AA-A h108
Phimbeau AA-A h79
Phimbeau AA-A h83
Phimbeau AA-A h89
Phimbeau AA-A h66
Phimbeau AA-A h67
Phimbeau AA-A h75
Phimbeau AA-A h68
Phimbeau AA-A h76
Phimbeau AA-A h72
Phimbeau AA-A h77
Phimbeau AA-A h82
Phimbeau AA-A h120
Phimbeau AA-A h90
Phimbeau AA-A h92
Phimbeau AA-A h114
Phimbeau AA-A h94
Phimbeau AA-A h102
Phimbeau AA-A h103
Phimbeau AA-A h115
Phimbeau AA-A h118
Phimbeau AA-A h119
Phimbeau AA-A h124
Phimbeau AA-A h122
Phimbeau AA-A h131
Phimbeau AA-A h132
Phimbeau AA-A h133
Phimbeau AA-A h145
Phimbeau AA-A h135
Phimbeau AA-A h152
Phimbeau AA-A h146
Phimbeau AA-A h155
Phimbeau AA-A h163
Phimbeau AA-A h157
Phimbeau AA-A h160
Phimbeau AA-A h168
Phimbeau AA-A h169
Phimbeau AA-A h175
Phimbeau AA-A h176
Phimbeau AA-A h184
Phimbeau AA-A h186
Phimbeau AA-A h187

 

[Leicki]

Even more so, because there are systems with more than one Wolf-
Rayet, like Phimbeau AA-A h108 which has two.

 

[Pirin]

For some reason WRs can have all kinds of bizarre colors/temperatures. I have seen them "impersonate" almost all star types: yellow, orange, red, brown, etc.

 

[LifesAJourney]

Nice rare find and think it's also rare to find an undiscovered AA-A H system in the galaxy after over 10 years!

It still happens quite often, especially close to Sag A* where many sectors have hundreds of them.

 

[Sapyx]

But WR stars seem be forming the whole star and sub-star spectrum. Couldn't one that is forming into a dwarf really be somewhat cold? Though perhaps not THAT cold...

Not out there in the real-world, no. Wolf-Rayet stars are, by definition, not protostars but giant stars (you need at least 20 solar masses for the initial star mass) that have begun to enter their final phase. They are identified by broad spectrum lines which are caused by the star emitting vast quantities of surface gas out into space at high speed. This is also why many WR stars are at the centre of nebulous bubbles of expelled gas.

All Wolf-Rayet stars are, by definition, super-super-hot. They need to be super-super-hot, in order to generate those strong solar winds that in turn generate the broad spectral lines by which they are classified. The coldest known WR stars are at around 35,000 Kelvin - or about six times hotter than our own Sun. There may not be an upper limit, but there is a lower limit.

TLDR: it's what Eahlstan said:

It's a known bug. Frontier didn't set a lower temperature limit on WR stars.

 

[DjVortex]

All Wolf-Rayet stars are, by definition, super-super-hot. They need to be super-super-hot, in order to generate those strong solar winds that in turn generate the broad spectral lines by which they are classified.

Because of how extremely bright they (usually) are, they often make for stunning visuals when combined with an atmospheric planet:

 

[HappyRogger]

Because of how extremely bright they (usually) are, they often make for stunning visuals when combined with an atmospheric planet:

Or it look completely common. But being in an atmosphere illuminated by Wolf-Rayet you anyway get a special “vibe”

 

[Doctor Dread]

A proper name for a phenomenon would be Dark Star.

Spoiler: Dark Star

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain?