black holes and supernovas

Avnas

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since we have the whole galaxy, are we going to get stars that are in the process of going supernova?

does anyone know what happens if you fly into a black hole? are they solid? has anyone had the balls to do it yet?

i'd laugh if the black holes were actually wormholes and it's just going to take us as long as it takes somebody to fly into one to find that out.
 

Mogz

Mogz
Avnas said:
since we have the whole galaxy, are we going to get stars that are in the process of going supernova?

does anyone know what happens if you fly into a black hole? are they solid? has anyone had the balls to do it yet?

i'd laugh if the black holes were actually wormholes and it's just going to take us as long as it takes somebody to fly into one to find that out.
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to be there at the right moment, and catch a star going supernova, that would take some luck :) but a definite must see! :D
 

Cruel Coppinger

Cruel Coppinger
I think it will be hard to implement unless its done as a event by the devs

The explosion of a supernova last less than 2 minutes with peak brightness lasting no longer than a couple days.

However the red giant stage can last much longer, around 10 to 15% of the original lifespan of the star. These are already in the game.
 

Avnas

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hmm, just looking at the galaxy map.

i think when the game goes live i'll be heading in the general direction of sagittarius A*.

it should take me 1250 jumps of 20ly to get there.

oh boy. i'd better pack my star trek: voyager deep space panic button fuel scoop
 
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Jakcul

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The last supernova observed in our galaxy was in 1604, and while there may have been more that we haven't seen, they're certainly rare. Also, if Frontier did trigger a supernova, then it would be several years before light reached the nearby systems. If an observer happened to be in system when it went up, then that would be interesting. Shock wave surfing, anyone?
 

AndrewF

AndrewF
The danger, and excitement is when the nova is recent.
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from the nearest system the star would seem normal as it is a few light years away, but you jump into the system where the star went nova a few months ago... then what happens?
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:D
 

ElleShaped

ElleShaped
It's not showing -where to turn-, it's showing -where you are turning-.

It's a part of the mouse controls - you don't have it if you use a stick because you don't -need- it, since you should know where you are turning by the position of the stick.
 

Sarpy

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ElleShaped said:
It's not showing -where to turn-, it's showing -where you are turning-.

It's a part of the mouse controls - you don't have it if you use a stick because you don't -need- it, since you should know where you are turning by the position of the stick.
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Ahh! thank you
 

hobblygobbly

hobblygobbly
Supernovas, despite the size of the galaxy, are incredibly rare, not sure how it can be made in the game without detracting from the approach of being somewhat accurate.

What I'd like to see are things such as pulsars, quasars and magnetars. We already have neutron stars though!
 

Eros

Eros
well quasars are kinda out of the question, unless we have a universe sim and can go visit active galactic nuclei ;) neutron stars pulsars and magnetars are basically variants on the same class of object, would still love to check them out if they are out there though
 

adoredtv

adoredtv
There should be one supernova in the milky way every 50 years or so on average, but they aren't always visible by the naked eye. Eta Carinae has to be a suspect one would think, certainly in our neck of the woods it's the only likely suspect to go bang by 3300.
 
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aRtFuL

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hobblygobbly said:
Supernovas, despite the size of the galaxy, are incredibly rare, not sure how it can be made in the game without detracting from the approach of being somewhat accurate.

What I'd like to see are things such as pulsars, quasars and magnetars. We already have neutron stars though!
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I thought they solved the riddle of quasars already and surmised that they are in fact the center of the galaxies?
 

Eros

Eros
Thats right, but they are active galactic nuclei, and since the milkyway galactic center is fairly quiet, it isn't classed as a quasar. Quasars tend to be quite distant, young galaxies
 

madassa648

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A quasar is an active and feeding Super-Massive Black Hole. there's a very good documentary called Swallowed by a Blackhole, its done by the BBC and is well worth watching. They are in young galaxies, we've seen them in very distant thus very young galaxies and it helps set the size of the forming galaxy. Still its not something you'd want to fly into :p
 
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