Suggestion: Galaxy map - distance to objects from star

[starjump]

When looking in our powerful galaxy map computer we can see everything except the distance from the sun (FSD jump in/out point) to the bodies in the system. Would be nice when clicking a planet that it says together with all the planetary info also the distance from the main star.
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I took a mission to HUTTON orbital and of course i had to abandon it as i didnt have the 1,5 hour-ish trip to get there. It seems logical to have the distance from the main star since we have virtually all other info except that. Please consider it.
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Thank you.

 

[Neutronium]

+1 for that.

Also it would be more practical to have distances progress from light seconds to light-minutes, light-hours, light days, etc.. up to light years instead of only light seconds and then after hundreds of thousands of light seconds to jump directly to 0.00something light years.

Space Engine latest version already supports this (plus ability to change distance units: km to miles to nautical miles for short distances, AUs to light time for medium distances and light years to parsecs for large distances) and it is a one-man's project..

 

[Ixnatifual]

The distances are constantly changed due to the real-time orbits, but just showing the current distance, if possible before entering the system, would be good enough, I should think.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Erm, if the system is a known system then you can see the distance by looking at the system map. It tells you the distance from the star in AU.

For example, Earth is on average 1 AU from Sol - approx 500LS. So its a fairly easy conversion.

You see a station at 1000 AU, you know its going to be quite a trip

If its a system for which you have no data, then giving that data would be kind of wrong.

One easy way though to have a guess is that if the station is around the primary its going to usually take no more than a few minutes to reach. If its around a secondary then be prepared for a long trip.

 

[starjump]

Erm, if the system is a known system then you can see the distance by looking at the system map. It tells you the distance from the star in AU.

For example, Earth is on average 1 AU from Sol - approx 500LS. So its a fairly easy conversion.

You see a station at 1000 AU, you know its going to be quite a trip

If its a system for which you have no data, then giving that data would be kind of wrong.

One easy way though to have a guess is that if the station is around the primary its going to usually take no more than a few minutes to reach. If its around a secondary then be prepared for a long trip.

Interesting, thanks. I havent seen that so far when checking systems. Will check right away.
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Mission text stating this info would be useful though. I guess we just have to go to all systems around us before taking missions. Feels a bit old school though in the year 3000+ as you would think job givers would disclose that information to you.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Interesting, thanks. I havent seen that so far when checking systems. Will check right away.
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Mission text stating this info would be useful though. I guess we just have to go to all systems around us before taking missions. Feels a bit old school though in the year 3000+ as you would think job givers would disclose that information to you.

Well, there are not so many bad stations, and you already found the worst. Most stations, even those around secondaries usually take no more than 10 minutes to fly to.