Coalsack Nebula.. Any points of interest?

[777Driver]

Have done most of the nearby Nebulae, for some reason I have never been to the coalsack Nebula. Decided I will blast over there tonight and take a look. Does anyone have any good points of interest or places to check out enroute?

Did a search on Google, pulled up this topic, but the pics are no longer active - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=81756

Cheers

 

[Ambivalent]

if you didn't visit it yet then HIP 63835 is fairly close to the coalsack, shapley 1 is over that way as well maybe?

 

[Hellhawk666]

if you didn't visit it yet then HIP 63835 is fairly close to the coalsack, shapley 1 is over that way as well maybe?

Acrux and HR 5422 are also in the vicinity of HIP 63835 and well worth a visit - these 3 systems are on a fairly direct course to the Coalsack. There's also several big stars such as b Lupi in the area.

The 'Sack' itself is interesting, but not amazing. It actually looks better from a distance. The view from the rimwards side looking towards the galactic core, with dust clouds obscuring the galactic plane, is worth seeing.

 

[777Driver]

if you didn't visit it yet then HIP 63835 is fairly close to the coalsack, shapley 1 is over that way as well maybe?

Hi, yes I have been there to see the black hole, I plan to return again tonight while enroute. Thanks for the info on Shapley, it is actually quite a bit past Coalsack, will head over there anyway once I have explored the Nebula.

Chees

 

[Abil Midena]

...The 'Sack' itself is interesting, but not amazing. It actually looks better from a distance. ..

I thought the exact same thing about Orion nebula and Witch Head nebula. I got inside it and it looked exactly like normal systems. Disappointed.

 

[777Driver]

I thought the exact same thing about Orion nebula and Witch Head nebula. I got inside it and it looked exactly like normal systems. Disappointed.

You cant get inside Witch head. Orion and Barnard's is absolutely stunning, at least in VR, so I can't imagine it not being amazing on a 4k screen. Once inside any nebulae, you have to SC well away from any of the stars before you can appreciate the surrounding clouds.

 

[Abil Midena]

You cant get inside Witch head. Orion and Barnard's is absolutely stunning, at least in VR, so I can't imagine it not being amazing on a 4k screen. Once inside any nebulae, you have to SC well away from any of the stars before you can appreciate the surrounding clouds.

When I say 'inside' I mean about 60 LY into the grouping of stars. I dunno though. I thought 2000 LS was far enough away, and I didn't see squat once I got 60 LY in. ???

 

[777Driver]

When I say 'inside' I mean about 60 LY into the grouping of stars. I dunno though. I thought 2000 LS was far enough away, and I didn't see squat once I got 60 LY in. ???

Sorry, pics are taken in the rift so dont translate well to 2D. These are pics from nearby witchead & Orion/Barnard's about a month ago. The blue was inside a planetary nebula near Witchhead. Mind blowing seeing these clouds in real size

 

[Abil Midena]

777...

I saw the witch head like you have them. I did NOT see anything like the one pic you have where everything looks aqua. I also saw the orion like you have, but did NOT see anything like the last pic where you are surrounded by red clouds.

It seemed almost like when I got too close to the nebulae, space was just like normal. Graphic setting???

I have:
Model draw dist: max.
Texture: high.
Shadow: high.
bloom: med.
blur: on.
AA: SMAA.
Super S: 1.5.
Amb occlu: off.
environ qual: Ultra.
FX qual: High.
Reflection: High.
Material: Ultra.
Gal map: high.

With the exception of shadow qual and bloom, those are the max settings possible that are listed. Ideas? (sorry if highjacking thread).

 

[777Driver]

No worries about hijacking, I got good info. regarding your issue, not really sure mate. My settings are the same as yours, pretty much maxed. Only difference is I edited some config files to increase planet textures to 4096 in Ultra. That shouldn't make any difference to Nebulae

 

[InMemoriamSirocco]

Hip 62154:

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Musca Dark Region HM-V C2-45 (just for the stunning background visuals)

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Musca Dark Region BG-Y D91

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[777Driver]

Amazing I think I will be spending a lot more than one night in this region. Thanks!

 

[InMemoriamSirocco]

Amazing I think I will be spending a lot more than one night in this region. Thanks!

You're welcome! When I came back to Pratchett's Disc, I was 1.4 million credits richer. I am sure you can top that

 

[Kaeldian]

Took two trips to that area. The cloud itself is fun to watch as you get closer, but it's ultimately a disappointment. I usually head down to Chameleon after that. Not much out there, but there are a ton of things in the Swoir sector beyond that that is still largly undiscovered if your looking to get your name on a few systems.

 

[Rasilon]

Please let me know if you find Moties?