Sag A* - ZUNUAE - FROARKS - BLEAE AEWSY - SKAUDAI - FLYIEDGAI - TRAIKEOU - BUBBLE - HEART & SOUL - LBN 623

Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
Fen Harel said:
Excellent shots Commander!

Everyone else is such a better photographer than me, ah well. I'm impressed and a little jealous. So have some Rep!
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To be honest, I did spend quite a bit of time hopping from one system to the other to get the angle I wanted, but if you look at my shots, I always use the same cheap trick.

[video=youtube;cy9-epdDw9E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy9-epdDw9E[/video]

I found that when you align the sun with some dark patch in the nebula, I liked the light-glare effect. And I milked that effect for all it's worth :)

edit: Love that shot of yours! Could use a sun though :p

Space is like a Box of Brownies ....
 
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Kancro Vantas

Kancro Vantas
Awesome Pic Log Ziggy!! Repped!!!

Doing a similar trip myself....five different destinations including Sag A*....Just passed two of them - SoL Nebula and Eta Carina- shoul dbe hitting the third one in some 10-12 days depending on time available to play!

Thanks for sharing!!!
 

Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
AzraelGFG said:
Did you scan every object in the systems you visited or did you only scan the important things like bh and Ns?
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I scanned about 10 BHs and 10 NSs after visiting Sagittarius. But I think they're boring systems, so I got out as fast as possible. There's not enough light to take pictures you see :)

Up until the first nebula I scanned most of the interesting systems. For me that's systems with Gas Giants and high metal/metal content planets at least (of course ELW, WW and AP will do nicely too). But when I scan I scan the entire system. When I decided to go nebula hopping I just wanted to get to the next one and left most of the systems unscanned.
 
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AzraelGFG

AzraelGFG
Ziggy Starduster said:
I scanned about 10 BHs and 10 NSs after visiting Sagittarius. But I think they're boring systems, so I got out as fast as possible. There's not enough light to take pictures you see :)

Up until the first nebula I scanned most of the interesting systems. For me that's systems with Gas Giants and high metal/metal content planets at least (of course ELW, WW and AP will do nicely too). But when I scan I scan the entire system. When I decided to go nebula hopping I just wanted to get to the next one and left most of the systems unscanned.
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Haha ok.At the moment im on a exploration tour myself to sag A and i just try to estimate the money i can get ;D
 

xyphic

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Good work. Have to say massive kudos to the Frontier artists and programmers who were responsible for nebulae. They're stunningly realised, and amongst all the beauty in the game they really stand out as something special.
 

drkaii

drkaii
I've been to Sag A*, Bleae Aewsy and flown underneath FROARKS. Great places, all documented in my deep space surveys.
 

Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
FROARKS was the first Nebula I really got into, and around from left,side and center. Went to Lagoon, Trifid and Omega before that, and just flew to them in a been there, done that kind of way. Which is why I'm now visiting them for a second time to take some time to faff around and look at them from different angles.

Loving your surveys by the way. Watched a couple when I made the 5,000 ly dash to where I am now.
 
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CMDR McKennitt

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Stunning shots, CMDR!

Astronomy must be a nightmare for the locals (if any) on these nebula-enshrouded Earth-like worlds. Imagine half the sky obscured out by dust… Makes it difficult to figure out your place in the Galaxy!
 

Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
CMDR McKennitt said:
Stunning shots, CMDR!

Astronomy must be a nightmare for the locals (if any) on these nebula-enshrouded Earth-like worlds. Imagine half the sky obscured out by dust… Makes it difficult to figure out your place in the Galaxy!
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Would make for interesting religions I think for the evolving aliens there.

We're skip out luck here on Earth where we need telescopes to see anything interesting besides the moon. :)
 

drkaii

drkaii
Ziggy Starduster said:
FROARKS was the first Nebula I really got into, and around from left,side and center. Went to Lagoon, Trifid and Omega before that, and just flew to them in a been there, done that kind of way. Which is why I'm now visiting them for a second time to take some time to faff around and look at them from different angles.

Loving your surveys by the way. Watched a couple when I made the 5,000 ly dash to where I am now.
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Thanks buddy, glad you enjoy them! Where are you now?

CMDR McKennitt said:
Stunning shots, CMDR!

Astronomy must be a nightmare for the locals (if any) on these nebula-enshrouded Earth-like worlds. Imagine half the sky obscured out by dust… Makes it difficult to figure out your place in the Galaxy!
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Ziggy Starduster said:
Would make for interesting religions I think for the evolving aliens there.

We're skip out luck here on Earth where we need telescopes to see anything interesting besides the moon. :)
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I don't think it would affect religion as much as it would science. Until infra-red telescopes, it would be impossible to realise that the universe is any bigger than the nebula. Getting out of the nebula is out of the question - it's hundreds of light years across!

Even if they did invent an infra-red camera, putting it onto a telescope would be a huge leap of the imagination.
 

CMDR AKIRA MASAKARI

CMDR AKIRA MASAKARI
awesome ziggy!!!!!
If you found a star in the Bubble Nebulae tagged Bubble, well, recently i've made friendship with Snakeman, and he is tagging as much as he could in the Snake sector!!!!!!

Repped anyway
 

Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
drkaii said:
Thanks buddy, glad you enjoy them! Where are you now?
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Just reached Trifid from above ... something really weird happened.

There was a great galaxyquake; and the high metal content planet became yellow as cheese made of Wensleydale, and the whole moon became like mustard; And the stars stayed where they were like figs on a figtree on a windless summer's day. Then I heard a voice of thunder saying "Come!"

I looked, and behold, space itself tore apart and a round moldy cheese like angel came forth ...
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That was quite the revelation. Needless to say I got out of there fast.

I don't think it would affect religion as much as it would science. Until infra-red telescopes, it would be impossible to realise that the universe is any bigger than the nebula. Getting out of the nebula is out of the question - it's hundreds of light years across!

Even if they did invent an infra-red camera, putting it onto a telescope would be a huge leap of the imagination.
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The Earth-like is just outside the nebula, so there would be some spacey space as well. But if it were inside, you would indeed think you're looking at the edges of the universe for quite some time. Until of course some plonker in an Asp comes knocking.

CMDR AKIRA MASAKARI said:
awesome ziggy!!!!!
If you found a star in the Bubble Nebulae tagged Bubble, well, recently i've made friendship with Snakeman, and he is tagging as much as he could in the Snake sector!!!!!!

Repped anyway
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When I just got the Asp, I went West and was browsing those COR SECTOR systems, when I spotted a SNAKE system. Zoomed out, and saw SNAKE. I think it's the first Nebula I took a screenshot off.

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I passed by there recently, and I vaguely remember a snakelike name in the tags :)
 
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