Are there systems in the bubble worth seeing?

Ziggy Stardust · Jul 22, 2015

There's the ringed ELWs of Virginis which I call home.

The spinning B Star R CORONAE AUSTRINI which I'm about to check out.

Are there any more in-bubble systems worth seeing?

Lima · Jul 22, 2015

There's that 0.0D orbital period moon at Epsilon Indi. Worth a sight

Sysmon · Jul 22, 2015

That fast-spinning star might be this one:
[video=youtube_share;Zgl3A_DAU-I]https://youtu.be/Zgl3A_DAU-I[/video]

This thread could be a nice companion to the Post Your Weird Systems thread, for those wanting to sightsee for a bit.

I can recommend visiting terraformed Mars, and perhaps ruminate over the evolved state of Pluto.

S

Theodore Black · Jul 22, 2015

Ross 154 ... the gas giant close to the sun is pretty spectacular (although its rings are missing from FE2) ...

Cymek · Jul 23, 2015

Sysmon said:
That fast-spinning star might be this one:
https://youtu.be/Zgl3A_DAU-I

This thread could be a nice companion to the Post Your Weird Systems thread, for those wanting to sightsee for a bit.

I can recommend visiting terraformed Mars, and perhaps ruminate over the evolved state of Pluto.

S

I actually found the terraformed Mars very disappointing considering the amount of real images we have of the planet. It would have been better if it looked like it does in real life.

Ziggy Stardust · Jul 23, 2015

I haven't got a permit for Sol. Refuse to have a rank of any kind. I find it ridiculous that there's a restriction for visiting Sol.

As an added question, does anyone know of a station/outpost very close to the sun, or to it's parent planet?

Senex VII · Jul 23, 2015

Ziggy Stardust said:
I haven't got a permit for Sol. Refuse to have a rank of any kind. I find it ridiculous that there's a restriction for visiting Sol.

As an added question, does anyone know of a station/outpost very close to the sun, or to it's parent planet?

Apart from any emotional rush from visiting "home", Sol isn't really that interesting. And there are no surprises: you end up comparing it to what you already know.

As for your added question, how close is "very close"? One of my favorite outfitters is 6 light seconds out from its star. Close enough or do you want closer?

Ziggy Stardust · Jul 23, 2015

Senex VII said:
Apart from any emotional rush from visiting "home", Sol isn't really that interesting. And there are no surprises: you end up comparing it to what you already know.

As for your added question, how close is "very close"? One of my favorite outfitters is 6 light seconds out from its star. Close enough or do you want closer?

6ls will do nicely.

I'm asking because of screenshot potential

Bought an Orca and looking for stuff to parade it in front off.

Senex VII · Jul 23, 2015

Ziggy Stardust said:
6ls will do nicely.

I'm asking because of screenshot potential Bought an Orca and looking for stuff to parade it in front off.

Then please visit Cochrane Enterprise in the Cantjarisni system. It's a coriolis station. For good deals, tell them Senex VII sent you.

Ziggy Stardust · Jul 23, 2015

Senex VII said:
Then please visit Cochrane Enterprise in the Cantjarisni system. It's a coriolis station. For good deals, tell them Senex VII sent you.

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goemon · Jul 23, 2015

Ziggy Stardust said:
As an added question, does anyone know of a station/outpost very close to the sun, or to it's parent planet?

there is also a thread with a list of spectacular outposts - close to stars, planets... somewhere, deep in this forum.

PavelKCZ · Jul 23, 2015

Ziggy Stardust said:
6ls will do nicely.

I'm asking because of screenshot potential Bought an Orca and looking for stuff to parade it in front off.

Try LHS 142. Two stars close together and Noriega port around planet which is 5-10 Ls from star. Just watch your temperature, sometimes you can arrive between those two stars.

goemon · Jul 23, 2015

goemon said:
there is also a thread with a list of spectacular outposts - close to stars, planets... somewhere, deep in this forum.

here you go: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=166321

Ziljan · Jul 23, 2015

Cymek said:
I actually found the terraformed Mars very disappointing considering the amount of real images we have of the planet. It would have been better if it looked like it does in real life.

It's a good and wise move that we finally decided to terraform Mars actually. In a couple hundred million years, the Earth will move out of the habitable zone, and for most of the next 5 Billion years, the zone will be centered on Mars instead. So if we never find a way of this rock, or even if we just want live outside a space station in the Sol system, Mars will be the only safe place within 4 LY at least.