Fast Spinning Star

Ignion · Aug 15, 2015

[video=youtube;4nKJQ53Kz_U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nKJQ53Kz_U[/video]

Found this yesterday, I've never seen that before.
Was this some sort of bug, or was it some sort of event happening there?

Has anyone else encountered these before?

Elpapo · Aug 16, 2015

Few or I shall say, many did. I even saw one long time ago.

They are very rare, I dont think they are Bug of stellar forge.

Zelos1983 · Aug 16, 2015

Herbig Stars spin really fast, and they are ingame, though rather rare.

thehairymob · Aug 16, 2015

Looks like an O star but spinning that fast it could be a pulsar if they were in game. Maybe the closest we will see though

EUS · Aug 16, 2015

I too noticed that the Herbig stars spin very fast.

Bam · Aug 16, 2015

I have seen a few of those, and they do spin really fast.
Anyone know if they pay out more than a normal star with regard to exploration data?

Nice video, I have only looked at them from the jump in point, they look better from a distance.

EUS · Aug 16, 2015

I don't know what they pay, but a wiki lists the them as legendary in terms of rareness. http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Stars
However, it also lists the various white dwarf stars as very rare, and neutrons only as rare.

Thalkran · Aug 17, 2015

I've seen a few B or O class stars that do this in my travels. I've speculated that maybe they are very close to going supernova and are contracting. Or the game engine is confused about the proper size they should be, and made them smaller then they would otherwise be which increases their spin.

Either way, I was quite scared of the first one I found. I didn't even want to fuel scoop it.

Bam · Aug 17, 2015

I have a few logged and some O-class too, I will try to catch them when I sell the data and report back....

Kancro Vantas · Aug 17, 2015

Awesome video! and awesome finding!!

Yes, I've found 3 bodies like that, in over 120,000 ly of explorations under my belt. These are rare, as rare can get, and I mean for fast spinning bodies, whether A, B, O, or Herbig.

Yeah, could be a pulsar just is not becuase is a B, this is rather large star, pulsars are neutron star size, and even Herbigs are smaller.

This is probably a very young star, among the B stars which are already a young class.

Repped!

Ignion · Aug 24, 2015

Kancro Vantas said:
Awesome video! and awesome finding!!

Yes, I've found 3 bodies like that, in over 120,000 ly of explorations under my belt. These are rare, as rare can get, and I mean for fast spinning bodies, whether A, B, O, or Herbig.

Yeah, could be a pulsar just is not becuase is a B, this is rather large star, pulsars are neutron star size, and even Herbigs are smaller.

This is probably a very young star, among the B stars which are already a young class.

Repped!

Funny thing though, I have not started exploring yet and this is actually pretty close! Somewhat smacked in the middle of civilized space.

Ignion · Aug 24, 2015

Thalkran said:
I've seen a few B or O class stars that do this in my travels. I've speculated that maybe they are very close to going supernova and are contracting. Or the game engine is confused about the proper size they should be, and made them smaller then they would otherwise be which increases their spin.

Either way, I was quite scared of the first one I found. I didn't even want to fuel scoop it.

That would be pretty cool, if they actually implemented that mechanic, Stars entering supernova or even turning in to blackhole. Would love to see those things happening in-game, but I dont think the ships would survive such events! haha
Watching them upclose I mean.