Hi all
I've decided to base my own exploration career on checking out as many of the Kepler systems and KOIs (Kepler Objects of Interest) as I can find in the GalMap, and right now I'm a little under a week into my first 'Kepler Tour', having visited Kepler-10, Kepler-100 and KOI 85 (in passing), and am now on my way to Kepler-101. I know this is something that will almost certainly keep me busy for a long time to come, especially as I plan on interspersing my explo-runs with time in the bubble to do other stuff.
What I am curious to know, however, is how many of the identified Kepler- and KOI systems are actually included in the GalMap. The last numbers I saw for real-world data suggested something on the order of 450+ Kepler systems, and (IIRC) 4,500-ish KOI systems, taken from the original KIC list of 150,000 stars. Now, I know the Kepler- and KOI lists are being updated almost daily in the real world, so I'm wondering if the Dev team are updating the GalMap periodically to include this new data (along with other new discoveries as they come along), or if there's a fixed number 'hard-coded' into the GalMap at time of release that won't change.
Does anybody know? If any of the Devs involved in GalMap development are reading and have that info, any chance of a rough count?
Thanks in advance.
I've decided to base my own exploration career on checking out as many of the Kepler systems and KOIs (Kepler Objects of Interest) as I can find in the GalMap, and right now I'm a little under a week into my first 'Kepler Tour', having visited Kepler-10, Kepler-100 and KOI 85 (in passing), and am now on my way to Kepler-101. I know this is something that will almost certainly keep me busy for a long time to come, especially as I plan on interspersing my explo-runs with time in the bubble to do other stuff.
What I am curious to know, however, is how many of the identified Kepler- and KOI systems are actually included in the GalMap. The last numbers I saw for real-world data suggested something on the order of 450+ Kepler systems, and (IIRC) 4,500-ish KOI systems, taken from the original KIC list of 150,000 stars. Now, I know the Kepler- and KOI lists are being updated almost daily in the real world, so I'm wondering if the Dev team are updating the GalMap periodically to include this new data (along with other new discoveries as they come along), or if there's a fixed number 'hard-coded' into the GalMap at time of release that won't change.
Does anybody know? If any of the Devs involved in GalMap development are reading and have that info, any chance of a rough count?
Thanks in advance.
I might try doing something similar.. time to check my phone's Exoplanet app for a list of possible candidates 
