Must be. The Spock in me tells me "don't do it, there are far too many systems to search - you are wasting you're time." The Kirk in me says "hey, there might be a green skinned hottie with 3 ; lets head over there. Sometimes, Kirk wins.
So I just jumped 900LY to the "East" side of SYNUEFE Sector. Think it was 98 jumps from FEHU and my plan was to follow the same declination to the right. I'd like to tell you that it was rich with stuff, but it was actually more like a void of anything worthwhile. A very dismal area of the sector. Hours of my life that I will never get back.