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Heavy Johnson

Heavy Johnson
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POI Name: Pelican Nebula
GalMap Ref: North America Sector JH-V c2-26

Desc: "The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067) is an ionized cloud of interstellar atomic hydrogen associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name. The Pelican Nebula is divided from its more prominent neighbour, the North America Nebula, by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust. "

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POI Name: North America Nebula
GalMap Ref: North America Sector LC-V c2-3

Desc: "The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America on old Earth, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico. It is sometimes incorrectly called the 'North American Nebula'. The North America Nebula and the nearby Pelican Nebula are in fact parts of the same interstellar cloud of ionized hydrogen. "

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Heavy Johnson

Heavy Johnson
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POI Name: Star of India
GalMap Ref: Star of India

Desc: "This massive O9 star is named after the famous 'Star of India' sapphire, one of the largest gems of that type. The gem almost flawless and is unusual in that it has stars on both sides of the stone. "

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Author's note: FDev is being really strange here; the star (HIPP 98,298 / HD 226,868) is also known as Cygnus X-1 and is famous as being a black hole which generates one of the strongest X-ray sources seen from Earth. Why FDev didn't include this is beyond me.
 
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Heavy Johnson

Heavy Johnson
New POI

POI Name: Blinking Nebula
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
GalMap Ref: BD+50 2869

Desc: "The Blinking Nebula is a typical red and green planetary nebula. When viewed through a small telescope from Sol, the brightness of the central star overwhelms the eye when viewed directly, obscuring the surrounding nebula. A distinctive feature of this nebula are the two bright patches on either side, which are known as Fast Low-Ionization Emission Regions, or FLIERS. They appear to be relatively young, moving outwards at supersonic speeds.

In addition to the O6 primary star, several smaller solar bodies can be found."

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Heavy Johnson

Heavy Johnson
New POI

POI Name: Iris Nebula
POI Type: Nebula
GalMap Ref: Iris Sector EL-Y D22

Desc: "The Iris Nebula, also NGC 7023 and Caldwell 4, is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. This nebula is approximately 6 Light-years in diameter. Scientists once believed this nebula was lit by emission from star HD 200775, but as of 3303 that star is located over 230 light-years away. "

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Heavy Johnson

Heavy Johnson
POI Update:

POI: Mammon (IC 1287 Neblua) - NOTE "Nebula" is mis-spelled, please fix
GalMap Ref: Mammon

Image addition only:
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Heavy Johnson

Heavy Johnson
POI Update:

POI: Parrot's Head - REQUEST CHANGE TO "Parrot Head Nebula" (more accurate)
GalMap Ref: Parrot's Head Sector JC-U b3-5

Desc: "Parrot Head Nebula, also known as Bernard 87, is a small absorption nebula. As it mainly blocks light and emits very little, it is difficult to see even at close range. No star is present inside this nebula and the nearest stars are more than 10 Ly distant.

Photo has been enhanced to make the nebula visible and show structure. "

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Heavy Johnson

Heavy Johnson
New POI:

POI: HIP 12028
POI Type: Stellar Features
GalMap Ref: HIP 12028

Desc: "Only 800 Ly from Sol, this super-cool carbon star is available to casual explorers. With a surface temperature of only 1172K and a radius 114 times larger than Sol, it looks like an enormous Y-class dwarf, looming huge even over distant gas giants. "

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Olivia Vespera

Olivia Vespera
Having looked at the EDSM's traffic data video,

I would like to suggest that we name the region of space contained within the points, The Bubble, Colonia, and Sagittarius A* as The Big Cheese

[video=youtube;WZWGKX75RRY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWGKX75RRY[/video]

One can quite clearly see the galactic trangle that makes up The Big Cheese.

Thoughts?
 

Heavy Johnson

Heavy Johnson
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POI Name: Amundsen Terminal
GalMap Ref: Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10

Desc: "Amundsen Terminal – Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10, planet 1

One of the Colonia Connection Highway outposts, constructed in October 3302. Located inside the Lagoon Nebula, this is the second of the deep-space outposts on the route from the bubble to Colonia. The outpost is named for explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen. Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions on Earth. He led the Antarctic expedition of 1910–12 which was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911. In 1926, he was the first expedition leader for the air expedition to the North Pole. Amundsen is recognized as the first person, without dispute, as having reached both poles."


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marx

marx
I'd like to request two minor corrections.
For the NGC 1893 cluster: please replace "The cluster is just beyond the reach of current FSD technology." with "The cluster requires an engineered frameshift drive or the use of FSD boosts to reach."
For 3 Geminorum: please replace "The southern-most non-procedural star" with "The southern-most non-procedural star that can be reached with current FSD technology".

Thanks in advance!
 

Heavy Johnson

Heavy Johnson
I submitted this update back on 04/01/2017, but it never appears to have been entered:


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Name: Witch Head Nebula
POI type: Nebula
System ref.: HIP 23759
Description:

"Witch Head Nebula is named for it's appearance (from Sol) to the legends of evil women with magic powers. The blue-brown nebula is roughly 25 Ly by 25 Ly by 40 Ly and sits 900 Ly from Sol. Reference system HIP 23759 is located directly above the nebula, providing good views.

Witch Head Nebula was the site of interest in 3302, when alien 'barnacles' were discovered among systems near the nebula, similar to discoveries in the Pleiades and California Nebula."

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Erimus Kamzel

Erimus Kamzel
Added :
  • Bowl of Chillies - added but pending trilateration
  • Blinking Nebula
  • Iris Nebula
  • HIP 12028

Updated:
  • Dumbbell Nebula
  • Veil Nebula West
  • Veil Nebula East
  • Pelican Nebula
  • North America Nebula
  • Star of India
  • Helix Nebula
  • Mammon
  • Parrot Head Nebula
  • Stellar Bowtie
  • Amundsen Terminal
  • NGC 1893
  • 3 Geminorum
  • Witch Head Nebula

Not added at this time :
  • HIP 100391 - mis-classified stars are too common to add as POIs.


Thanks to ibanix, marx, and Zil Zalo for the latest entries and updates [up]
 

Whitmann

Whitmann
I've found three systems within a few jumps of each other near Beagle Point which, between them, have all mats needed for all FSD boosts...is this worth submitting to EDSM or are you just after single "green" systems?
 

Erimus Kamzel

Erimus Kamzel
Zil Zalo said:
I've found three systems within a few jumps of each other near Beagle Point which, between them, have all mats needed for all FSD boosts...is this worth submitting to EDSM or are you just after single "green" systems?
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Single green systems.

There are also 3 green systems close to Beagle Point already (inc. BP itself), so there's no need to add more from that region :)
 

Whitmann

Whitmann
Erimus said:
Single green systems.

There are also 3 green systems close to Beagle Point already (inc. BP itself), so there's no need to add more from that region :)
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Fair 'nuff :)

PS - I had no idea BP was itself a green system. I got so excited about getting there earlier I quite forgot to scan everything (going back tomorrow, though).
 
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Andrew Gaspurr

Andrew Gaspurr
The Black Widow Pulsar

POI: Pulsar
System ref.: PSR J1959+2048

Description: The Black Widow Pulsar is an eclipsing binary millisecond pulsar discovered in the late 20th century. It was presumed to orbit with a brown dwarf companion so tightly that the gravitational pull and heavy radiation of the neutron star created a bow shock of material, thus eventually destroying the companion brown dwarf. As of 3303 AD the brown dwarf seems to have been destroyed already since the system only holds a couple of gas giants.

Also, the pulsar was estimated to move across the galactic plane at a speed of appr. one million miles per hour, which would be more than 20 times the speed of Sol. Subsequent pulsars were eventually found with similar features, hence forming their own 'class' of Black Widow Pulsars eventually.

First Discovery goes to CMDR Neville Clavain.

Image:

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Video Simulation:

https://vimeo.com/83630430
 
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I Am Yeti

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GRU HYPUE MA-D C13-13

This is a 4 star system with the A and B stars very close together, less than the radius of the A star which is about 0.85 solar radius.

It's about halfway between Gagarin Gate (Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31) and Mitchell's Legacy (Boewnst AA-A h33).

CMDRs entering this system in a direction coming from Colonia towards the Bubble should take caution as they could drop very close to the B star.

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