The Galactic Mapping Project & Historical Archive of Exploration

roboteconomist · May 15, 2017

New POI

POI Name: NGC 1999
POI Type: Nebula
GalMap Ref: V380 Orionis

Desc: "A small reflection nebula in the Orion constellation near the Witch Head Nebula and the Orion-Running Man nebular complex. NGC 1999 was originally classified as a "dark nebula" because the black spot at its center was believed to be an extremely dense patch of light-absorbing gas and dust, but radio telescope observations in the early 21st Century revealed the spot was actually a hole punched in the nebular cloud. The nebula's core includes a Class A star and two Class M stars, one of which is orbited by three high metal content worlds. Due to its location, NGC 1999 has a skyline rich with some of the famous nebulae near inhabited space -- the Witch Head, Orion, and Running Man nebulae, as well as Barnard's Loop, the Horsehead Nebula and the Flame Nebula -- all of which are set against the background of its own fiery gas cloud. A visit to the 'Fiery Sky' tourist beacon on V380 Orionis C 1 is highly recommended."

Heavy Johnson · May 15, 2017

New POI:

POI Name: NGC 6886
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
GalMap Ref: CSI+19-20105

Desc: "NGC 6886 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Sagitta. It was discovered by Ralph Copeland on September 17, 1884. Long-distance observation of the nebula shows a smooth disk surrounded by an irregular shell of blue and orange colors. The nebula is a place of quiet: There are no bodies apart from the host Wolf-Rayet star."

Whitmann · May 15, 2017

POI Proposed name: Fleur-de-Lis Nebula
POI type: Nebula

Location: DRYAA PRUAE BG-X D1-2415

Description: Medium-small nebula, resembling the Fleur-de-Lis symbol from ancient Earth heraldry.

Whitmann · May 15, 2017

Proposed POI name: Blue Venn Nebula
POI type: Planetary nebula
Location: DRYIO PRAO BQ-Y E6596
Description: Vivid blue nebula surrounding a neutron star, resembling a blue Venn diagram

System first discovered by Cmdr Wulfrick

Jon474 · May 15, 2017

Cmdrs, may I respectfully request that you consider my submission for entry into the Galactic Mapping project?

POI Name: The Redstone Pocket

POI Type: Star Cluster

Systems: OOB BRUE ZZ-Y, OOB BRUE BQ-Y, OOB BRUE AV-Y, OOB BRUE XO-A, OOB BRUE BV-Y

Desc: Located in a downward drift of stars, this is a tight cluster of multiple Class B and Class A stars contained within the five systems listed. I have tagged in excess of 30 stars to log the rough position within EDSM. There are no First Discovered tags attached to any of the systems I have scanned...there may well be previously scanned systems in the systems I have not visited...obviously!

OOB BRUE BQ-Y -13520 906 30290
OOB BRUE ZZ-Y -13610 862 30090
OOB BRUE BQ-Y -13781 617 30090
OOB BRUE AV-Y -13790 502 29840
OOB BRUE XO-A -13590 469 29670

Some pictures to define its shape and position rather than to be spectacular:

There is a further cluster some 300 LY "south" of this one in the DRYU CHRIE sectors...I will leave that one for another Explorer...or for this one on another day. I would have liked to stay and explore for longer in this area - there are in excess of 3,000 Class B stars to visit.

The requested name is to commemorate Wally Schirra. This cluster was discovered whilst exploring with the brave men and women of the Mercury 7 Expedition.

Flying happy
Jon
Type-6 Explorer

CMDR Steven Bingham · May 15, 2017

New POI

POI Name: The Lost Marble Nebula

POI Type: Planetary Nebula

GalMap Ref: Tepo XP-X e1-3474

Description: Resembling a semi-translucent marble with vibrant streaks of light reds and dark blues, this planetary nebula formed around a black hole. With no light source within the system, the nebula forms a dark blue shroud over the two Class I gas giants that accompany the black hole.

Heavy Johnson · May 16, 2017

New POI:

POI Name: NGC 6803 Nebula
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
GalMap Ref: CSI+09-19289

Desc: "NGC 6803 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Aquila. The nebula was discovered on September 17, 1882 by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering. The nebula is a nice blue color and is estimated at roughly a tenth of a light year across. The nebula contains the host Wolf-Rayet star and a collection of gas giants and smaller bodies. "

Heavy Johnson · May 16, 2017

New POI:

POI Name: NGC 6804 Nebula
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
GalMap Ref: CSI+09-19291

Desc: "NGC 6804 is a blue-green bi-lobe nebula in Aquila. It was discovered on Aug 25, 1791 by William Herschel. The nebula appears to be the result of ejected stellar material from the massive and hot O-type star found at the nebula center. There are no other objects inside the nebula and little research has been done on this object."

Heavy Johnson · May 16, 2017

New POI:

POI Name: NGC 6781 Nebula
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
GalMap Ref: IRAS 19160+0626

Desc: "NGC 6781 is a planetary nebula in Aquila. It was discovered on Jul 30, 1788 by William Herschel, and described as 'a planetary nebula, faint, large, round, very suddenly brighter middle and disc, small star to northeast'. Recent observation reveals a blue-green nebula around a Wolf-Rayet star with a collection of gas giants, high-metal planets, and small rocky bodies. A single Y-class dwarf can also be found. "

dr.negativo · May 16, 2017

New limit of the galaxy.

POI type: limit of galaxy.

SYSTEM: Thaae Pruae CL-Y g7 ( if i can select NAME OF POI : CYJ )

Dears friends:

I have managed to reach below the point known as ''Colonia point'' and returned to tell:

''COLONIA POINT''

THE NEW SYSTEM

''COLONIA POINT''
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THE NEW SYSTEM
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THE NEW SYSTEM, IN
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( I could not upload this image by weight)

Getting to this site was not easy, you can only with a neutron star that is just above colony point, and you need the fuel back, I must admit that I perished on the first attempt; And because of the great suffering and great cry of my wife, I want to request, in the case of a POI being created, that its name be CYJ, in honor of my wife, thank you all.

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mtt9999 [Parabolus] · May 16, 2017

Congrats that is fantastic!

Yanick · May 16, 2017

CMDR Steven Bingham said:
New POI

POI Name: The Lost Marble Nebula

POI Type: Planetary Nebula

GalMap Ref: Tepo XP-X e1-3474

Description: Resembling a semi-translucent marble with vibrant streaks of light reds and dark blues, this planetary nebula formed around a black hole. With no light source within the system, the nebula forms a dark blue shroud over the two Class I gas giants that accompany the black hole.

You get a +1 Rep from me, even though the software won't allow me to give you more rep!
Right on Commander!
o7

mtt9999 [Parabolus] · May 16, 2017

Andrew Gaspurr said:
Hi folks,
according to the Galaxy Map and a couple of external sources, CPD-64 1940 is part of NGC 4463 and not located in a void. Could it be that you gave the wrong reference system?

Apart from that, please take into account that the GMP's naming conventions include that non-procedural deep sky objects from relevant star catalogues are not to be renamed but included in the project with their catalogue names.

Could you please check that reference system and get back here please?

Thanks in advance and thanks for the fantastic effort

Fly safe!
Andrew

Thanks for the double-checking! I completely forgot that non-procedural objects are not to be renamed... thats my fault because I just stumbled upon it without looking for it! While you are correct that this cluster is not located directly in the void between arms, it is located in a vacant part of Orion Spur adjacent to the Sagittarius Gap. The photo indicates there is this relatively empty pocket of stars and dust on the fridges of the arm adjacent to the gap.

As such, I have changed the reference system and rewitten the description as follows:

POI Name: NGC 4463 Open Cluster in Musca

POI Type: Star Cluster

GalMap Ref: HIP 60974

Desc: Lying 3,400 light years from the bubble is an open cluster of more than 25 systems dominated by a pair of 8th magnitude stars, HIP 60974 at its center and HIP 60971 at its end. At an apparent magnitude of about 7.2, the cluster is not rich, but does display a very nice zig-zag line of 10, 11 and 12th magnitude stars running through HIP 60974 from northeast to southwest. While there are a few M & K class stars nearby, the NGC 4463 Open Cluster is a galactic anomaly because of its apparent location in a relatively vacant part of Orion Spur on the fringes of the Sagittarius Gap. The stars that make up the cluster likely formed as an echo of a violent supernova explosion whose glowing gases have since blown away, leaving only these relatively massive B and F class stars. Moreover, the cluster is unique because it contains stars from numerous catalog designations: Bonner Durchmusterung / HIP / and 2Mass. The cluster contains a large ammonia world, a few water worlds, and countless gas giants. Discovered by Sir John Herschel in 1847 at the Cape of Good Hope with an 18-inch f/13 speculum telescope, he described it as follows: “Cluster VIII class; poor; scattered. The northern of two stars 8th mag taken.”

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roboteconomist · May 17, 2017

New POI

POI Name: NGC 1333 Nebula
POI Type: Nebula
GalMap Ref: NGC 1333 Sector FB-X C1-4 (closest system)

Desc: "NGC 1333 is a red-green reflection nebula located in the Perseus Molecular Cloud that was first discovered by Eduard Schoenfeld in 1855. It is the most active region of star formation within the Perseus Molecular Cloud, featuring an estimated 150 young, low-mass stars. Only one system, a 178 million year old T-Tauri star located on the outer edge of the cloud, is currently bright and distinct enough for an FSD guidance system to target, but it offers an amazing views of NGC 1333, the California Nebula and Barnard's Loop."

Heavy Johnson · May 17, 2017

New POI:

POI Name: Phantom Streak Nebula
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
GalMap Ref: BD-00 3630

Desc: "Phantom Streak Nebula (proper name NGC 6741) is a small blue-purple nebula in Aquila. The nebula appears to be rich in helium based on spectral lines. The central star is a standard Wolf-Rayet which is rapidly blowing off outer layers to form the nebula. Other than a companion M-class star, no other bodies are found inside the nebula. NGC 6741 was originally discovered by Edward Charles Pickering in 1882, and the origin of the name 'Phantom Streak' is obscure, as it was not given by Pickering."

Whitmann · May 17, 2017

Proposed POI name: Damselfly Nebula
POI type: Planetary nebula
Location: CLOOMAA YE-R E4-113
Description: Vivid blue nebula surrounding a neutron star, resembling the protruding eyes of a blue damselfly. There are no landable bodies in this system but there are many systems close by where travellers can land and bathe in the blue light of this striking nebula.

System first discovered by Cmdr Lazarhyperion

dr.negativo · May 17, 2017

New planetary nebula.

POI type: Planetary nebula + black hole

Proposed POI name: El otro ojo de SAURON (The other eye of SAURON)

SYSTEM: Wembeau KM-V e2-12

Hello again dear friends: I have found a beautiful planetary nebula that I do not see on the ''discovery'' map, this beautiful cloud of dust is reigned by a black hole, and also has planet landings. As it looks this little I remember the eye of SAURON but in blue, so I thought that could be the other eye of sauron XD XD, and nothing more thanks you and fly in peace.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...7312/EliteDangerous64_2017-05-17_13-39-59.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...9216/EliteDangerous64_2017-05-17_02-59-00.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...9665/EliteDangerous64_2017-05-17_14-01-15.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...9681/EliteDangerous64_2017-05-17_03-17-24.png

Thanks you !!!

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marx · May 17, 2017

Name: Regal and Celerity
Game map search ref: Dryaea Flee GC-D d12-3089
Description: The planet Celerity is an Earth-like world that orbit its parent, the gas giant Regal, incredibly close. It completes its orbit in only 1.26 days, and since the giant has rings that are inclined to the planet's orbit, anyone on the surface could witness incredible views even during the day. However, the night sky would be even more impressive, as the system is inside a colourful nebula.
Screenshot reference: http://i.imgur.com/zRnfTGK.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AohK4lX.png

Note: the ELW is the current record holder for the shortest orbital period on a "natural" (proc. gen., non-terraformed) ELW, due to being tidally locked to the giant. I wasn't sure if I should include this though.

roboteconomist · May 18, 2017

Updated POI

POI Name: Ring Mine
POI Type: Deep Space Outpost
GalMap Ref: 2MASS J03291977+3124572

Desc: "The Ring Mine is an asteroid facility nestled in the rocky rings of a Class V gas giant orbiting a youngish Class B star that is only a few light years outside of the NGC 1333 Nebula. It is currently controlled by the independent Deep Space Mining corporate faction and is also inhabited by a self-styled group of independent anarchists that call themselves "The Associates." Base services include the full suite of commodities trading, mission and passenger boards, cartography dealers, and crew lounge, but docking facilities are currently only equipped to provide basic refueling, repairing and restocking."

Yanick · May 18, 2017

POI Name: Cornells' Wheel
POI Type: Stellar Feature
GalMap Ref: DRYAE GREAU PT-R E4-0
Desc: This system has an unusualy high number of very Bright stars. With four class B, and two class A stars, it's an eye catching spot in the sky.
Named in tribute to the 21st century musical artist Chris Cornell, and one of his compositions 'Beyond The Wheel'

3 of the 6 stars

All 6 stars