[LIST] HORIZONS' WONDERS

dognosh · Dec 13, 2015

WARNING : Since FD started bug fixing these, I don't know what is still out there until I visit all of these wonderful locations (I will get to it soon)

Please point me towards strange and wondrous features on the surface of planets/moons and also interesting planetary bodies because of size or proximity to other bodies/stars. Eventually I would like to have categories like CRATERS , MONOLITHS, PROXIMITY, VALLEYS , MOUNTAINS and MOUNTAIN RANGES, and more !
I do not mind duplicates, in fact I encourage it . 2 amazing, but similar, CRATERS for example , might be 300LYs and 6000LYs from SOL, and one or the other might be closer to a CMDR for his/her pilgrimage.

Remember, I want special , extraordinary , challenging or "different" entries

One stipulation, I need Location or it won't qualify to go here. The whole point of this thread is for our intrepid explorers to go visit these sites !
thanks

If your find is purely planetary in weirdness or oddity then post it in Dr Kaii's thread https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=205848

p.s. The names are Authors, not first discoverer(even if you were first). I want to avoid headaches & disputes like "I posted this first in Reddit"

LOCAL = Inside the inhabited "bubble"
TYPE in red = If the type of this wonder is in red then you might have to hurry to see it as it could be fixed soon !!! (like a bad, embarrassing or game breaking glitch/bug

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UNIQUE(so far)

TYPE

AREA/NEBULA

SYSTEM

LAT

LON

DISTANCE FROM SOL(LYs)

NICKNAME

DESCRIPTION

SCREENSHOT

VIDEO

THREAD LINKS

AUTHOR

G RATING

OVERALL RATING(5 Stars)

CANYON

LOCAL

URANUS (ARIEL)

140.5

-5.5

0.0

10km deep canyon, you've got to fly this !!!

VIDEO

Rogier Schaaf

0.03

CRATER

LOCAL

ANURINJUNG (2A)

27

142

~146

LESTER'S PLATEAU

Crater with vertical walls flush with the ground and huge flat mountain in the middle !!!

VIDEO (thanks GhostRaven)

THREAD

Cmdr Khelder (Nickname in honour of his father)

0.26

DEEP CRATER

HIP 38064 (2)

-4.8

41.75

~1200

Deep 100km Crater

VIDEO (Thanks 777Driver)

Kronek

0.26

FAST ORBIT

LOCAL

EPSILON INDI (MITTERAND HOLLOW)

11.8

Try catching that moon !

VIDEO

THREAD

Cmdr Ziljan

0.09

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MONOLITH

LOCAL

ALTAIS (2B)

2

47

97.43

HOPPRYNGIL MONOLITH

It is a MONOLITH !!!

VIDEO

THREAD

Cmdr Hoppryngil

0.05

****

NEBULA

PLEIADES

MAIA

383

Beautiful, see thread

VIDEO

THREAD

Cmdr Ziljan

PROXIMITY

HD 49368 (1,2 & 3)

1615

LøLWUT HELL

Try landing there and not frying !

DISCOVERY DETAILED JOURNEY

Cmdr Lølwut

1.3

****

VERY HIGH G

HD 148937 (3)

~1400

Very high G, landing possible ?

Shadmar LANDING TAKEOFF

POST

lazarhyperion

9.77

TYPE

AREA/NEBULA

SYSTEM

LON

LAT

DISTANCE FROM SOL(LYs)

NICKNAME

DESCRIPTION

SCREENSHOT

VIDEO

THREAD LINKS

AUTHOR

G RATING

OVERALL RATING

VERY RARE

TYPE

AREA/NEBULA

SYSTEM

LAT

LON

DISTANCE FROM SOL(LYs)

NICKNAME

DESCRIPTION

SCREENSHOT

VIDEO

THREAD LINKS

AUTHOR

G RATING

OVERALL RATING(5 Stars)

FLAT MOUNTAIN(with vertical walls)

HAT-P-7 (4)

-57

-91

~1044

WESTEROS

Like a jagged Creme Caramel

THREAD

Fozz20

2.25

FLAT MOUNTAIN(with vertical walls)

NGC 6357 SECTOR HH-V C2-46 (3)

-21

7

~8162

RUPES INSANIA

POST

starry

1.31

GRAPHICAL ANOMALY

LOCAL

LFT 65 (2A)

~33

Moon ring clipping moon

THREAD

grnbrg

0.15

GRAPHICAL ANOMALY

LOCAL

HIP 44520 (BRADSHAW VISION)

-16

-168

~175

Part of a space station floating in orbit

THREAD

Avago Ero

0.24

GRAPHICAL ANOMALY

LOCAL

RAIDENWITHA (7A)

~170

Planet and Ring clipping

THREAD

DakotaTheWolf

0.18

HIGH G

LOCAL

ACHENAR (3 ,permit required)

139.45

Large planet with high G, difficult landing

GhostRaven LANDING & TAKEOFF

THREAD

Cmdr Ziljan

6.73

***

HIGH G

28 ETA ORIONIS (3)

901

High G, difficult landing

POST

Cmdr Stulli

6.59

***

PROXIMITY

LOCAL

BETELGEUSE (2)

497.97

Look at the size of that !!!

THREAD

Cmdr Alex Brentnall

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TYPE

AREA/NEBULA

SYSTEM

LON

LAT

DISTANCE FROM SOL(LYs)

NICKNAME

DESCRIPTION

SCREENSHOT

VIDEO

THREAD LINKS

AUTHOR

G RATING

OVERALL RATING

RARE

TYPE

AREA/NEBULA

SYSTEM

LAT

LON

DISTANCE FROM SOL(LYs)

NICKNAME

DESCRIPTION

SCREENSHOT

VIDEO

THREAD LINKS

AUTHOR

G RATING

OVERALL RATING(5 Stars)

CRATER

PLEIADES

PLEIADES SECTOR GW-W C1-15 (1)

60

6

400

Crater with vertical walls above ground

SCREENSHOT

VIDEO

THREAD

Cmdr Anuranium & Cmdr Dognosh

0.08

****

CRATER

LOCAL

LHS 1963 (1A)

32

37

28.11

Crater with vertical walls above ground

THREAD

Cmdr Rancid Rance

0.03

CRATER

LOCAL

JUNGA (1)

36

-128

~135

Crater with vertical walls above ground

THREAD

Gromit240

0.07

CRATER

LOCAL

HIP 16650 (3C)

~250

8 shaped (or peanut shaped) crater

THREAD

Cmdr Cheese Wedge

CRATER

SWOILZ HE-U C5-5 (1A)

-30

-9.7

~600

Deep crater

POST

Cmdr Rainbow Trout

LANDSCAPE

SYNUEFE NI-R C21-2 (8B)

~350

DRAGNET

Canyons galore !

THREAD

Cmdr Cheese Wedge

0.07

LANDSCAPE

PRAEA EUQ BA-P C19-22 (1A)

~1400

CLAWS

Many many canyons !

VIDEO

THREAD

HVG

0.12

TYPE

AREA/NEBULA

SYSTEM

LON

LAT

DISTANCE FROM SOL(LYs)

NICKNAME

DESCRIPTION

SCREENSHOT

VIDEO

THREAD LINKS

AUTHOR

G RATING

OVERALL RATING

Alex Brentnall · Dec 13, 2015

Was thinking of making a list like this myself but don't have time tbh.

Not a landing feature but I'd have to say Betelgeuse for the epic sunrise/skyscene. Will report any other features as and when I find them

:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=205806

dognosh · Dec 13, 2015

Alex Brentnall said:
Was thinking of making a list like this myself but don't have time tbh.

Not a landing feature but I'd have to say Betelgeuse for the epic sunrise/skyscene. Will report any other features as and when I find them :
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=205806

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I forsee a problem on tuesday alex, when the beta forums go away, I suggest you copy paste your first post in to another thread or here, as my link will be null and void otherwise

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ZILJAN's first post in his ACHENAR thread(it is in beta forum and will be lost)

Ziljan said:
I've noticed that on Achenar 3, the safest and quickest way to land is to pick out a nice flat region, fly down around 3-4 km and then point your ship straight upward, adjusting your rear engine throttle to slow your descent. Because of the extreme gravity, you will still fall Down, but it will be gentle and controlled. If you start to gain altitude, just feather FA off until you are gently falling again. The side thrusters are too weak to use reliably like this, but the rear engines are quite powerful even on slow heavy ship like the Keelback. Once you are at about 15-30 m above the ground, and going ~0 m/s, reduce your throttle to zero, pitch forward until you are level and hovering. Put 4 pips to shields, and gently tap FA off while using your weaker dorsal thrusters slow the remainder of your decent.

This technique will allow you land in under a minute while taking Zero damage in a any ship. Even in 6.73g.

I think the Autopilot recall animation should reflect this rear thruster mechanic. Especially since it can land embarrassingly quickly . I have noticed from the third person camera, that even when pointing straight up while hovering, your dorsal thrusters are still animated at a full blue cones, even though they aren't actually pushing you sideways or being manually engaged. And the rear engines don't kick up dust as your back into the planet. Small graphical bugs that ruin an other wise very cool 3rd person screen shot

Alex Brentnall · Dec 13, 2015

dognosh said:
I forsee a problem on tuesday alex, when the beta forums go away, I suggest you copy paste your first post in to another thread or here, as my link will be null and void otherwise

Good point, I've asked if moderators would mind moving it into the exploration sub-forum, if not I have the pictures saved so I'll create a new version and post you a link over here

Stulli · Dec 13, 2015

What about 28 ETA ORIONIS [3]?

6.59 G and a stunning view, does not need permit (like Achenar), 901 LYs from Sol

I managed to land on it without damage, took me about 20 minutes to find a landable place.

Rear view

And did you know what sound a rotating Asp makes near the surface of High-G-Planets? Sounds like it is in a scrap press. Turn up the volume

[video=youtube_share;bJ3sh-Gki1g]https://youtu.be/bJ3sh-Gki1g[/video]

dognosh · Dec 13, 2015

Added, thanks

hoppryngil · Dec 14, 2015

Many thanks for making this, it's great to have all the interesting finds listed in one location. Love your description of the Monolith

dognosh · Dec 14, 2015

Stulli said:
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2 of us where there last night, oh the humanity

He landed perfectly
I landed, and was down to 2% hull !!!

Buggy ride was excellent as the gravity sticks you to the "tarmac" like a Formula 1 car
He took off to 10k to find a decent mountain/crater for us
He found a mountain
Then he tried to land near me and SPLAT, he died

hoppryngil · Dec 14, 2015

dognosh said:
2 of us where there last night, oh the humanity

lol, sounds epic. The low gravity allows for some great jumps, although not all end well

dognosh · Dec 17, 2015

Ok, now that we're live, keep your eyes peeled and your pencils sharp. I need more wonders to add here

Mengy · Dec 17, 2015

Excellent idea for a thread. I'll keep my eyes peeled and report anything noteworthy that I find.

dognosh · Dec 17, 2015

Yes, just confirmed they swapped LON and LAT around. On your HUD, the first number is now LAT, 2nd is LON.

The monolith, 5k vertical drop. You must visit and base jump with your SRV. It is low G and I jumped twice and landed twice safely(you need to practice and learn SRV controls)

lazarhyperion · Dec 18, 2015

found a 9.77G planet(already discovered) in the HD148937 system, its 1400ly out from sol.

dognosh · Dec 18, 2015

WOW?!?! serious ? anyone landed there yet ?

going on list as it's worthy

lazarhyperion · Dec 18, 2015

dognosh said:
WOW?!?! serious ? anyone landed there yet ?

i tried and failed. got 3km from surface and the gravity just pulled me down hard to my doom, boosting did nothing to counter the high G's. good luck to anyone trying to land.

J. J. Musclethorpe · Dec 18, 2015

lazarhyperion said:
i tried and failed. got 3km from surface and the gravity just pulled me down hard to my doom, boosting did nothing to counter the high G's. good luck to anyone trying to land.

Did you point your ship directly up at a 90 degree angle and boots? On high gravity worlds the safest way to land is going perpendicular to the surface and slowly backing down.

Gromit240 · Dec 18, 2015

I hope that if they ever fix the game from creating strange formations like this, that they at least protect the already existing wonders from being overwritten or deleted.

Has nobody submitted Junga 1 yet? I feel like that should be on here.

From orbit. On the edge. Traveling down along the wall.

It has two enormous craters that go over 20KM deep each, with huge crater walls on the surface too. The first time I went there was when the host star was just poking over the edge but not lighting up the bottom. It was like descending into the depths of hell.

J. J. Musclethorpe · Dec 18, 2015

Gromit240 said:
I hope that if they ever fix the game from creating strange formations like this, that they at least protect the already existing wonders from being overwritten or deleted.

Has nobody submitted Junga 1 yet? I feel like that should be on here.

From orbit. On the edge. Traveling down along the wall.

It has two enormous craters that go over 20KM deep each, with huge crater walls on the surface too. The first time I went there was when the host star was just poking over the edge but not lighting up the bottom. It was like descending into the depths of hell.

What is there to fix? The galaxy is a dangerous place. Perhaps if a +9G planet exists, you'd do well to not go there as you may never leave. The same goes for those systems that are only now reachable with the FSD boost. You better make damn sure you have 2 charges so you can get there and back!

CMDR Heisenberg B. Damned · Dec 18, 2015

dognosh said:
WOW?!?! serious ? anyone landed there yet ?
going on list as it's worthy

Here you go Dognosh

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Although I wish I'd read that post about never being able to leave first! Nah - I'd a still gone. I'll let you know how leaving goes when I try it! Want to try the SRV first.

Heisenberg

EDIT

Landing: Bumpy, I think I got lucky with some flat ground but not as bad as I'd expected. I'm flying a light ship though. Thrusted down from high and dropped like a stone (don't thrust down). Got to a few meters above the ground and (very briefly) switch FA off. Hit and bounced but only shield damage. Couple of goes later I landed.

SRV: Sticks to the ground like an F1 car, you can use thrust but you just bump back down almost instantly. Didn't go far, didn't want to risk autopilot.

Leaving: All seemed very easy at first, up thrust just got me high enough off the ground to point upwards and use the main thrusters. Cleared Mass Locked easy enough.

Then I hit my SC drive. It started going into SC but I had to align with escape vector - nowt new there. Then it said "throttle up to engage" - I am throttled up but it sometimes sticks on my old joystick so mess with the throttle - nothing. Speed seems to be declining as well (maybe me messing with the throttle) suddenly I'm in heat damage. PANIC, using my tried and trusted method of randomly stabbing at things I hit boost. FSD engaged and I'm in SC - ship still taking damage but cooling fast.

Made it on and off - didn't have a detail scanner so it didn't show me the G of the planet so I'm going off the previously posted G levels.

Ship: Viper Mark IV
Loadout: A rated FSD, D rated everything else. No cargo but with SRV.

dognosh · Dec 18, 2015

Gromit240 said:
I hope that if they ever fix the game from creating strange formations like this, that they at least protect the already existing wonders from being overwritten or deleted.

Has nobody submitted Junga 1 yet? I feel like that should be on here.

From orbit. On the edge. Traveling down along the wall.

It has two enormous craters that go over 20KM deep each, with huge crater walls on the surface too. The first time I went there was when the host star was just poking over the edge but not lighting up the bottom. It was like descending into the depths of hell.

Thanks, adding, but I need to know if it was Beta 5 or older, or Beta 6 or newer ? (LAT & LON were swapped) link to thread ?