Black Hole?
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There are plenty of black holes in the game. I think there have been a few screenshot of one of those thats near the core systems (MINTAKA)
Just by scrolling around in the galaxy map I've found a whole bunch, but they are all very remote.. (Near the center of the galaxy.. so you know.. 25,000 ly away)
The black hole itself appears as a black sphere in the galaxy map so you can actually spot them...and system description will say "black hole".
Looking up known black holes will work but none of them are close to Sol. The closest real life black hole in the game is V1357 Cygni ahich is 2000 Ly away (and incidentally in the wrong place as it should be 6000 Ly away).
Conveniently, Pleiades Nebula is the first stop on my trip. I'll swing by on my way out there.
Thanks for the replies, everyone. I didn't realize you could spot them from the Galaxy Map. Gonna go check it out now
Look for (larger) blue star symbols on the galactic map. They often contain neutron stars or black holes.
They're pretty cool, from what I've seen of them on YouTube. Love the Lensing effect around them. Apparently a NASA scientist said that the Lensing effect was quite an accurate representation of what you might see near a Black Hole. You know the Wormhole in the film Interstellar is what you sort of see in ED. Although if they had a similar visual effect as the Gargantua black hole in the film that would be awesome too.
You know the Wormhole in the film Interstellar is what you sort of see in ED. Although if they had a similar visual effect as the Gargantua black hole in the film that would be awesome too. 
Jigsaw is correct just make sure your map is set to realistic
Owain! is this right m8, because surely everything else should be orbiting the blackhole!!
Owain! is this right m8, because surely everything else should be orbiting the blackhole!!
Jigsaw is correct just make sure your map is set to realistic
Owain! is this right m8, because surely everything else should be orbiting the blackhole!!
Well I think they might be a binary pair. The star there is a huge blue Class O star. The black hole there isn't very big in terms of solar mass I believe! When you jump in you'll jump to the Class O star. I've been there before.
There's a pic of the Black Hole in the Maia system here dood, went there the other week. You'll love it:-
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=74636&highlight=
Thanks thats what I was looking for, a way to hunt for them.
I'm one hop away from Maia now. I'm stuck in HIP 17692 exploring. What an awesome system. I found a moon with carbon and water based life, and it says "Would be a suitable candidate for terraforming." Thats pretty exciting.