Catalogue of Galactic Nebulae - submit your planetary nebulae!

[Mooing]

Found this these little nebulae missing from the star maps.

Nebula / System name	Galactic Region	First discovered by CMDR	Submitted by	Nickname	Galaxy map screenshot	Notes
Nuekau AA-A h83	Inner-Scutum-Centaurus Arm	Fringa the Hutt?	Mooing	-	https://imgur.com/lEZhX4N Source: https://imgur.com/lEZhX4N	-
Floarks AA-A 77	Norma Arm	Carisus?	Mooing	-	https://imgur.com/VzLrHIW Source: https://imgur.com/VzLrHIW	-

 

[marx]

Oh hey, I did miss some nebulae then. Thanks!
Also, only planetary nebulae get first discoverers assigned, as there is no way to tell with the regular ones, which have no central system.

 

[Vovva The Bluehaired]

Found some of my old notes about planetary nebulas, dunno whether these are in the list already, but you can check:

Umbaist ZU-P E5-8899 - two close planetaries
Umbaist TZ-P E5-1758 - small nebula
Byaa Ain BA-A e236
Brairoa WO-A E6616
Umbaist AB-O E6-9594
Athairk PN-T e3-3267
Athairk MH-V e2-1078
Athairk JB-X e1-1309

 

[marx]

Found some of my old notes about planetary nebulas, dunno whether these are in the list already, but you can check:

So can you, all you need is a web browser. But thankfully, none of these are duplicates, so thanks for posting them! Will need to verify them though.

 

[Vovva The Bluehaired]

Blue
Umbaist ZU-P E5-8899
Umbaist ZU-P E5-5947
Umbaist AB-O E6-9594
Byaa Ain BA-A e236
Athairk MH-V e2-1078

Pink
Brairoa WO-A E6616
Athairk PN-T e3-3267

Crab-like
Athairk JB-X e1-1309

 

[Syke Jr]

So just to be clear, are there any undiscovered- that is to say, untagged- planetary nebulae out there? Or is it impossible to know? (I would have to assume at very least the ones outside of the galactic centre have been tagged.)

 

[Straha Yeagar]

So just to be clear, are there any undiscovered- that is to say, untagged- planetary nebulae out there? Or is it impossible to know? (I would have to assume they've all at least been tagged.)

Impossible to know really. And not really possible to know when they have all been tagged, though I imagine there are still some out there considering I found one just a few weeks ago.

 

[Sapyx]

Okay, there are three planetary nebulae in the Wepooe sector which I stumbled upon in my Survey, plus two more quite close to each other in Kyloabs I found on the way over there. All screenshots are taken at the same scale, maximum zoom-in. My nicknames are really just names I've given them to tell them apart; feel free to over-ride:

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Nebula / System name

Galactic Region

First discovered by CMDR

Submitted by

Nickname

Galaxy map screenshot

Notes

Kyloabs FR-V e2-6103

Odin's Hold

DEF.RED

Sapyx

Kylo Red Eye

https://imgur.com/kIVk9TF Source: https://i.imgur.com/kIVk9TF.png

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Kyloabs FR-V e2-5920

Odin's Hold

METALADDICT

Sapyx

Kylo Blue Bubbles

https://imgur.com/UBhL7Fr Source: https://i.imgur.com/UBhL7Fr.png

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Wepooe NX-T e3-3253

Odin's Hold

ONERIK

Sapyx

Weepy Large Bubbles

https://imgur.com/la1ioLh Source: https://i.imgur.com/la1ioLh.png

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Wepooe QS-U e2-191

Odin's Hold

CHRISTOPHER RAKTAVIAN

Sapyx

Weepy Red Eye

https://imgur.com/mBYA75z Source: https://i.imgur.com/mBYA75z.png

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Wepooe FB-O e6-5073

Odin's Hold

NAMAYCUSH

Sapyx

Weepy Small Bubbles

https://imgur.com/mShBnSj Source: https://i.imgur.com/mShBnSj.png

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[TR]

For those wanting to plant their flag on a planet in a planetary nebula, here are your current prospects for these five:

• Kyloabs FR-V e2-6103: five planets, two terraformables, only one of which is Mapped (by me).
• Kyloabs FR-V e2-5920: no planets, just the neutron star.
• Wepooe NX-T e3-3253: There are 44 worlds in this system, but Cmdr Onerik has Mapped Every. Single. One. Of. Them. I toyed with nicknaming this nebula "The Personal Private Nebula of Onerik the Obsessive", but that would have been petty of me.
• Wepooe QS-U e2-191: four planets, only one of which is terraformable and that world is the only one Mapped (by me).
• Wepooe FB-O e6-5073: seven planets, some Tagged by different Cmdrs, and only one of which is Mapped (by me).

Edit: whoops, don't know how the table got all skewed, but it won't let me fix it now.

 

[Valije]

It seems there are still some big Nebuli not in the catalogue:

Nebula / System name	Galactic Region	Submitted by	Nickname	Galaxy map screenshot	Notes
Mynoaw AA-A H80	Norma Arm	Valije
Pheia Auscs AA-A H23	Empyrean Straits	Valije

and, of course, lots of PN:

Nebula / System name	Galactic Region	First discovered by CMDR	Submitted by	Nickname	Galaxy map screenshot	Notes
Byoi Aip HQ-Y e56	Norma Arm	Baldyeagle	Valije
Byoi Aip TU-O e6-1139	Norma Arm	Fanel Van	Valije
Dryao Aoc XP-X e1-1363	Arcadian Stream	Pewpewbangbang	Valije
Dryau Aoc KX-T e3-32	Arcadian Stream	Valije	Valije
Dryi Aoc WT-A e823	Norma Arm	Darizaag	Valije
Dryoea Prao IR-V e2-2306	Empyrean Straits	Eayrn	Valije
Dryoea Prau YA-O e6-3033	Arcadian Stream	Matt Graham	Valije
Dumbue OC-V e2-583	Empyrean Straits	Chris Lane	Valije
Eord Ploe RI-T e3-32	Arcadian Stream	Khulgrim	Valije
Eorl Auwsy EW-W e1-406	Empyrean Straits	Kpacotka	Valije
Eorl Auwsy NC-V e2-314	Empyrean Straits	Iellopecora	Valije
Eorl Auwsy NS-U e2-1297	Empyrean Straits	Klingsor	Valije
Eorl Auwsy NS-U e2-7217	Empyrean Straits	Saksofn	Valije			Smallest PN I've ever seen
Greae Phoea GG-X e1-64	Norma Arm	Firstar	Valije
Kyloaqs FB-O e6-4060	Empyrean Straits	Matt Graham	Valije
Mynoarr JW-W e1-2027	Arcadian Stream	Big_bad_lynx	Valije
Mynoarr WO-Z e267	Arcadian Stream	Prof.Liebstrumpf	Valije
Mynoarr WO-Z e286	Arcadian Stream	Prof.Liebstrumpf	Valije
Oephairgh FM-V e2-17	Arcadian Stream	Anuranium	Valije
Oephairgh WY-S e3-83	Arcadian Stream	FRJ	Valije
Pythaics MI-B e156	Empyrean Straits	Zubrov	Valije
Pythaics VU-X e1-250	Empyrean Straits	One Zero	Valije
Squer SY-A e10332	Empyrean Straits	Madriax	Valije
Whamboo XE-R e4-510	Arcadian Stream	Clennan	Valije

 

[marx]

Thanks! Good to know that there were a couple of major nebulae I missed. Even though they were in an area with others nearby. Then again, perhaps that was why.

 

[Mooing]

Wanted to find a PN in the Perseus Arm region when I stumbled upon this. Unfortunately, it had already been discovered.

Nebula / System name	Galactic Region	First discovered by CMDR	Submitted by	Nickname	Galaxy map screenshot	Notes
Shaulue GA-A e20	Perseus Arm	Rojo Habe	Mooing	Blue Lantern Nebula	https://imgur.com/xWvwS13 Source: https://imgur.com/xWvwS13

 

[WeComeInPeace]

I love PNs. I've photographed a lot of them IRL, and I know they're in ED, but I still haven't seen one. How do you spot them? Do you scan the "sky" visually or use the GalMap?

I'm back in the bubble after a small 20K trip, but I already feel like going back into the darkness. This could be a fun thing to go looking for and take a few snapshots of.

 

[Orvidius]

They're usually only visible over maybe a few hundred lightyears, when looking at the skybox. I think the best way to find them tends to be scanning around the galmap, using a zoom level that will show them, but still allow you to move around quickly. Since the galmap's detection sphere around the cursor is also not that large, it takes time and you have to be methodical about how you search. It's tedious.

 

[Sapyx]

A few spotted during my survey of the Croomaa Sector. Two in the sector itself, and two that were just outside it, one of which I popped across the border to check out.

Nebula / System name	Galactic Region	First discovered by CMDR	Submitted by	Nickname	Galaxy map screenshot	Notes
Croomaa NM-W e1-2366	Galactic Centre	30QuidKid	Sapyx	Supermoon Nebula	https://imgur.com/Tvtvgnk Source: https://i.imgur.com/Tvtvgnk.png	-
Croomaa ZP-P e5-2155	Galactic Centre	Santrieste	Sapyx	Red X Nebula	https://imgur.com/cwtRi1P Source: https://i.imgur.com/cwtRi1P.png	-
Phua Audst FA-A e5030	Galactic Centre	BevZ	Sapyx	Main Line Nebula	https://imgur.com/vA2N90l Source: https://i.imgur.com/vA2N90l.png	-
Myriesly RO-Z e3080	Galactic Centre	{?}	Sapyx	Arnhem Nebula	https://imgur.com/5m2HHVa Source: https://i.imgur.com/5m2HHVa.png	-

Supermoon: so called because the waterworld orbiting the tertiary star in the system has a giant, close-orbiting moon.
Red X: yeah, it kind of looked like a treasure-map red X at first. Pretty lame, but I'd run out of ideas.
Main Line: this nebula sits on the direct line from the Bubble to Beagle Point (only a couple thousand LYs above it), and lies almost directly above Sag A*. So it's likely to be encountered by anyone flying those routes.
Arnhem: so named because it was a couple hundred LYs outside of Croomaa, and getting there would have been a bridge too far. It was entered in EDSM back in 2015 by member grnbrg, and everything inside mapped by member zer0axis, so I assume it's been thoroughly explored.

 

[Traxx]

Nebula / System name	Galactic Region	First discovered by CMDR	Submitted by	Nickname	Galaxy map screenshot	Notes
Prae Flyi VE-Q E5-4	Izaami	Traxx03	Traxx03	Pale Blue Dot Nebula	And a little extra system pic:	Sadly there's no NSP in the system, nor any ladable bodies but my heart almost stopped when i saw that noone has been there before, so i scaned it, and i quickly got back to SagA to verify it. This was back in DW2.

The pale blue dot name comes from the fact, that it's so tiny, that it just looked like a little blue dot when i noticed it on the sky.

 

[marx]

Just caught yours while I was adding Sapyx's. Thanks, both of you!

 

[Baxder]

Nebula / System name	Galactic Region	First discovered by CMDR	Submitted by	Nickname	Galaxy map screenshot	Notes
Brairuia TD-B e1018	Odin's Hold	Jimmy Mcfarlane	Baxder	Hyacinthum Inanis		-

 

[GrandAdmiralThrawn]

They're usually only visible over maybe a few hundred lightyears, when looking at the skybox. I think the best way to find them tends to be scanning around the galmap, using a zoom level that will show them, but still allow you to move around quickly. Since the galmap's detection sphere around the cursor is also not that large, it takes time and you have to be methodical about how you search. It's tedious.

I've done both. I still remember IC-2149 / BD+46 1067 quite vividly, and I managed to spot it in the sky from almost 2000ly away, as a (very!) pale, small grey halo around an also very pale star. I looked at it in 2D as well, and it was much harder to spot. So it appears to have been more visible in VR, maybe due to my HMD's OLED panels? Not sure.

Of course, IC-2149 is pretty far out, so there aren't too many stars around, making it a lot easier to spot in the sky.

 

[Orvidius]

Some of it has to do with where you're located, as well as the size of the PN. For instance, deep in the core region they might not be rendered at as large of a distance since there's a cap on how many stars will get rendered into the skybox, and that cap might be hit while rendering closer objects.

 

[GrandAdmiralThrawn]

That's interesting... Out of curiosity: Is this also why the skybox in the centre seems to be filled with an especially high number of very bright blue-white stars? I always found that somehow unnatural, but a hard limit to the number of stars rendered would explain this strangely uniform appearance.