Celebration of Early Astronomy 5 - Caldwell Edition
Dates: January 7, 2022 to March 11, 2023
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"The early 2000s, they were often the speculative setting of early science fiction works. Early imaginings of interstellar travel, first contact with aliens, apocalypses, pandemics, you name it, there was probably a movie or book set in the early 21st century of it. While humanity may not have invented interstellar travel by 2020 as many novels and films purported, they still discovered plenty gems of our galaxy by then.
Lucky for us in 3309 we do have interstellar travel and can visit these gems that humans on Earth in the early 21st century could only dream of visiting. So that is just what we will be setting out to do. This expedition will visit many of the noteworthy celestial objects discovered by the early 21st century, some of which even still are considered noteworthy even today in 3309.
We will be setting of from our faction's home system Keltim, also known as Gliese 149 to the humans of the 2020s. From there we will be travelling to Caldwell 1 and spending a few weeks scouting it, then making our way back to the bubble, stopping by other Caldwell cataloged objects along the way.
-- Patron Kezika T. Wylair
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Note: even if you're not sure yet all your details, the form will give you an edit link once you submit so that you can come back and edit your submission in the future with any changes you make. Just make sure to save your link!
Sign-up form: https://expedition.page.link/Register
Roster: https://expedition.page.link/Roster
EDSM Page: https://expedition.page.link/EDSM
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Summary and Information
Dates: January 7, 2022 to March 11, 2023
Waypoint Count: 8 Basecamps, 21 Main Waypoints, including clusters with hundreds of real systems to scout and explore.
Expedition Discord: https://expedition.page.link/Discord
Notes: Due to the jump gaps involved on some of these clusters, carrier support for this expedition will be greatly appreciated!
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Waypoints
Start: Keltim
End: J Centauri
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Current Waypoint List
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Leg 1
1/7/2023 - 1/14/2023 (1 week)
- Keltim (Gliese 149)
- 45 Tauri (Caldwell 41)
- Musca Dark Region HM-V c2-29 (Caldwell 99 - Coalsack Nebula)
- BrSO 14 (Caldwell 68 - R Corona Australis Nebula)
- Veil West Sector DL-Y d68 (Caldwell 34 - Veil West Nebula)
- North America Sector LC-V c2-3 (Caldwell 20 - North America Nebula)
- Ploea The YQ-U d3-0 (Caldwell 1 pre-entry basecamp)
Leg 2
1/14/2023 - 2/4/2023 (3 week)
- V785 Cephei (Caldwell 1)
- NGC 188 SMV 4385 (Caldwell 1)
Leg 3
2/4/2023 - 2/11/2023 (1 week)
- Bubble Sector PD-S b4-4 (Bubble Nebula)
- Hypoae Ain MO-I d9-37 (Heart & Soul Nebulae)
- BD+56 472 (Caldwell 14)
Leg 4
2/11/2023 - 2/18/2023 (1 week)
- HD 15558 (IC 1805 Cluster)
- BD+60 327 (Caldwell 10)
Leg 5
2/18/2023 - 2/25/2023 (1 week)
- Kappa Cassiopeiae
- NGC 457 124 (Caldwell 13)
- S171 7 ([GMM2009] S171)
Leg 6
2/25/2023 - 3/4/2023 (1 week)
- HD2002 Star 137 (Caldwell 19)
Leg 7
3/4/2023 - 3/11/2023 (1 week)
- NGC 752 DLM 167a (Caldwell 28)
- V518 Carinae (Caldwell 102)
- J Centauri (Scorpius-Centaurus Association)
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This post may be updated with more information as the expedition approaches.
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