Clues to finding Black Holes

Lexen

Lexen
At some point I figured Neutron Stars were uncommon, until I started looking around for them. Now I can't stop finding them. So I plot a path to <some nebula name that escapes me currently> and along the route, I ran through a neutron field and stopped to scan. 100+ scans in and I wondered...if a neutron star is an eye of newt and a 5lb weight short of being a black hole, shouldn't I run a slightly greater chance of finding a black hole nearby?

Nope.

Not a single black hole anywhere close. So I do some non-astro-guy detective work and in a span of 90 45+LY jumps, outside of any large neutron fields, though in a "vein" (loosely nearby) of them, I find 3 black holes relatively close together that I should run up on tomorrow or so.

Are there clues i'm missing as to finding them? Granted I am not a super experienced explorer and still often fly the KGBFOAM + non-sequence route. (Is that my problem?)
 
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BaldEagle

BaldEagle
Eahlstan said:
Stop KGBFOAMing and only filter for 'non sequence stars'.

You will eventually run out of fuel, but finding black holes should be no problem.
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Yep - this.
It takes patience but you will find 'fields' with many BH - happy hunting (but remember to refuel!)
 

Lexen

Lexen
Eahlstan said:
Stop KGBFOAMing and only filter for 'non sequence stars'.

You will eventually run out of fuel, but finding black holes should be no problem.
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I guess I should clarify: That's how I find neutrons. I turn it all off save for non-sequence but in thousands of LY of scanning, I have found three. Are they just that rare?
 

Redfox

Redfox
Lexen said:
Are they just that rare?
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Not rare at all, you just need to be in the right area. Easiest way for me is to go just beyond 1000ly above or below the galactic plane. Then either eyeball on the galmap in realistic mode, or filter by class and check for movement when panning around the galmap.

As usual, I'll refer to Orvidius' visualisations:
* Thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/400488-Maps-and-visualizations
* Image:
star-remnants.png
@Orvidius: Any chance you could separate the NS/BH into separate images? Would be easier to see the distribution of BH. Cheers
 

Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
Best way to find black holes is to look for them in contrast to the brightest part of the galaxy in realistic view. Them black spots are easy to find that way.

Edit: As Red Fox said, from 1000 ly up and down you'll have tge best chance.
 
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Sixxor

Sixxor
Take a trip out to NGC 7822. Tis the subject of many threads on here.
It's a famous (infamous?) nebula that's well worth visiting and it's chock full of black holes. Many systems in the nebula have 2 or 3 of the buggers in them!
 

Sun Muncher

Sun Muncher
I'm on my latest Deep space exploration, once I hit Sag A* I switched over to K, M and none sequence. (mainly looking for ELW and WW) as I was leaving the core heading towards Beagle, I must have had a run of about 10 Neutrons and a few BH all undiscovered. Hyperspacing into a blackhole system when your not paying attention to the system your jumping to is quite a scare at times!

if your looking for N/BH systems, then the best bet is around the core.
 

GunnerBill

GunnerBill
In addition to other posts:

I would always try and finish every leg of my route plotting on a BH.

Setting the galmap scale so I could see stars in a bubble around the cursor I would drive through the galmap towards my intended destination. Filtered for non-sequence stars and one other class to see relative movement through the map.

Swerving up down left and right I found it a surprisingly effective method if locating Black Holes.

More often than not there would be more in the local area once I arrived.
 
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