Constellation at Kepler's Crest?

DjVortex

DjVortex
I'm in the Kepler's Crest region, which is at the rim of the galaxy and, thus, very sparse in stars and thus almost pitch black. More precisely, I'm here:

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However, looking towards the "south", ie. towards the edge of the galaxy, what I see is this:

ED_Odyssey_308.jpg


That formation is visible from hundreds and hundreds of lightyears. What is it?
 

Screemonster

Screemonster
Those star names also don't match the normal procgen sector names, which makes me suspect that this is one of those times where the actual star catalogue data used to build the model got included.
 

marx

marx
That's the NGC 1893 open cluster (you can see it in the system name on the first screenshot too, "NGC 1893 Sector"), which includes a number of real stars from catalogue data. It's a popular landmark with explorers of the South, as it's easily distinguishable for quite a distance - mostly because such bright stars aren't procedurally generated out there.
Also, the inner catalogue stars could only be reached with synthesized boosts in the early days.
You can also hop on to the nearby IC 410 cluster, but that one has no catalogue stars IIRC, it's just the cluster name that's used.

For some extra fun, see Vitamin Arrr's South Galaxy Crossin' Map from the old days.

You're about four sectors away from the Southern edge, and there's also 3 Geminorum to visit, which is the Southernmost real world star in ED. (That's reachable, that is. There are some catalogue stars much farther out, but those are far beyond our jump ranges.)
 
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