I am lucky I guess, HD 169754 I linked earlier not only had no bodies in EDSM but was only partially explored, with only 9 of the 32 bodies discovered, 4 of them being stars, so happy days!
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I am lucky I guess, HD 169754 I linked earlier not only had no bodies in EDSM but was only partially explored, with only 9 of the 32 bodies discovered, 4 of them being stars, so happy days!
Quick update from Sector 10 - following systems done and should now be in EDSM:
19 Vulpeculae
57 Pegasi
HD 130816
HD 139970
HIP 68935
HIP 108234
HIP 108498
HIP 109180
HIP 109552
HIP 109860
HIP 110614
HIP 111012
HIP 111205
HIP 68187
HIP 68658
HIP 69379
HIP 70449
HIP 71487
HIP 71753
HIP 71849
HIP 73029
HIP 73651
HIP 75984
HIP 76654
HIP 77180
HIP 79269
HIP 80133
HIP 80155
HIP 80206
HIP 112704
HIP 113476
HIP 113723
HIP 113973
HIP 115420
HIP 115886
HIP 116590
HIP 69959
HIP 81056
HIP 81516
HIP 84081
HIP 84273
HIP 84589
HIP 86298
HIP 86550
HIP 87036
HIP 87119
HIP 87309
HIP 87734
HIP 87883
HIP 88498
HIP 88997
HIP 90183
HR 6479
19 Vulpeculae
57 Pegasi
HD 130816
HD 139970
HIP 68935
HIP 108234
HIP 108498
HIP 109180
HIP 109552
HIP 109860
HIP 110614
HIP 111012
HIP 111205
HIP 68187
HIP 68658
HIP 69379
HIP 70449
HIP 71487
HIP 71753
HIP 71849
HIP 73029
HIP 73651
HIP 75984
HIP 76654
HIP 77180
HIP 79269
HIP 80133
HIP 80155
HIP 80206
HIP 112704
HIP 113476
HIP 113723
HIP 113973
HIP 115420
HIP 115886
HIP 116590
HIP 69959
HIP 81056
HIP 81516
HIP 84081
HIP 84273
HIP 84589
HIP 86298
HIP 86550
HIP 87036
HIP 87119
HIP 87309
HIP 87734
HIP 87883
HIP 88498
HIP 88997
HIP 90183
HR 6479
Ok, finished that set of far away systems, now 19kly from the bubble, I'll leave the closer ones to someone else, I have other targets at the moment, but if it's still going when I come back to the bubble I'll jump in. Scanned systems below.
HD 171344 |
HD 166546 |
HD 169754 |
HD 172902 |
HD 173203 |
HIP 90225 |
HD 173033 |
My happy days happened last week till thursday. I went to HD 203572 and got first discovery on all bodies, including the main sun! There was also a biosignal on planet b1 which gave me 76m extra.
Before that I found over 30 biosignals in 3 systems for 1,6 billion credits, the systems are HIP 63867, HD 114670, HD 114625.
So I became 1,7b credits richer in the span of a week with exploring known systems from the hipparcos catalogue. Once in a lifetime ...
Still 107/260 systems to visit.
Well done !
I don't seem to find many of these rich bio-systems. My highest payout has been only about 400k.
Iv'e done 120 out of 344 systems in sector 12, and am still less than 1 kly from Sol. So I've nipping back to the bubble a few times.
Just started trying out these bio-systems, nipped back and cashed in my first 2 after I found out that you need 3 samples of each type.
Jumped back and have now fitted Vista and Bartender services to carrier.
My new co-pilot is settling in fine, likes his walks and plenty of playtime but space cats better beware
Jumped back and have now fitted Vista and Bartender services to carrier.
My new co-pilot is settling in fine, likes his walks and plenty of playtime but space cats better beware
They are quite rare, I consider them jackpot systems, and once collected that's it, the payout for the next visitor won't be anywhere near as high. I did get a payout from a set of systems that paid more than my biggest single system payout but that was from about 8 or 9 systems from a run through 100 star systems, still that wasn't bad, it's a huge increase on any previous exploration payouts we have had even though it takes longer to travel this way. I tend to skip any bio that's not worth more than 7m base or looks hard to collect, except when it's a new codex find and it still pays out very nicely.
Just jumped to HD 135672, after the honk I open the fss but couldnt find any frequencies, only the coloured dots and numbers (of planets). This is strange I thought so I opened the galaxy map. After clicking around I spot my own name on planets orbiting the second sun. This cant be Im thinking so I searched for this system in my logs.
Turns out I was here a long time ago.
Anyway... you cant scan the planets twice so someone else must go there and scan the system please.
/sector2 is down to 55 systems. Going to go down to ~20 this weekend.
Turns out I was here a long time ago.
Anyway... you cant scan the planets twice so someone else must go there and scan the system please.
/sector2 is down to 55 systems. Going to go down to ~20 this weekend.
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Familiar feeling there!
That same feeling, I suspect, that Elrond had at the council when he said "I was there. I was there 3000 years ago."
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Just had a good look at the latest "systems without main stars" list that Orvidius has posted, the number of HIP's listed has dropped by over 4.5k to 1,365 systems.
I am carrying on with the list as generated by Iron Body, speed has slowed down due to now doing some exobiology and walkies etc needed for new co-pilot
I am carrying on with the list as generated by Iron Body, speed has slowed down due to now doing some exobiology and walkies etc needed for new co-pilot
Just took a quick look at this file (1gb csv).
There is basically just one option after the hip thing has come to completion:
We scan every single one of those 17 979 575 systems!! (I deleted the empty lines)
Just kidding. I am going to resume my 2mass exploration, one cluster is nearly complete.
Made a separate list of those 1365 and compared them to sector 2, turns out 4 are still on my list.
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I was doing that sector by sector before I started on the HIP's
Can someone please comfirm this:
If you type [space]aucops aa-a h in the search bar in the galaxy map it brings you to HD 100099
Is this due to the possebility that some tripple a systems have hip/hd names?!
If you type [space]aucops aa-a h in the search bar in the galaxy map it brings you to HD 100099
Is this due to the possebility that some tripple a systems have hip/hd names?!
Many stars have multiple names, every named star in the galaxy, including Sol, have a procedural name also that we don't see. The stars in Colonia with names can still be found in the galmap by typing the original procedural name, some stars can indeed have 3 or more names so that's not a big surprise. But it's quite rare ti find a AA-A H designation system with a HIPP/HD name so it must be a very high mass system, but it's not completely unexpected that a few instances will occur.
Is there any way to find out if a Bubble named system has a catalogue (HR/HIP etc.) name, or what that name is? I'm curious to see if I could find my home system IRL.
It's often in the star description, and there are indeed quite a few in and around the bubble, and that's what we have been doing, I am sure there is a list somewhere of all the named systems with HIP/HD designations.
As Varonica pointed out, alternative names are listed in the system description in both the galmap and system map.
If you wish to actually find your home system IRL, or even point your telescope at it, the easiest way is to look it up in EDSM.
If it's an HIP star it will already be in EDSM.
Most importantly, EDSM will show you the equatorial coordinates of the sytem, and you can use those, along with a star map, to find your star in the night sky.
ps. I have added my list of HIP stars with ED names as a new sheet on the HIP project worksheet here.
Further more ...
Although the galactic coordinates of HIP stars in ED are not always particularly accurate, the errors are mainly caused by the uncertainty in the distance to the star.
The equatorial coordinates should be sufficiently accurate for you to actually see the star if it is bright enough !
The HIP catalogue has a visual magnitude (vmag) column which can be used to estimate the size of telescope you will need.
Fom the small survey I just took, a pair of binoculars or a 3" telescope should show most of them.
But you will need either a very good star map, or a very well calibrated telescope mount, to identify which star it is.
But anyway, sounds like a fun thing to do !