I'm on a sightseeing mission and I can't seem to find any of Malina's AB planets beyond 4. I see 1-4 and their rings, and then there's nothing else until Malina C. I made sure to scan the nav beacon when I came in so I don't understand why I don't see anything, neither out the window nor in my navigation tab
Help finding a destination - Malina AB 5 B
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Do you have an Advanced discovery scanner? Maybe Nav Beacon doesn't show you everything. Scanner is always a safe bet.
"AB 5 B" suggests that your target is a second moon of fifth planet which orbits the barrycentre of A and B binary stars. So it could be way away or somewhere in th middle if those stars are far apart.
"AB 5 B" suggests that your target is a second moon of fifth planet which orbits the barrycentre of A and B binary stars. So it could be way away or somewhere in th middle if those stars are far apart.
I have the 2nd best scanner but when I fire it it says there's nothing new out there. Stars A & B are super close together, and like I said I see the first 4 planets that orbit them, but then there's nothing else around. According to the wikis, planet 5 should be 1200ls from star A. I've circled all around it at that distance but found nothing. Star C is 15000ls away so I should definitely see something between it and AB if there are supposed to be 2 planets (5 & 6) past planet 4
If you have the intermediate disco scanner, that one has (IIRC) only 1000ls range. The planet you are looking for is definitely not at the C star, nor should it be in between.
You could try the old parallax method. Go beyond the planet 4 and start circling the system along the ecliptic and see if you can spot the fifth planet as a light spot moving against the background. That's how we were discovering planets, before. Once you've seen it and approached it, you should be able to "officially" discover it with your scanner, which will also reveal the moons you're looking for.
You could try the old parallax method. Go beyond the planet 4 and start circling the system along the ecliptic and see if you can spot the fifth planet as a light spot moving against the background. That's how we were discovering planets, before. Once you've seen it and approached it, you should be able to "officially" discover it with your scanner, which will also reveal the moons you're looking for.
I'll try that. Thanks! Probably need to upgrade the scanner if I'm going to do any more of these sightseeing missions so I don't have as much trouble next time
If it's not showing up after "scanning the nav beacon", then I don't think you're really scanning the nav beacon. What you need to do:
- Fly to the nav beacon POI in Supercruise
- Drop down into normal space at the nav beacon
- Select the actual beacon satellite (not the nav beacon waypoint) - it's a white object on your radar.
- Wait for the scan to finish.
- Fly to the nav beacon POI in Supercruise
- Drop down into normal space at the nav beacon
- Select the actual beacon satellite (not the nav beacon waypoint) - it's a white object on your radar.
- Wait for the scan to finish.
Finally found it! Thanks!