Help with Notable Stellar Phenomena

[Heinz Volmer]

Hello everyone!

In January I want to take my fleet carrier on its first and last trip way out into the black…exploring till the end of time
When it comes down to Notable Stellar Phenomena I am still a newbie. I just spent a few hours gathering information and want to confirm a few things.

1. When I am interested in finding yet undiscovered anomalies and Lagrange Clouds I am searching for Notable Stellar Phenomena which can only be discovered via FSS or the left panel. They cannot be spotted on the galaxy map. Right?
2. Notable Stellar Phenomena can also be found outside of nebulas. Right?
3. When I check the Codex and EDSM's Galactic Map I see that most discoveries were made on the popular routes. Is this just because more people have travelled these routes or is it because Notable Stellar Phenomena tend to occur closer to the core?
4. Are there still undiscovered Guardian or Thargoid Sites out in the black?
5. And last one: I would like to target one of the blank spots on EDAstro’s Map. Is there a way to precisely target a system within these areas?

Appreciating any help with these questions. Thanks in advance!

 

[goemon]

Hello everyone!

In January I want to take my fleet carrier on its first and last trip way out into the black…exploring till the end of time
When it comes down to Notable Stellar Phenomena I am still a newbie. I just spent a few hours gathering information and want to confirm a few things.

1. When I am interested in finding yet undiscovered anomalies and Lagrange Clouds I am searching for Notable Stellar Phenomena which can only be discovered via FSS or the left panel. They cannot be spotted on the galaxy map. Right?
2. Notable Stellar Phenomena can also be found outside of nebulas. Right?
3. When I check the Codex and EDSM's Galactic Map I see that most discoveries were made on the popular routes. Is this just because more people have travelled these routes or is it because Notable Stellar Phenomena tend to occur closer to the core?
4. Are there still undiscovered Guardian or Thargoid Sites out in the black?
5. And last one: I would like to target one of the blank spots on EDAstro’s Map. Is there a way to precisely target a system within these areas?

Appreciating any help with these questions. Thanks in advance!

1. right. can't be spotted on galaxy map.
2. right. not nebula specific.
3. right. more traffic, more discoveries.
4. there are probably in the already known regions, but whether there are different "bubbles" of them as well is unknown but unlikely.
5. scroll galaxy map to same place, bookmark, if in plot range plot?

 

[marx]

Hello, and welcome!

For more on questions one and two, see my guide to Notable Stellar Phenomena.

Question three is a bit tricky: it seems that many, though not all, of the NSP areas where placed by Frontier to be right by GMP POIs. On the other hand, it could also simply have been that people have checked those areas soon. But no, the frequency of NSPs depend on several things - see my guide linked above - but distance to the galactic core doesn't really count among them. Although the high star density in there does help: there are more candidate systems inside the NSP areas then, after all

Question four: for Guardians, there are most likely some sites left undiscovered, at the very least in the two large Guardian areas. For Thargoid sites, most likely not, since they can be found with much more reliable ways. Are there any undiscovered Guardian / Thargoid areas though? If there are, then they certainly aren't around any nebula, nor any notable "landmark". One could easily plop down a 100 ly area of brain trees somewhere in the galaxy, and odds are that nobody would find it. Could even do it with 750 ly, too.
Of course, the problem is that such a hidden area most likely wouldn't be unique. Just the same kind of Guardian / Thargoid stuff as seen elsewhere. Why? Because if it were unique, then Frontier would want it found, and then they would add clues pointing toward them.

Question five: given that a pixel on the EDAstro interactive map is a 10 ly cube, nope. However, you can turn on the Sectors view, and then find the sector you're looking at. Once you know that, you can enter it into the in-game galaxy map easily, and go on from there.

 

[varonica]

Is this just because more people have travelled these routes or is it because Notable Stellar Phenomena tend to occur closer to the core?

Or alternatively the discovery of NSP attracts travelers and these become the more traveled route because of the NSP's.

 

[Heinz Volmer]

Hello, and welcome!

For more on questions one and two, see my guide to Notable Stellar Phenomena.

Question three is a bit tricky: it seems that many, though not all, of the NSP areas where placed by Frontier to be right by GMP POIs. On the other hand, it could also simply have been that people have checked those areas soon. But no, the frequency of NSPs depend on several things - see my guide linked above - but distance to the galactic core doesn't really count among them. Although the high star density in there does help: there are more candidate systems inside the NSP areas then, after all

Question four: for Guardians, there are most likely some sites left undiscovered, at the very least in the two large Guardian areas. For Thargoid sites, most likely not, since they can be found with much more reliable ways. Are there any undiscovered Guardian / Thargoid areas though? If there are, then they certainly aren't around any nebula, nor any notable "landmark". One could easily plop down a 100 ly area of brain trees somewhere in the galaxy, and odds are that nobody would find it. Could even do it with 750 ly, too.
Of course, the problem is that such a hidden area most likely wouldn't be unique. Just the same kind of Guardian / Thargoid stuff as seen elsewhere. Why? Because if it were unique, then Frontier would want it found, and then they would add clues pointing toward them.

Question five: given that a pixel on the EDAstro interactive map is a 10 ly cube, nope. However, you can turn on the Sectors view, and then find the sector you're looking at. Once you know that, you can enter it into the in-game galaxy map easily, and go on from there.

Thanks a lot for all the information! Narrowing it down sectors is a great idea.

 

[WhoCares]

Thanks a lot for all the information! Narrowing it down sectors is a great idea.

You can also further narrow it down by using the ED Astro Sector Viewer.
Just remember that a sector is a qube of 1280x1280x1280ly - the map as well as the viewer give you just a 2-dimensional map that's valid for the full 1280ly height (the galaxy map even for the height of all sectors in that area).
ED AStro map gives you also coordinates for the location of your mouse cursor - enabling the grid in the in-game galxy map, you can fairly accurately navigate to those coordinates.