How to reach a shiny

[Kim_S]

Out on my first personal expedition, a long way from home, and excited at finding new things nobody has seen before. Lots of systems with no tags at all, some with just the main star tagged.

Looking out into space I can see lots of interesting things to look at, some I would love to see up close.

Like - a view of the core on the left, and a few tiny lone stars on the right, they must be fun!

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Or - a whole host of lovely clouds and coloured stars just waiting to be visited.

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Is there any way at all I can work out from just those visual clues what star system it is, or something nearby that I can plot a course to? Without being a maths genius of course [smile]

 

[marx]

You can, using the galaxy map. First, take note of approximately where you're facing: the route planner can be quite helpful with this, as you'll be able to see both on the map and from your cockpit where the next target is. Once you know these, try to approximate the direction in which your shiny is. Even if you can't find it on the galaxy map then, you can just jump towards its generic direction. As you get closer to it, you'll see it "move" between jumps more and more.

 

[goemon]

- use left hand panel, till you find a starsystem in the general direction of your shiny. select that system, go to galaxy map.

- now scroll into the direction of your marker. filter either for star type or switch to realistic view

- atlernatively you can pick the coordinates of your current system and the system you selected from the galaxy map, and do some basic trigonometry to calculate the vector

- have in mind, "close by" means basically "bright" in space - a very bright star can be 1000ly away and show up in the skybox instead of less bright stars close by. also, chances are that what you are seeing aren't stars but bodies in the system and their reflection.