Inaccessible nebulae- a broken exploration dream

SirKiwi

SirKiwi
There are several nebulae I have noticed being included in the galaxy, but with no stars nearby to allow us to travel near them. I think this is very sad, I want to see the Eskimo, Ring, and Cat's eye nebulae up close.
Could I put in a request for a light sprinkling of nearby stars, enough for a maxed asp or anaconda to make it with very scientific fuel use? I don't know how accurate stars near these distant nebulae are to real life ones, but I would appreciate if they could be visited.
Here are IRL pictures of these nebulae.
Cat's Eye Nebula
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Ring Nebula
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Eskimo Nebula
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xondk

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They are outside the milkyway, and there'd be little to no reason to get close to them, though if you want to just 'see' them like pictures and such there you should be able to get a view on it from the edge of the milkyway I think?
 

SirKiwi

SirKiwi
xondk said:
They are outside the milkyway, and there'd be little to no reason to get close to them, though if you want to just 'see' them like pictures and such there you should be able to get a view on it from the edge of the milkyway I think?
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No they aren't, they are in our arm of the milky way and they show up as locations in game if you search them.
 

Vasious

Vasious
Looks like you might be able to get close to the Eskimo & Ring Nebulae with an ASP
BD+66 1066 is the closest star to the Cat's Eye Nebula but yeah... heh
 
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SirKiwi

SirKiwi
Vasious said:
Looks like you might be able to get close to the Eskimo & Ring Nebulae with an ASP
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Take a look at the sze of the ring nebula, its very small and would only be the spectacular beauty it is in pictures from very close. The closest stars are many light years away.
 

Vasious

Vasious
Even in space with a lot of stars, sometimes there inst a star in the right place

This is the closest I could get the the Red Spider Nebula, different angles were farther away and made it too small.
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SirKiwi

SirKiwi
Vasious said:
Even in space with a lot of stars, sometimes there inst a star in the right place

This is the closest I could get the the Red Spider Nebula, different angles were farther away and made it too small.
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That's a beauty. This exactly illustrates my point- unless it is known for a fact that there are no stars in or very close to that nebula, FD should make them far more accessible.
 

robinjb

robinjb
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helix is one of the closest neb at 700ly from sol. though I understand they cant make the entire universe.
they could do the close ones.
which leads me too this monstrosity:-
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elites version is a vibrating alien egg.

mind you the veil nebula is well done. as well as many others.
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SirKiwi

SirKiwi
Rall said:
What are the jump ranges out that far - A shield less bare bone Asp may be able to get there, you can stretch that past a 37 LY jump range if you cut the tank back to 16 tonnes - risky it'll be a exciting trip but may be do able.

http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=30g,,2-3m6u7_6u2C8S6k,mpU4zMmpT0KU2UI2jw
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The issue is that some of these nebulae don't have nearby or central stars at all, leaving them to be seen from afar.
Still, I do think some might be barley accessible with that build.

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robinjb said:
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helix is one of the closest neb at 700ly. though I understand they cant make the entire universe.
they could do the close ones.
which leads me too this monstrosity:-
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elites version is a vibrating alien egg.

mind you the veil nebula is well done. as well as many others.
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Wow, the veil is georgous, thanks for sharing :D Yeah I think they should make Helix more accessible.

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Bozeman42 said:
I was able to plot a course INTO the eskimo nebula just now.
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After relooking at the eskimo nebula, I see it is actually visitable. Still, the ring and helix nebulas are nowhere near accessible.
 

robinjb

robinjb
veil took me 3hrs to get to and 2 back in my cobra. with 25ly ish range.. as I wasn't scanning a lot back. this was before you could plot a nav 1000ly.. so itd be a lot easier to get to now.
only a couple of stars you needed a permit for. but you can get in it, over it.. and all around it fine
 
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AtheosisX

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I'm pretty sure those are all planetary nebulae which means they are very small and have no nearby stars (as they are the result of a star dying).
 

SirKiwi

SirKiwi
robinjb said:
veil took me 3hrs to get to and 2 back in my cobra. with 25ly ish range.. as I wasn't scanning a lot back. this was before you could plot a nav 1000ly.. so itd be a lot easier to get to now.
only a couple of stars you needed a permit for. but you can get in it, over it.. and all around it fine
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Good to know. Any screenshots?

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Mr_Blastman said:
Neat places, indeed. You could always visit them in Space Engine. It's free.
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My computer has a seziure and dies attempting to run SE.

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AtheosisX said:
I'm pretty sure those are all planetary nebulae which means they are very small and have no nearby stars (as they are the result of a star dying).
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Being the result of a dying star by no means they would have no nearby stars.
 

Vasious

Vasious
SirKiwi said:
Good to know. Any screenshots?

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My computer has a seziure and dies attempting to run SE.

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Being the result of a dying star by no means they would have no nearby stars.
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Stellar remains to jump to, Like a White Dwarf?
 
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