Interesting Nebulae

drkaii

drkaii
NGC 2438
In game, reachable, WR star
NGC 2438.jpg

The Necklace Nebula
Doesn't appear to be in game
The Necklace Nebula.jpg

The Egg Nebula
Does not appear to be in game
The Egg Nebula.jpg

"The Hand of G-d" with local star PSR B1509-58
Does not appear to be in game
hand of gd PSR B1509-58.jpg

U Camelopardalis
In game under HD 22611, hard to tell if well represented from the galmap, but reachable
U Camelopardalis.jpg

V838 Monoceros
Does not appear to be in game
caffine nebula.jpg

Crab nebula
In game, reachable, well represented.
crab nebula (1).jpg

Eskimo Nebula
In game, has a central star, not represented very well
PN_EskimoNebula.jpg

Helix Nebula
In game, no central star but reachable, not very well represented at all
Helix_Nebula.jpg

Cat's Eye Nebula
In game, unreachable, fairly well represented
CatsEyeNebulaNASA1.jpg

Calabash Nebula
Does not appear to be in game
Calabash_Nebula.jpg

Hourglass Nebula
Does not appear to be in game
hourglass nebula.jpg

Kronberger 61, AKA Soccer Ball Planetary Nebula
Does not appear to be in game
Kronberger 61 soccer-ball-planetary-nebula.jpg

Butterfly Nebula
In game, has a central star, very well represented
050110_neb_butterfly_02.jpg

MWC 922, AKA Red Square Nebula
Does not appear to be in game
MWC 922 070412_red_square_02.jpg

M97, AKA Owl Nebula
In game but unreachable, fairly well represented
M97 owl-nebula-100330-02.jpg

NGC 6210
In game but unreachable, fairly well represented
NGC 6210 dying-star-hubble-image-101018-02.jpg

NGC 371, Rose Red
Doesn't appear to be in game
NGC 371 rose-red-stars.jpg

"Green Lantern" Nebula
Does not appear to be in game
green-lantern.jpg

NGC 246, AKA Skull Nebula
Is in game and reachable, but is not realistically represented
NGC 246 or Skull Nebula.060411_skull_neb_02.jpg

IRAS 05437+2502
Does not appear to be in game
IRAS 05437+2502 ghost-like-nebula-hubble-image-100818-02.jpg

And these ones are thanks to Ziggy:

Fine Ring
Reachable
nebula-1600.jpg


Ghost of Jupiter
Reachable
ghost of jupiter.jpg


Lemon Slice Nebula
Not reachable, but very well represented
lemon slice nebula.jpg


Red Spider Nebula
Reachable
red spider nebula.jpg

All of the following are in game:

Little Ghost Nebula
NGC_6369_a_cosmic_ghost_large.jpg
Dumbbell Nebula
dumbbel.jpg
Ring Nebula
M57_The_Ring_Nebula.jpg
Little Dumbbell Nebula
Little Dumbbell NebulA.jpg
NGC 6210
NGC 6210.jpg
NGC 6751
NGC 6751.jpg
NGC 6565
NGC 6565.jpg
Retina Nebula
Retina Nebula.jpg
Eight burst Nebula
Eight burst Nebula.jpg
Spiral Planetary Nebula
Spiral Planetary Nebula.jpg
Saturn Nebula
Saturn Nebula.jpg
Bug Nebula
Bug Nebula.jpg
Veil Nebula
Veil Nebula.jpg
If anyone has any info or any nebulae to add, please do so here.
 
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Kolato

Kolato
I think the reason why so many planetary nebulae is missing, is simply because in 1000+ years they have just become so little dense you cannot really see them anymore.
And in the case of the Helix nebula, it has become so little dense it is just a grey blob.
 

Yaffle

Volunteer Moderator
Yaffle
Slightly off topic here, apologies.

My guess is that nebulae would be roughly evenly spread about the galaxy, so there should be some on the other side that we can't see from here due to them being too far away/behind the big blob (that's the official term btw) of stars in the middle etc. I can't believe that our little arm has exclusivity on nebulae.

Have any intrepid explorers found any game nebulae that are not 'observable' in real life (so they'd be fictitious) - as in, while on the far side are there any new ones ready for the exploring?
 

Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
There was a planetary nebulae thread which had lot of them.

I found one surrounding a black hole near the core. Couple of 100 ly out from Saggi A. The bigger nebulae you can spot on the map more easily, and I think the one's further away are completely madey-up :)

edit:
To add to the list some of the ones I visited recently, but I'm at work, so no pics or coords:

Fine ring (shapely) - reachable
Ghost of Jupiter - reachable
Lemon - not reachable
Red spider - reachable
 
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b0rg9

b0rg9
So I was going to do some trading last night but after this thread wound up reading about nebulae, novae and supernovae. Guess there could be worse ways to spend your evening.
 

Kolato

Kolato
Ziggy Stardust said:
There was a planetary nebulae thread which had lot of them.

I found one surrounding a black hole near the core. Couple of 100 ly out from Saggi A. The bigger nebulae you can spot on the map more easily, and I think the one's further away are completely madey-up :)

edit:
To add to the list some of the ones I visited recently, but I'm at work, so no pics or coords:

Fine ring (shapely) - reachable
Ghost of Jupiter - reachable
Lemon - not reachable
Red spider - reachable
Click to expand...
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=141595
Here you go!

(I need to update that thread)
 

Allitnil

Allitnil
Yaffle said:
Slightly off topic here, apologies.

My guess is that nebulae would be roughly evenly spread about the galaxy, so there should be some on the other side that we can't see from here due to them being too far away/behind the big blob (that's the official term btw) of stars in the middle etc. I can't believe that our little arm has exclusivity on nebulae.

Have any intrepid explorers found any game nebulae that are not 'observable' in real life (so they'd be fictitious) - as in, while on the far side are there any new ones ready for the exploring?
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There are some procedurally generated nebulae on the far side of the galaxy. Unfortunately there's nothing like the number or richness of what we have in our local area.
 

drkaii

drkaii
drkaii said:
U Camelopardalis
In game under HD 22611, hard to tell if well represented from the galmap, but reachable
View attachment 46386
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Just so ya know, I went there last night. Nothing special at all. It looks very interesting on the galaxy map - a really big white dot. But when you arrive it's a huge red carbon star - no apparent nebula or dust of any kind. It's pretty incredible but basically identical to Y Canum Venaticorum which is much closer. Although this one does have a really interesting set of planets. I won't spoil anymore :D

And yep Yaffle, the game is full of procedural nebulae, on both sides of the core. It's just that on our side we have a lot of real ones too. I'm going to try and work out what is the furthest "real" nebula in game. There will be a couple really far out :D
 
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drkaii

drkaii
Found some more real life ones in game:

Little Ghost Nebula
Dumbbell Nebula
Ring Nebula
Little Dumbbell NebulA
NGC 6210
NGC 6751
NGC 6565
Retina Nebula
Eight burst Nebula
Spiral Planetary Nebula
Saturn Nebula
Bug Nebula
Veil Nebula

Will make pictures and add to the OP
 

iain666

iain666
NGC 1931 is both real and in game. I swung past it the other night, not the prettiest I've ever seen but what can you do?
1931 Close up.png
 

Mike Reacher

Mike Reacher
What is the method to home in on a nebula? I can't tag them in the galaxy map.

Funny thing, my posts are sometimes disappearing on the first "Post Quick Reply"
 
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