Only the acronyms that preserve the "OBAFGKM" order should be used, both for the purposes of education as @varonica said, but because that's the same order that the stars appear in in the Star Class sort list. Memorizing them out of order just makes finding them and clicking on them in the Star Class list harder.
KGB Foam or "Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me". But I have some great new ones!
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Except the order means nothing, it's simply a learning aid to know which stars you can scoop from... I disagree with your last sentence entirely.
This is wrong. It´s the order from hottest to coldest.
Stellar classification - Wikipedia
This is wrong. It´s the order from hottest to coldest.
Stellar classification - Wikipedia
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Done that already, sixth post, for people interested in astronomy only the preserved order is correct for memorising main sequence stars spectra and temperature order.
Even in ED it still lists the stars in spectra and temperature order, it works the same in the game as in the real galaxy.
It means nothing to me. I just care if I can scoop it (which is the only reason it ever came up - if those stars weren't scoopable, we wouldn't even be having this conversation).This is wrong. It´s the order from hottest to coldest.
Stellar classification - Wikipedia
The spectral order IS of use in ED Exploration. It indicates where the goldilocks zone is likely to be.
e.g. Arrive at an M, if you dont spot your ELW/Terraformable in the 1st couple of orbits, give up, the rest will be Icey.
OBAFGKM is usefull information, willfully rejecting it does not make it less so, it just means you know less than someone who uses it.
e.g. Arrive at an M, if you dont spot your ELW/Terraformable in the 1st couple of orbits, give up, the rest will be Icey.
OBAFGKM is usefull information, willfully rejecting it does not make it less so, it just means you know less than someone who uses it.
KGB FOAM is the easy mnemonic for me since it doesnt require those letters to be expanded in full words.
However Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me is the real deal since it also preserves more of the information
Anyway, for all reloggers out there that cant relog anymore and have to supercruise in/out here is my take - which is also preserving the order while avoiding using single or two letter words (however it's mnemonic value is rather crap but that is compensated by increased levels of sarcasm)
Odyssey Begrudgingly Added Fantastic Grind Killing Mechanics
However Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me is the real deal since it also preserves more of the information
Anyway, for all reloggers out there that cant relog anymore and have to supercruise in/out here is my take - which is also preserving the order while avoiding using single or two letter words (however it's mnemonic value is rather crap but that is compensated by increased levels of sarcasm)
Odyssey Begrudgingly Added Fantastic Grind Killing Mechanics
Space Madness...
Um, no, that simply depends on the star class, not the order of the star catalogue...
The order is descending temperature, so yes it does.
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And hotter stars will have a wider goldilocks zone. so knowing which stars are hottest and which are coldest is...useful in game, which is what OBAFGKM tells you!
Again, only if you are interested in that.
I explore randomly, and simply see what the honk gives me.Again, only if you are interested in that.
The honk gives you very little, you need to FSS as well.
Indeed you do. If you are interested in what the FSS can tell you of the property of a system. What he's trying to tell though, is that he has no interest in that kind of in-detail exploration, so he can see no point in memorizing spectral classes in any given particular order, until he knows where to scoop and where not.
I can't see the point of all this back and forth honestly, but that's just me.
(I use OBAFGKM anyway, but only because I'm a hopeless romantic)
What he is saying is, OBAFGKM is pointless, and that's not debatable;
The order clearly means something, what it means is this is the spectral and temperature order of main sequence stars. If it means nothing to him I am fine with that, but clearly the order does mean something whether he agrees with it or not. He could just let it go if he wants, but pushing the idea that the order means nothing is misleading because new players will then not have an understanding of why that order is important when searching for interesting planets. The order does indeed mean something, if he's not interested I'm not really bothered, but his statement that the order means nothing is just plain incorrect.
Fair enough. But now you're just splitting hairs.
And I already did clarify that obviously when I say the order means nothing that only refers to me. I've never claimed to speak for others. I thought this was a discussion. I simply gave my view.
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