Mission accomplished - I am Master of Orion now ;)

Zieman

Zieman
When E: D came out of Gamma phase, I started exploring. After some aimless wanderings, I thought "I need a goal to accomplish". What to pick?
Eta Carinae? Some nebula? Sagittarius A* ?
Nah, someone who's got more free time than me is going to get there first. :cautious:

So, I settled for a modest goal: I shall visit all stars in the Orionis Constellation.

I picked list of stars in the constellation from Wikipedia, and started searching.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Orion (looks like the list has changed, but not by much, in 15 months)

Well, the task took "a wee bit" more time than I had anticipated. Some stars were not reachable with 24 LY Asp I started the endeavour with, some turned out to be out of reach even in 40 LY Anaconda until FSD boost became a thing. I also got distracted by some community goals and a couple of stretch goals (Orion Nebula Cluster and DM 99 Cluster).

Hardest to reach star I managed to visit with Asp was Epsilon Orionis, needed one 37.05 LY jump for that. Two other notable stars were Theta Orionis C (lies in vastly different direction/location than the constellation) and 66 Orionis (most distant star of the constellation).

Then there were those 5 stars that were too isolated for the 37.6 LY Asp. And they were too isolated for a 40 LY Anaconda too. Turned out that a Premium FSD boost (or more, up to 6) was (were) needed to reach them.

44 Iota Orionis is grouped with HR 1840 and HR 1848, Upsilon Orionis and HR 1886 are relatively close each other, but still separated/isolated.

My moment of triumph was on sunday 28th February, when I sold the data for last star, the most isolated of the whole group: HR 1886.

My exploration notes for the Wikipedia List are in the attached PDF.
Pics of the final quintet below:
p_44_Iota_Orionis.jpgp_HR_1840.jpgp_HR_1848.jpgp_HR_1886.jpgp_Upsilon_Orionis.jpg
 

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Jon474

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Jon474
Fantastic stuff. I love this kind of project.

After DW I am going on to conduct a full detailed survey on a randomly selected region somewhere on the Far Side. No idea why, or for what purpose...it's just something I fancy doing.

Rep to you, Cmdr.

Loving it
Jon
T-6E
 

Zieman

Zieman
Jacob Marshall said:
Seriously man, well done on that.

Hardest stars to reach is interesting and all, but what was the hardest star to get back from?
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o7
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Thanks (Jacob, & everyone else)! :)

Hardest star to get back from was Epsilon Orionis, because I went too boldly where I had not gone before on my way back 😳 & needed the Fuel Rats (y).

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]Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS9b4ROlPj4[/media]


Later, even with the FSD boost places, I wasn't so careless. :cool:
 
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SpaceMonkeyz

SpaceMonkeyz
That is so awesome. You inspire me to maybe someday attempt my goal: Visit all the Galactic Messier objects that are in the game. (Locating some of the star clusters may be tricky)
 

Zieman

Zieman
About the 'stretch goals', they took a wee bit of time on their own. :)

Exploration notes on both attached.
And I do have a couple of other 'stretch goals' for the Master of Orion mission still to complete, will post results here when I get them done. :)
 

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