Nebula not visible?

Redfox · Oct 18, 2015

I'm curious and maybe you can help me understand... According to the Galaxy Map my position and surroundings are as follows:

I'm flying towards "HYPIAE AUSMS CB-W E2-16" which just 350ly away and located within a sizeable (around 150ly wide/high) nebula. Usually I'd already see such a nebula (from within the cockpit) appearing from much further away. Why does this nebula not show up when I'm this close and heading directly towards it?

Any ideas?

zekone · Oct 18, 2015

My entirely random and uneducated guess would be that it looks quite dark, so it might be too dark to appear from the cockpit.

InMemoriamSirocco · Oct 18, 2015

zekone said:
My entirely random and uneducated guess would be that it looks quite dark, so it might be too dark to appear from the cockpit.

Yeah but then it show up as a dark cloud against the backdrop of the bright galactic center, which it doesn't in the provided screenshot.

Redfox · Oct 18, 2015

InMemoriamSirocco said:
Yeah but then it show up as a dark cloud against the backdrop of the bright galactic center, which it doesn't in the provided screenshot.

Exactly, that's what I'd expect.

For reference, this is the neighbouring nebula from a similar view/angle - both light and dark parts clearly visible:

iain666 · Oct 18, 2015

That first galmap pic suggests you're in a system with some kind of big-ass blue/white star - are you just too close to get a proper view of the sky box?

jenos · Oct 18, 2015

It's definitely a bug, file a ticket

newman1702 · Oct 18, 2015

iain666 said:
That first galmap pic suggests you're in a system with some kind of big-ass blue/white star - are you just too close to get a proper view of the sky box?

This could very well be it. If you're close to an intense light source, which a star definitely qualifies as, you need to move away or it'll dim out all but the brightest objects. This is why astronomers run away from light polluted cities to go under dark skies, and ED simulates the effect well. When near a bright objects dim stuff like nebulae will be the first to go.

jenos · Oct 19, 2015

newman1702 said:
This could very well be it. If you're close to an intense light source, which a star definitely qualifies as, you need to move away or it'll dim out all but the brightest objects. This is why astronomers run away from light polluted cities to go under dark skies, and ED simulates the effect well. When near a bright objects dim stuff like nebulae will be the first to go.

He's not, though, he's nearing 2000c

Redfox · Oct 19, 2015

iain666 said:
That first galmap pic suggests you're in a system with some kind of big-ass blue/white star - are you just too close to get a proper view of the sky box?

jenos said:
He's not, though, he's nearing 2000c

jenos is right - I'm nearly 2'400'000Ls out from the system's A Class star to minimize light pollution. Additionally, the nebula has not been visible on the last dozen systems since I noticed.

jenos said:
It's definitely a bug, file a ticket

Yes, I had planned to do that, but wanted to check with you knowledgeable people first.

iain666 · Oct 19, 2015

Redfox said:
jenos is right - I'm nearly 2'400'000Ls out from the system's A Class star to minimize light pollution. Additionally, the nebula has not been visible on the last dozen systems since I noticed.

That should be far enough out then, I can't explain it - may well be a bug.

Cmdr Frawd Digger · Oct 19, 2015

Redfox said:
Exactly, that's what I'd expect.

For reference, this is the neighbouring nebula from a similar view/angle - both light and dark parts clearly visible:

http://i.imgur.com/KQkGo6A.png

Wow! Fantastic image Redfox.

Frawd

Vasious · Oct 19, 2015

The light of the core at the distance saturating out?

Redfox · Oct 19, 2015

Cmdr Frawd Digger said:
Wow! Fantastic image Redfox.

Thanks, mate! Those backdrops are just lovely - and that's why I'm a little miffed that the current nebula isn't showing up.

Vasious said:
The light of the core at the distance saturating out?

Not quite sure I understand what you're asking. Do you mean the black part on the top left of the last image could be the nebula? That's just the edge of the galactic disc.