Neutron Stars - How Close Can You Get?

Aussiedroid

Aussiedroid
Hey Explorers - Came across my first Neutron Star last night! Being they are so small, I wanted to get a close look but was getting proximity warnings. I got to about 1.5ls distance before loosing my nerve (still couldn't make it out) but being I am 2k+ ly from home I didn't want to risk it further.

Has anyone been closer or know if there is any risk to dropping into orbit etc around these things?

Just want to get a nice screenshot for the next one I come across.

Cheers
 

uberdude

Banned
uberdude
Aussiedroid said:
Hey Explorers - Came across my first Neutron Star last night! Being they are so small, I wanted to get a close look but was getting proximity warnings. I got to about 1.5ls distance before loosing my nerve (still couldn't make it out) but being I am 2k+ ly from home I didn't want to risk it further.

Has anyone been closer or know if there is any risk to dropping into orbit etc around these things?

Just want to get a nice screenshot for the next one I come across.

Cheers
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ED isn't really showing Neutron stars off properly. They should be incredibly bright tiny little dots. They are no bigger than your typical large city. The heat output is too great to get in close enough to see any surface detail. But as far as I've seen from video. You can only get so close before you drop out of SC and even then you never get close enough to see it. Only keep getting hotter until your ship explodes.
 

DjordjeDtW

DjordjeDtW
Make credit for insurance.
Then close to neutron star at distance as you wish.
Take pictures. Then go to self destruct :D
 

Aussiedroid

Aussiedroid
Thanks for the replies!

Yeah I figured they were very very small from what I knew of them but thought you might be able to get into orbit and see them still. Sounds like its not gonna happen, unless they introduce binoculars or something :p

At least the rings around this one were pretty impressive :)
 

Ravenov

Ravenov
I jumped into one that was the primary in the system, and came in at about 0.22ls iirc. If you target another object in the system the yellow no fly circle will pop up, just be sure that you're not pointing at it with your throttle above idle when you do, since your ship might lurch forwards otherwise.
 

Aussiedroid

Aussiedroid
DjordjeDtW said:
Make credit for insurance.
Then close to neutron star at distance as you wish.
Take pictures. Then go to self destruct :D
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You are missing the point, its not a money issue, its a time issue. Its taken me 2 weeks of play (15-20hrs to get to where I am now). Why risk it for a picture?
 

uberdude

Banned
uberdude
It's a shame too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RX_J1856.5-3754

If we can take a picture of one around 400ly away with Hubble, even if it is in X-ray. Then you'd certainly see a very bright dot where the neutron star should be at only 1ls away from it. Perhaps in the future FD will update this so they do in fact emit light.
 

Elpapo

Elpapo
There is atleast one neutron star in human space... Somewhere in Empire... yea in that place where was all that Luxury seekers maddnes some time ago. Go there, fill ship with many heat stinks as you can then try make good footage of that star until you burn. Yours sacrifice will not be in vain Cmdr.
 
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Thalkran

Thalkran
Jackson's Lighthouse I believe is the one you are talking about, right on the edge of civilized space.

As for it's appearance, if you can actually get close enough I would assume it has the same model as a White Dwarf.
 
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Elpapo

Elpapo
Hmm.. i think is saw few months ago a neutron star in empire... maybe it was white dwarf? My memory is failing
 

Zenith

Zenith
You jump into a neutron star system at 0.22ls and the critical range circle is almost immediately in front of your face.
Don't try your luck as the heat climbs SHARPLY up to a point where you crash out of SC. I'm guessing the heat limit is about 0.15ls (same as a black hole). The star never gets bigger than a bright point of light so there's nothing to screenshot.

A White Dwarf acts much the same, but you can at least see that star.

If you were really at that distance from a neutron star, you'd be flash fried by the radiation in an instant and accelerated by gravity to hit the hard neutronium surface at a large fraction of the speed of light in the blink of an eye.
Thank goodness for Frame Shift Drives isolating the ship from the worst of external influences.
 

Pete

Pete
I am currently flying towards a neutron star with two t-tauri stars around it (the neutron star is the primary).

Does anyone have any idea about the risks of the t-tauri stars being close enough to the neutron star to cause me problems if I hyperspace in? I really don't want to get burned up 8,000 Ly from home with a big bucket of exploration data...but I would love to visit the system...hmmm.

-- Pete.
 

Ravenov

Ravenov
Aussiedroid said:
For those that might not have seen one, here is the pics I took of the one I found:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/aussiedroid/screenshot/34113354132803071

http://steamcommunity.com/id/aussiedroid/screenshot/34113354132802766

Interestingly, on the system map it shows as a very large body despite its small size.

I did take one pic at 1.5lys but it was unimpressive without the rings so I deleted it.
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Nice find! I've never seen a ring system around a neutron star before.
 

Zenith

Zenith
Aussiedroid said:
For those that might not have seen one, here is the pics I took of the one I found:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/aussiedroid/screenshot/34113354132803071

http://steamcommunity.com/id/aussiedroid/screenshot/34113354132802766

Interestingly, on the system map it shows as a very large body despite its small size.

I did take one pic at 1.5lys but it was unimpressive without the rings so I deleted it.
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That is absolutely a unique find Aussiedroid!
I've seen a lot of neutron stars (I'm hunting them at the moment) and I've never seen one with a disc before.
 

Varrag

Varrag
Pete said:
I am currently flying towards a neutron star with two t-tauri stars around it (the neutron star is the primary).

Does anyone have any idea about the risks of the t-tauri stars being close enough to the neutron star to cause me problems if I hyperspace in? I really don't want to get burned up 8,000 Ly from home with a big bucket of exploration data...but I would love to visit the system...hmmm.

-- Pete.
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Well if you can't tell apart those two T-tauris from the neutron star in the galactic map view (e.g. you can see only one bright dot after selecting the system), that means that the stars are clumped together quite close. How close ... well, you can't be sure. I tend to avoid such risky jumps.
 

Jovial

Jovial
Pete said:
I am currently flying towards a neutron star with two t-tauri stars around it (the neutron star is the primary).

Does anyone have any idea about the risks of the t-tauri stars being close enough to the neutron star to cause me problems if I hyperspace in? I really don't want to get burned up 8,000 Ly from home with a big bucket of exploration data...but I would love to visit the system...hmmm.

-- Pete.
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Nutter made a video that should be helpful:

[video=youtube_share;UziQbz5F2ew]http://youtu.be/UziQbz5F2ew[/video]
 
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