Ran into this tonight -- a huge gas giant with a ~10 hour rotational period.
Someone call Stellar Forge an Uber because I'm cutting it off.
Someone call Stellar Forge an Uber because I'm cutting it off.
New General Catalogue Mapping Expedition I
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It doesn't seem to be that big, Jupiter is actually bigger
And also has a rotational period of a smidge under 10h.
I'm taking a break from my travels to do a quick ELW survey of a sector in the Scutum-Sagittarii conflux. Only found one so far, but I did find this:
Yup, that says 30 million km.
You can see it a little better in this shot, but that high metal content world is actually orbiting between the inner and outer rings:
Here is what it looks like to fly around that massive outer metal ring:
Yup, that says 30 million km.
You can see it a little better in this shot, but that high metal content world is actually orbiting between the inner and outer rings:
Here is what it looks like to fly around that massive outer metal ring:
Shots from NGC 5882. Currently hopping between giant stars on my way to NGC 5307. Should have a write-up for both nebulae done tomorrow.
A couple of oddities from the rest of the weekend. I believe this is personal record for smallest terrestrial body:
Another 'terraformable' world, just add atmosphere:
And a 'miracle' system -- each of the five non-ice planets with atmospheres are terraformable:
Another 'terraformable' world, just add atmosphere:
And a 'miracle' system -- each of the five non-ice planets with atmospheres are terraformable:
Just a quick update: As I was passing through the SYRALAEI AA-A d sector, I ran into 2 ELWs in quick succession. Taking that as a good sign, I decided to take a quick break from my journey to Hen 2-215 to do a survey of the entire sector. I'm only doing detailed scans on ELWs or systems with three or more terraformables and I've already netted 8 ELWs, 25 terraformable water worlds, 95 terraformable HMCs and 2 ammonia worlds across 200 systems.
No super rare ELWs as of yet, but I did find one in a relatively close binary orbit with a terraformable Mars-like that I thought was kind of neat.
No super rare ELWs as of yet, but I did find one in a relatively close binary orbit with a terraformable Mars-like that I thought was kind of neat.
Finally done with the survey. 14 ELWs out of roughly 400 systems scanned. Not a bad haul overall.
Hen 2-215 is still over 2,000 light years away. I've picked out a couple of intermediate waypoints that I think may still be undiscovered, including a bright O class giant, a double black hole system and a Wolf-Rayet star.
Took this as a souvenir from the survey. I think this ELW was particularly photogenic.
Hen 2-215 is still over 2,000 light years away. I've picked out a couple of intermediate waypoints that I think may still be undiscovered, including a bright O class giant, a double black hole system and a Wolf-Rayet star.
Took this as a souvenir from the survey. I think this ELW was particularly photogenic.
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Ran into a couple of interesting things on my way to NGC 6337, including this ringed gas giant with two water moons (one of which is terraformable), two high metal content moons and a smaller ringed gas giant:
Here is a view from its ring system:
Another ELW and terraformable Mars-like binary pair:
A gas giant orbiting just over 20 light seconds from its main star:
And a really out of place ice world with a surface temperature of 580K:
I also stumbled across NGC 6139 (CD-39 10464); write-up has been posted.
Finally, a couple of shots from NGC 6337:
Here is a view from its ring system:
Another ELW and terraformable Mars-like binary pair:
A gas giant orbiting just over 20 light seconds from its main star:
And a really out of place ice world with a surface temperature of 580K:
I also stumbled across NGC 6139 (CD-39 10464); write-up has been posted.
Finally, a couple of shots from NGC 6337:
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It looks like someone else has produced an entry for my final waypoint (NGC 6563), so it is about time to bring this expedition to a close -- and not a moment too soon as it appears the situation with the thargoids continues to get more tense.
I do have one more thing that I would like to investigate before I head back to the bubble -- an open cluster over by the Elephant's Trunk and Crescent Nebulae that doesn't appear to be documented in EDSM.
I do have one more thing that I would like to investigate before I head back to the bubble -- an open cluster over by the Elephant's Trunk and Crescent Nebulae that doesn't appear to be documented in EDSM.
New personal record for a giant close to a star; it wasn't the main star, so I had to eyeball it, but this one was orbiting at about 3 light seconds' distance.
Posted my final write-up for the expedition covering the NGC 7209 star cluster. I may tool around the outer edges of the cluster for another hour or two to look for Earth-likes, but then it will be time to head back to the bubble and prepare to fight some thargoids -- or otherwise entertain myself while we wait for the overhaul to exploration mechanics.
Thanks to everyone for the supportive comments and rep.
A quick little post-script, here is what the Anaconda's pulsating paintjob looks like after more than a month in the black. Not too bad:
Yeah I have the purple pulse on mine and I'm quite happy the horrible degradation is not too visible. And yes I despise it and I wish they gave us the option to fix it with our AFMUs. This way everyone would be happy, those who like it and those like me who detest it.
Two words: "Paint Limpets"