Definitely the farthest away I've scanned something from....
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Zoinks!
What kind of star was it? (I'm thinking a big one)
There were two scanned at that range. Both O class. Not sure if the picture is of the 96.6250 or 97.5508 solar masses one... Just a wee bit big either way. System was BD+55 191 in NGC 281 (already all first discoverer credit claimed so need for paranoid secrecy
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That's awesome. And I was surprised today when I scanned a planet from 498ls away. "That must be huge!" I thought, because normally I have to get to around 50ls before I can scan it.
No, I haven't been playing long.
No, I haven't been playing long.
400,000,000,000 stars and you had to choose the brightest one in a nebula
I have managed to get tags on some stuff in the sadr nebula but I've kinda given up hoping for anything juicy inside or even enroute to nebulas anymore.
Still worth the trip for some of the views anyway.
Now I'm getting itchy feet and will have sell the FdL to get an Asp, again
I have managed to get tags on some stuff in the sadr nebula but I've kinda given up hoping for anything juicy inside or even enroute to nebulas anymore.
Still worth the trip for some of the views anyway.
Now I'm getting itchy feet and will have sell the FdL to get an Asp, again
Stars can be scanned from about 1000ls up to quite a lot, apparently. Most are between 1 and 4 thousand in my experience.
Gas giants usually scan from somewhere between ~500 and ~800ls.
Rocky planets can be anything from 5ls for a 0.0001 earth mass minnow to ~100ls.
Belt clusters are alway 5ls.
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It was handy for the route planner. I visited a few more systems while I was there and some were not discovered as I scanned them (whether that is still the case when I get home remains to be seen....)
Gas giants usually scan from somewhere between ~500 and ~800ls.
Rocky planets can be anything from 5ls for a 0.0001 earth mass minnow to ~100ls.
Belt clusters are alway 5ls.
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It was handy for the route planner. I visited a few more systems while I was there and some were not discovered as I scanned them (whether that is still the case when I get home remains to be seen....)
I think the O, A & B class stars can be scanned up to 100k approx (if they are big enough).
I happened across that by an accidental target, turning to the next system point it pinged as I strafed over the distant target. I think it was a B class star in my case.
Still not very common from my experience ... Nice find!!
I happened across that by an accidental target, turning to the next system point it pinged as I strafed over the distant target. I think it was a B class star in my case.
Still not very common from my experience ... Nice find!!
Ah, the BIG question - when to turn back! Fear of losing those prescious discoveries versus I wonder what's over there.
On topic I'm pretty sure I've had the odd star scan from around 20,000ls but nothing close to 100,000!
Guess there's still quite a bit I haven't seen
