System Name: GEN# +2.12450534

turkwinif

turkwinif
It's a weird name for a system, right? But it exists in NGC 1245, a line of stars below the galactic disk currently out of reach. It also appears to be a one-of-a-kind so far: type in GEN into the Galmap search and GEN# +2.12450534 should be the first system it takes you to. From then on it bounces you between numerous systems within the bubble until returning back to GEN#.

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GEN# is probably short for "generation number" and the string of positive numbers may have helped in the generation of the system. Why its name is that, I have no idea :D I just figured I'd share this little oddity with the forum.
 
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Michael Brookes

Game Director
turkwinif said:
It's a weird name for a system, right? But it exists in NGC 1245, a line of stars below the galactic disk currently out of reach. It also appears to be a one-of-a-kind so far: type in GEN into the Galmap search and GEN# +2.12450534 should be the first system it takes you to. From then on it bounces you between numerous systems within the bubble until returning back to GEN#.

http://i.imgur.com/90b8YNs.png
http://i.imgur.com/WpPtCWs.png

GEN# is probably short for "generation number" and the string of positive numbers may have helped in the generation of the system. Why its name is that, I have no idea :D I just figured I'd share this little oddity with the forum.
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It's a manually placed star from an obscure catalogue when I was looking at adding extra-galactic clusters and stars. I can't remember the details though :)

Edit - From SIMBAD: http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=GEN#++2.12450534&submit=SIMBAD+search

Michael
 

BaldEagle

BaldEagle
Wow an interesting find AND an MB personal response - I think that deserves its own badge ... ;)
That link of MB's opens up a whole new world I just don't understand :eek:
 

turkwinif

turkwinif
Michael Brookes said:
SIMBAD is a great resource for star catalogues.

Michael
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It definitely is :D I've heard of it before and tried poking around, but was quickly overwhelmed with the amount of information it provided that I didn't understand. So many abbriviations and numbers!

I've been having a lot of fun with exploring so far, especially in the galmap, finding different NGC sectors and unreachable stars. I have to applaud the work you guys at Frontier put into the galaxy.
 

BaldEagle

BaldEagle
"... I've been having a lot of fun with exploring so far, especially in the galmap, finding different NGC sectors and unreachable stars. I have to applaud the work you guys at Frontier put into the galaxy. "

Me too ... :cool:
 

madbilly

M
Michael Brookes said:
... when I was looking at adding extra-galactic clusters and stars...
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Interesting....
:D
Was this recently our pre release? What methods did you use to decide which real objects got put in and which didn't? Eg I think there's a few stars that are really binaries our multiples but in game they're just a single star. Some stars I can't find at all :(
 
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