The Cassiopeia Project

[evaldo10]

I love it. This is exactly the kind of thinking that is needed to resolve this issue. Applying real-world data to solve the problem.

Well if i can get her on board ( a little ) we will have the largest radio telescope in the world to help.

I was mainly hoping just a bit of theory regarding the future of these stars in Elite timeline to get an idea if the state they would be in.

What would be the best Elite out of game map for her to use or look at.

 

[Ulysses_W]

Count me in! Is there a sign up sheet anywhere to be had?

 

[mechleader]

I'd love to help you guys search!

 

[Cpt.Bilsn]

I've done little bit of searching to get into the picture and apart from finding out there is a swingers group called Cassiopeia A (I mean, really?) in my area I also found this article http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/casa/ according to which CasA should be pretty interesting. It is supposedly rapidly cooling neutron star suspected to create neutron superfluid.

Not sure if something like that could be apparent to regular observer, nevertheless CasA could be somehow special as far as neutron stars go.

 

[CMDR_Halceon]

This sounds interesting! As a new-ish pilot, I'm wondering if there's a way to sign up and what I might have to do to prepare. I've got a Type-6 with 28-ly jump range--is that good enough to come along?

 

[Cpt.Bilsn]

This sounds interesting! As a new-ish pilot, I'm wondering if there's a way to sign up and what I might have to do to prepare. I've got a Type-6 with 28-ly jump range--is that good enough to come along?

Generally you want as much jump range as possible as it's a long trip and every bit of extra range pays in a long run. You can go in whatever you like and you can get surprisingly good jump range out of type 6... I guess you could get around 32-35 stripped down with engineering upgrades (even my projected fuel heavy deep space rescue type 6 with extra fuel tank, limpets and buggy has about 24 ly before FSD upgrades).

You also want the biggest fuel scoop you can mount, discovery scanner (advanced if possible) and surface scanner. Shields and weapons are optional though if you would like to land somewhere along the way I would advice against going completely shieldless. Heatsinks are good to have for overheating emergencies and some people like to pack AFMU too just in case they'd take some serious internal dmg.

Popular ships for exploring are Diamondbacks and ASPs and they are reasonably affordable but people went deep space exploring in cobras or vipers so its really about what you are comfortable with and expect from you ship.

 

[Jaiotu]

Count me in! Is there a sign up sheet anywhere to be had?

I'll get a sign up sheet posted soon. This is my first time trying to organize something like this

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This sounds interesting! As a new-ish pilot, I'm wondering if there's a way to sign up and what I might have to do to prepare. I've got a Type-6 with 28-ly jump range--is that good enough to come along?

Getting to the area of Tycho G should be no problem but we might need to find you some jumponium to make it to Cas A.

 

[raymondo the great]

I'm up for helping on this! I've got a choice of ships, conda, aspx and a few others, Thinking this is serious stuff not best suited to my exploring eagle haha!

 

[PaderIcon]

I will help you with two other Commanders. We are on Xbox. If I can help with anything just say it and I will try my best.

 

[Jaiotu]

I'm up for helping on this! I've got a choice of ships, conda, aspx and a few others, Thinking this is serious stuff not best suited to my exploring eagle haha!

I will help you with two other Commanders. We are on Xbox. If I can help with anything just say it and I will try my best.

Thanks Commanders! I should have a sign-up form up later today.

 

[hiciacit]

Interesting. Not sure I can commit the time, but I'd be happy to help out if I can.

 

[aelson.guerra]

Thanks Commanders! I should have a sign-up form up later today.

Greetings Commanders!,


I have friends in XBOX and we want to help. So, please is possible someone make a list of the external tools and some help how to use it?
I very excited because is my first expedition, I always planed and executed my trips alone.


Thanks and keep flying!

 

[Jaiotu]

Greetings Commanders!,


I have friends in XBOX and we want to help. So, please is possible someone make a list of the external tools and some help how to use it?
I very excited because is my first expedition, I always planed and executed my trips alone.


Thanks and keep flying!

Nice! Looks like we've had quite a few XBox players show some interest which is just awesome!

 

[Mysturji]

I'd love to take part if I can.
I'm currently parked at Jaques while I do the 2.2 Beta, then I have a personal quest when I return to the bubble.
I'll join you if I can.
o7

 

[Jaiotu]

Sign up sheet for the mission

Okay everyone. The sign up sheet for the Cassiopeia Project has been created ... and I have good news! Professor Steven Eisler of the Okinura Xenobiology Institute will be joining the expedition! Eisler made news headlines back in September when he suggested that the crashed alien craft discovered in the Pleiades could be of Thargoid design. He was subject to much public ridicule that the time and denounced for being an academic, not a field researcher. Looks like Eisler wants to get out into the field after all!

Here's a link to the sign up spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RpTFEi8lrzwRKpXlHEyvAMDUwNTX72im8_GXMIcojb8/edit?usp=sharing

And for the curious, here are the links to the news reports regarding the Professor:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/57c6dfef9657ba7a0d46a7fb
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/57ce97919657baa15b6ec88a

(Yes, the inclusion of Eisler is just a light bit of roleplay )

 

[evaldo10]

http://a360.co/2e6yvEp

Let me know if this helps its an interactive 3d model of Cassiopeia from Sol.

It was done by Cmndr Macklin Fox of Sap Core Legion.

Sap Core Legion is the number one Xbox player group !!
( cheeky plug ).

We will add this search into our Dark Net missions on Inara.

 

[Jaiotu]

http://a360.co/2e6yvEp

Let me know if this helps its an interactive 3d model of Cassiopeia from Sol.

It was done by Cmndr Macklin Fox of Sap Core Legion.

Sap Core Legion is the number one Xbox player group !!
( cheeky plug ).

We will add this search into our Dark Net missions on Inara.

Greatly appreciated! I've added the link to Post #5. Thanks!

 

[evaldo10]

Greatly appreciated! I've added the link to Post #5. Thanks!

NP xxxx

 

[Jaiotu]

Mission Report: 17 OCT 3302

Preparation for the mission is well underway. I have been doing some research, not just to create a mission itinerary and a list of waypoints, but also to other SNRs that CAN be found in the galaxy map.

I have just concluded a survey of the neutron star at the heart of the Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443/Sharpless 248).

This particular neutron star is registered in the galaxy map as CXOU J061705.3+222127. The "CXO" prefix indicates "Chandra X-Ray Observatory" which was a satellite used in the early 21st century to explore X-Ray emitting sources from Earth orbit. At just about 5,000 light-years from Earth the Jellyfish nebula and the associate neutron star are a bit closer then either Tycho G or Cas A but it does raise a curious question: Why does this object from the CXO catalog appear on our map but Cassiopeia A does not? Using the CXO identifier Cas A should be searchable using "CXOU J232327.8+584842" as the search string. It simply does not compute that two very similar stellar objects from the same catalog don't BOTH appear in the galaxy map. Either it is an omission by error, a deliberate cover up (why?), or something has happened to Cassiopeia A to remove it from the galaxy. Finding (or not finding!) Cassiopeia A will open a whole host of questions that must be answered.

 

[raymondo the great]

Right O, I've signed on the dotted line haha