The life column is for any system with an ammonia world with ammonia life, earth like with water based life or a gas giant with life, etc.
The Cassiopeia Project
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The life column is for any system with an ammonia world with ammonia life, earth like with water based life or a gas giant with life, etc.
The G2 at PHOO AEB KI-A D14-0 is far far worse. I'll be sure to take lots of screenshots when I find a way to actually get there.
And this is the rockinest, rock-steady beat of Madness.... ONE... STEP... BEYOND......
[video=youtube_share;SOJSM46nWwo]https://youtu.be/SOJSM46nWwo[/video]
Managed to get to to Phoo Aeb JI-A d14-0, closest system to Tycho G search co-ordinates -10823, 294, -6247 at 37.1 L-y distant. Wasn't easy. Solar and anti-Solar screenshots:
There was a good G2 candidate at Phoo Aeb KI-A d14-0, which has just one orbiting Class I Gas Giant:
I'm now down to 27-12-10 FSD Injections; will need to use more to get to last set of Tycho G co-ordinates and then out of this part of the Rift to the Cas A search area. Having to dump another 24 limpets as well. Have 18 Limpets left now.
There was a good G2 candidate at Phoo Aeb KI-A d14-0, which has just one orbiting Class I Gas Giant:
I'm now down to 27-12-10 FSD Injections; will need to use more to get to last set of Tycho G co-ordinates and then out of this part of the Rift to the Cas A search area. Having to dump another 24 limpets as well. Have 18 Limpets left now.
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Solar/anti-Solar views from Phoo Aeb EC-C d13-1, 33.6 L-y from the Tycho G search co-ordinates -10910, 297, -6297. No G2 stars in range. And that's the last of the Tycho G search co-ordinates.
And... it's all over. It seems that nearly all of the Cas A search areas are devoid of neutron stars. There's still something I'd like to check out before the next meet-up, should be all done tonight.
Taking you back to the sounds of 1985 now, with Talking Heads and Road To Nowhere—
[video=youtube_share;AWtCittJyr0]https://youtu.be/AWtCittJyr0[/video]
Taking you back to the sounds of 1985 now, with Talking Heads and Road To Nowhere—
[video=youtube_share;AWtCittJyr0]https://youtu.be/AWtCittJyr0[/video]
MISSION UPDATE: 24 NOV 3302
Interesting news! I've crunched the numbers on the one and only Neutron Star that was located along the Cassiopeia A corridor and guess what? It comes VERY, VERY close to where someone would expect Cassiopeia A to be located in the real galaxy!
Cassiopeia A should be located at Right Ascension 23:23:26, Declination 58:48:00.
Hypheeg DH-T D4-3 is located at Right Ascension 23:23:45, Declination 59:04:29.
Distance is good too! Best guess for the distance to Cassiopeia A is about 11,000 light years (our search covered a much wider range of distance in case of possible errors.) Raymondo's neutron star is 12019 light years from Sol. This is well within the range of error.
The coordinates are approximate because I haven't visited the site myself to register precise coordinates into EDSM. I'm still plugging data into the spreadsheet for the Tycho G search. There is still a lot of work to do on that one!
I honestly never believed that we could get this far along into the project by this early date! This is a testament to each and every member of the team. It will still take some time to pull in all of the data in a way that makes a solid presentation that we can present back to the Elite: Dangerous community and development team but we are well on our way! We've already got quite a few candidates for Tycho G on the list so the task remaining is to compile that data and begin rating the Tycho G candidates.
Keep flying Commanders!
Interesting news! I've crunched the numbers on the one and only Neutron Star that was located along the Cassiopeia A corridor and guess what? It comes VERY, VERY close to where someone would expect Cassiopeia A to be located in the real galaxy!
Cassiopeia A should be located at Right Ascension 23:23:26, Declination 58:48:00.
Hypheeg DH-T D4-3 is located at Right Ascension 23:23:45, Declination 59:04:29.
Distance is good too! Best guess for the distance to Cassiopeia A is about 11,000 light years (our search covered a much wider range of distance in case of possible errors.) Raymondo's neutron star is 12019 light years from Sol. This is well within the range of error.
The coordinates are approximate because I haven't visited the site myself to register precise coordinates into EDSM. I'm still plugging data into the spreadsheet for the Tycho G search. There is still a lot of work to do on that one!
I honestly never believed that we could get this far along into the project by this early date! This is a testament to each and every member of the team. It will still take some time to pull in all of the data in a way that makes a solid presentation that we can present back to the Elite: Dangerous community and development team but we are well on our way! We've already got quite a few candidates for Tycho G on the list so the task remaining is to compile that data and begin rating the Tycho G candidates.
Keep flying Commanders!
Heck Yeah! My one is a possibility!
Hell it was quick... I was just about to write a post how I have troubles keeping with the expedition cause my continuing crazy work schedule (plus you know how wives are [wait plural of wife is spelled like that?] It's more important for them to hang ceiling lights than reaching kappa Cassiopeia) and it seems the expedition is already over. I hoped I would be at least be in time to lend a hand for CassA search being late for Tycho.
Well.. Perils of adult gamer I guess... I have enough money to buy games but no time to play them
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Well.. Perils of adult gamer I guess... I have enough money to buy games but no time to play them
.Well there is one more star left to do by the looks of it, and one other possible candidate though further from the co-ords than the previous, all the rest is empty.
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Also, wondering if anyone would be up for a Milky Way Messierathon in the new year? Basically visit all the Messier objects (famous targets for astronomers for those wondering) that are in the Milky Way?
Here is a list of the places that would be visited
http://messier.seds.org/more/mw_m.html
I've never organised a trip before but if people are interested I'd be happy to work on a plan.
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Note to those interested that the Exploration CG runs 1 more week and has hit t3 today
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Also, wondering if anyone would be up for a Milky Way Messierathon in the new year? Basically visit all the Messier objects (famous targets for astronomers for those wondering) that are in the Milky Way?
Here is a list of the places that would be visited
http://messier.seds.org/more/mw_m.html
I've never organised a trip before but if people are interested I'd be happy to work on a plan.
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Note to those interested that the Exploration CG runs 1 more week and has hit t3 today
I didn't want to post this until I'd got to the system and checked it out, but there's another Neutron Star, Hypheerb KO-G d11-1, which is 130L-y from the last set of co-ordinates I checked, which Cmdr Halceon originally offered to check but later offered it up to the Project.
This neutron star system is promising as, unlike Hypheerb KO-G d11-1 which is a binary system with a type M4 stellar companion to the neutron star, it is a unary neutron star with no stellar companions...
...but it does have an extensive planetary system of gas giants with numerous small moons, all of which I have surveyed and taken screenshots of the system map data.
The system has been previously visited (by Cmdr Belthize) and trilaterated on EDSM (https://www.edsm.net/show-distances/index/id/2376601/name/Hypheerb+KO-G+d11-1). It is at Galactic Co-ordinates -9784.15625, -515.6875, -3883.34375, placing it well below the search co-ordinates (of -9839.59062, -396.770562, -3922.375499) and at a distance of about 130L-y from them.
The system is also at a distance of only 10,539L-y from Sol, placing it very close to the estimated distance of Cassiopeia A of 11,000L-y:
However, using this information I calculate that as observed from Sol, Hypheerb KO-G d11-1 would be located at celestial co-ordinates:
Right ascension: 23h 24m 29.4s
Declination: 58° 08' 58"
As Python makes no sense to me at all, for my own calculation I assumed that the ED Galactic Co-ordinate X-axis points directly towards the Galactic Centre, whilst the Y axis runs along the Galactic equator, then worked out the Galactic latitude and longitude from the EDSM co-ordinates by basic trigonometry, then fed the results into the NASA astronomical co-ordinates converter found here: https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/toolbox/tb_coordconv.cfm to obtain celestial co-ordinates.
Applying the same method to Hypheeg DH-T d4-3, using rough co-ordinates -11148.4, -398.4, -4472.7 taken from the Galaxy Map, I obtained the following celestial co-ordinates:
Right ascension: 23h 23m 43.5s
Declination: 59° 04' 25"
Comparing these with the given historical position of Cassiopeia A:
Right ascension: 23h 23m 26.0s
Declination: 58°48'00"
... I also calculate that the angular separation of Hypheerb KO-G d11-1 from the historical position of Cassiopeia A is 39'2", and that of Hypheeg DH-T d4-3 is 16'29", which is 22'33" closer. For this calculation I used the formula:
cos γ = (cos (90 - δ[SUB]1[/SUB]) × cos (90 - δ[SUB]2[/SUB])) + (sin (90 - δ[SUB]1[/SUB]) × sin (90 - δ[SUB]2[/SUB]) × cos (α[SUB]1[/SUB] - α[SUB]2[/SUB]))
where γ is the angular separation of two sets of r.a. and dec. co-ordinates, α[SUB]1[/SUB] and δ[SUB]1[/SUB] are the first set of r.a. and dec. co-ordinates, and α[SUB]2[/SUB] and δ[SUB]2[/SUB] are the second set of r.a. and dec. co-ordinates.
So whilst Hypheerb KO-G d11-1 is more promising in terms of its singular nature and distance from Sol, Hypheerg DH-T d4-3 is more than twice as close to the historic position of Cas A in the sky. Go figure.
I've enjoyed this little exercise, as you can probably tell. I leave the survey aspect of the Project with a final track from yesteryear, it's U2's 1987 hit I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For:
[video=youtube_share;e3-5YC_oHjE]https://youtu.be/e3-5YC_oHjE[/video]
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That's a cool find!
Yeah. Folks really buckled down and knocked these lists out much faster then I'd have anticipated. We're still working on cataloging all of our finds so there is still plenty left to do.
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Nice find Commander!
I'm happy to help with any of the analysis, but not sure what you need or where to start.
Well, if you pull up the spreadsheet for Tycho G you'll see a 2nd tab labeled "results". I'm filling this in with info for each G2 system that was discovered. Data includes X,Y,Z coordinates, age of the star, temperature, solar mass and solar radius. Also included is a count of companion stars and planetary bodies. We also have to rule out the presence of life on any of the planetary bodies. If I ever have the pleasure of participating in something like this in the future I'll make sure to ask for this info during the initial survey phase. I didn't and now I'm having to visit all these systems individually to collect the necessary data.
Thanks Commander! I can't get back online until tomorrow morning. Hoping to get this finished in time to take advantage of the exploration CG.
CMDR Belthize discovered this Neutron Star back during his own hunt for Cas A last April: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...-Rift-Part-2?p=3799344&viewfull=1#post3799344
I was proud of my Type 6's 40ly engineered range when we started out, but experience has shown that I really have to work to keep up. I suspect that Tycho help will arrive before I get there, but I'm not terribly concerned with the CG, and I'm happy to hang around collecting data if others want to get back.
Heading for Hypiæ Aim JY-Z d13-8 to triangulate co-ordinates and screenshot stellar data. That will leave the remaining Glufee, Phrœ Eæc, Gludgoe and Hegoi systems on the spreadsheet to be triangulated. I suggest that commanders returning to the Tycho search area to gather this data post which systems they intend to gather data from to prevent unnecessary repeated effort o7
Like Cpt.Bilsn and CMDR_Halceon I seem to have struggled to get to anywhere useful before everything was sorted. Finding myself 6klys away from the Cas A area, having just crossed the Heisenberg Bridge, and with few co-ors left to search, I've decided to head back and give my data to the CoR while I still have the chance. If there's anything still to do after that I can head back down. I've contributed nothing other than a bit of chat so far