The Galactic Mapping Project & Historical Archive of Exploration

[Corbin Moran]

Map updated: Posts #3232 to #3242

Added:
- Shrike Remnant
- The Impossible
- The Gorgons
- Echoes of Eternity
- Triplets in Sepia
- Ivan Almar's Dream
- The Carbon Fields
- Gamow Nebula

Updated:
- Phipoea <-- Added image

Not added:
- Siamese Twins

 

[Erimus Kamzel]

Please note that the Mapping Project will be closed to submissions from today until February 1st 2019.

With all the new content coming in 3.3 we need time to asses which discoveries are unique or uncommon, as ideally those are the type we want to begin cataloging on the GMP. So to avoid masses of posts being submitted from the off, we want a cool down period until everyone gets a feel of whats special and unique(ish) out there and how we intend to record it.

There will most likely be new POI categories opening up to, and we'll need to work out which category each new discovery belongs to.

Please hold on to your discoveries and submissions for the time being, and on February 1st 2019 this thread will be reopened for you to submit them to.

We will also use this hiatus to clear the backlog of current submissions.

o7.​

 

[Sir.Tj]

 

[Erimus Kamzel]

Thanks TJ

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The GMP is now open for new submissions again. Please note that there has been a revamp of some of the guidelines on Post #1 as well as a more defined guide to each POI category, including information on Codex submissions. Thanks to Corbin Moran and the GMP team for the updated guidelines.

 

[Enigmatic]

POI: Planetary Features

Galmap search ref.: Eol Prou KW-M D7-2351

Name: Six Sisters

Description: A binary system with five waterworlds (four are terraformable, one has an atmosphere similar to Earth's) and one Earth-like world, all of them teeming with indigenous life, predestining this system for both extensive exobiological research and colonization. In addition, there are four more terraformable high metal content planets.

A 6: Actaea
A 7: Dynamene
A 8: Thetis
B 5: Galatea
B 6: Ceto
B 8: Arethusa

Screenshot:

 

[Enigmatic]

POI: Planetary Features
Galmap search ref.: Eoch Pruae UA-E d12-237

Name: Nereus' Gift

Description: A double-binary system boasting six waterworlds, one Earth-like world, and four terraformable high metal content planets - a paradise for colonists, biologists and travel-weary explorers alike.

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[Heavy Johnson]

Backlog updates:

Number below is post # in this thread.

3243: 'Dryao Chrea DW-V e2-8188' in game is not a planetary nebula. Furthermore this is in the galactic center, and per GMP policy planetary nebula in the galactic core must be exceptionally unique, due to the large number of nebula found in the core. This system does not meet that level. Possibly is system 'Dryao Chrea DW-V e2-8872'. Still does not meet notability criteria.

3244: Does not meet the criteria of being sufficiently unique (ELW orbiting a Y-class star is unusual, but not with an F-star also)

3245: Rejected for 1) Already another well-known nebula by the name 'Dragons Head' and 2) this is a planetary nebula in the galactic core; the nebula is not otherwise unique enough to warrant inclusion

3246: Rejected as two ELWs + 1 WW is not sufficiently unique

3247: Rejected as TC WW moon of a non TC HMC is not sufficiently unique

3250: 'Different Miracles' added; ELW + AW + ELW-moon is sufficiently unique

3253: 'Siamese Twins' added.

3254: Previously added.

3255: Previously added.

3256: Entered as 'The Shepard', because of the long standing problem with 'blue' being over-used in POI entries

3264: Updated 'Froadik' entry with new screenshot, thanks to Cmdr Dinochrome.

3265: 'New Zeland Cluster' added.

3266: 'Child in Time' added.

3267: 'Posideon's Playground' added.

3269: 'Spear of Hope (generation ship)' added

3274: 'Juego de Bolos' added

3275: 'The ordinary neighbor' not added; does not seem to be very unique, no screenshots to confirm. Nearby stars sometimes do occur in planetary nebula.

3276: 'Bertalan Farkas Nebula' not added, not highly unique

3277: Not unique enough for addition

3279: rejected; "highest/lowest" object is subject to change and is hard to confirm. Outside of distance below plane, not notable.

3280: 'Life on the Edge' added.

 

[Erimus Kamzel]

POI: Planetary Features
Galmap search ref.: Eoch Pruae UA-E d12-237

Name: Nereus' Gift

Description: A double-binary system boasting six waterworlds, one Earth-like world, and four terraformable high metal content planets - a paradise for colonists, biologists and travel-weary explorers alike.

Nice find! I bet that system earned you a fortune

 

[Enigmatic]

Thanks! Must 've been in the range of 3 million CR It might be worth noting for future exploration that the system I reported one post back (similar composition, one ww less) is less than 600 lys away from this one. I didn't explore the region between them any further, so ELW and WW-density around there may be well above average and there might be other systems like these in close vicinity.

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

Ok, so I've been waiting for you to reopen in order to submit these 3 Planetary Nebulae for some time. They were all in the Vulcan Gate region, in the bit also known as the Perseus Crags. Whist not particularly close, they are relatively close, so decided to name them as similarly with almost identical descriptions. (I got first discovery tags on the third - it's so far the only untagged planetary nebula that I've found)

Name: Vulcan's Brain
Game map search ref: LYRUELKS FL-P E5-41
Description: Vulcan's Brain is so called due to its shape and location in the Vulcan Gate region of the galaxy, also known as the Perseus Crags. It is fairly uninteresting planetary nebula, most notable for being part of the Vulcan Triad: a series of three planetary nebulae discovered reasonably close together in a region that some earlier explorers believed to be unusually lacking in such features.
Screenshot reference: https://i.imgur.com/j1rkMfn.jpg, https://i.imgur.com/dNrMwjk.jpg


Name: Vulcan's Eye
Game map search ref: BYA PHLA WP-P E5-8
Description: Vulcan's Eye is so called due to its shape and location in the Vulcan Gate region of the galaxy, also known as the Perseus Crags. It is fairly uninteresting planetary nebula, most notable for being part of the Vulcan Triad: a series of three planetary nebulae discovered reasonably close together in a region that some earlier explorers believed to be unusually lacking in such features.
Screenshot reference: https://i.imgur.com/YAyUe5x.jpg, https://i.imgur.com/vwes0n1.jpg


Name: Vulcan's Soul
Game map search ref: BLOO EAEB UY-A E8
Description: Vulcan's Soul is so called due to its shape and location in the Vulcan Gate region of the galaxy, also known as the perseus fades. It is fairly uninteresting planetary nebula, most noeable for being part of the Vulcan Triad: a series of three planetary nebulae discovered reasonably close together in a region that some earlier explorers believed to be unusually lacking in such features.
Screenshot reference: https://i.imgur.com/aa5y9Ln.jpg, https://i.imgur.com/FuRChUU.jpg

 

[Corbin Moran]

Some image updates:

Conflux Abandoned Settlements

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Sacaqawea Space Port

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Guardian ruins - Skaudai sites

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Spear Thistle Nebula

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Image captured from Stellar Ballet video by Skoomer and Zach

I have also updated the text entry for the Spear Thistle Nebula, since it was a bit dated... (it was originally submitted while the Sag-Car Mission was underway and the text reflected that).

 

[Threeofseven]

I do not believe this Nebula is in the database as I was unable to find it. If it is then please ignore this submission.

Name: Clookua AA-A H41 Nebula
PIO type: Nebula

This small nebula is, located about 3000ly off the Bubble-Colonia route, around 15500lys from Sol and is just below the galactic plain. Several biological surface POIs can be found in and around this Nebula.

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[Stulli]

Gottfried Koehler Depot is wrong in EDSM: Outotch NX-R d5-0

It should be Outotz NX-R d5-0

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Updates

* Fixed broken link in 'Helios Rock Garden'
* Changed 'Gottfried Koehler Depot' to system Outotz NX-R d5-0

Additions from the Distant Worlds 2 submission thread:

PENDING TRILATERATION OF SYSTEM - #112: 'Tumbleweed': BYEIA EURK YJ-X C2-5 planet A 2 B
Submitted by CMDR Spiderkeegan
'Low gravity, vivid colors, countless deep canyons with near-vertical cliffs, and water magma geological sites - all with a close class II gas giant on the horizon. The only thing this moon is missing is people! '

Photo: https://i.imgur.com/xfAVuq5.jpg

#120: 'Ringworld' (place holder): Pyramoe XR-W c17-9 planet B7a
Submitted by CMDR Ferdan
'Icy Planet located in outer ring of Class 1 Gas Giant, with deep canyons, amazing views, and plenty of geological points in the form of water geysers.'

Photos: https://i.imgur.com/1f0BeKJ.jpg, https://i.imgur.com/3M3QVFQ.jpg

#139: ' Reinhold's Keep': Ploi Aerb RT-F c25-0 planet 1 A A
Submitted by CMDR Enigmatic
'Huge mountain ridges, ravines, giant planets in the sky, an abundance of geological phenomena (30 sites) including SRV-roasting magma spouts, a comfortable less than 0.1 G, rare goods (including Arsenic) and a beautiful look down on the core of the milky way - Ploi Aerb RT-F c25-0 1 A A has it all. Geosite 16 provides a comfy campfire atmosphere while a 10 km high mountain ridge near the south pole called "The Pyre" awaits adventurers trying to climb one of it's deadly summits.'

Photos: https://i.imgur.com/7h5U7tc.jpg, https://i.imgur.com/DGnToNk.jpg

#152: 'Roche's Waltz': EAEMBIE RT-Q D5-0 planet 1 A
Submitted by CMDR Vekt Ey'doom
'A High-mass High metal content world inside the exclusion zone (1.68LS) of a White Dwarf star, creating incredible eclipses. The planet is so far within the exclusion zone, it cannot be probed. (Closest approach is approximately 0.80LS). The planet completes an entire orbit around the star in about two real hours. So fast in fact, it can be observed with casual observation. It seems to slightly elongated out of a perfect sphere shape, and more like an egg.'

Photos: https://i.imgur.com/twfTlrCl.jpg, https://i.imgur.com/gsXkf4yl.jpg

#181: 'Al-Qūhī Oasis': Nyeajeau XF-T c5-9
Submitted by CMDR Maolagin
' Not only does this system feature a rare triplet of earth like worlds, but the three planets orbit close enough to be mutually tidally locked, and all three skirt the lower limits of mass and temperature for Earth-like habitability. Inhabitants of the inner binary would see a blue-green marble appearing larger than Earth's moon hanging motionless in the sky. Meanwhile those living on the world that orbits those two would see two brilliant little blue beads juggling together in a neverending dance, their common center likewise fixed in the sky. There would be plenty of time for stargazing too, since thanks to the tidal lock, all three planets have days and nights that last for weeks. For those interested in exploration a 4th water world is also found here. Named "Al-Qūhī Oasis" after Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, a great mathematician and astronomer of 10th century Baghdad, who is said to have first developed an interest in parabolic arcs while juggling in the market.'

Photos: https://i.imgur.com/gf86ipO.png, https://i.imgur.com/h3JvlRc.jpg


#147: 'Helium View' (no name was suggested by submitter): Nyeajaae WQ-C d13-19 B 6
Submitted by CMDR Surefoot
'A ringed earthlike world in binary orbit with a ringed helium-gas giant. This highly unusual arrangement is a must-visit for the explorer who wants to see everything the galaxy can create.'


photos: https://i.imgur.com/NnNSC9T.jpg

 

[Heavy Johnson]

I do not believe this Nebula is in the database as I was unable to find it. If it is then please ignore this submission.

Name: Clookua AA-A H41 Nebula

Clookua is not a valid system prefix. If you mean 'Clookuae', then I am unable to find any nebula near Clookuae AA-A H41. Can you please give a more accurate system reference?

Also, is there anything more notable than a few biological surface POIs? Anything someone would want to go 10k ly out of their way to see?
Lastly, do you have a name suggestion for it?

 

[marx]

When it comes to ELWs, based on the data, I'd say the following are decidedly rare, as in not hundreds of them have been found:

• ELWs with two or more moons (the record so far is five)
• ELWs that are moons of a star (not a dwarf star) or a gas giant
• ELWs that are moons and have a moon of their own - wonderful screenshots here (the parent ELW will be very close, and most of these moons will have volcanism too)
• ELWs that orbit four or more stars - although I imagine that not everyone would be as interested in these
• systems with three or more ELWs
• ELWs in a system with a main star type of: O, L, Herbig Ae/Be, Wolf-Rayet, Carbon star, White Dwarf
• ELWs directly orbiting: Herbig Ae/Be, Carbon star, White Dwarf, plus ones that have yet to be found: O, Y, Wolf-Rayet

Pretty much any combination of more uncommon stuff with ringed and/or Earth-like moons is going to be very rare, too.

 

[Dyse]

(Not sure how uncommon this is after marx's post, but it grabbed my attention.)


Name: TBD (haven't put much thought into it since idk if it's interesting enough)

Game map search ref: Sphoeff KX-R d5-75

Description: This system centers around a Neutron + M4 pair that are 10Ls apart, great for refueling and neutron boosting. Beyond the four closest HMC planets, at ~1033Ls, there is an ELW with no extraordinary features. (Maybe its 1171 D orbit, on a -117° inclination?) About 11KLs away, is an M Binary pair which has a terraformable WW orbiting it.

Screenshot reference: I unfortunately didn't take pictures of it, because I was on my way elsewhere and didn't find anything particularly beautiful. But here are some cartographics:
https://i.imgur.com/0MUqd3c.png
https://i.imgur.com/W2BTaZ7.png
https://i.imgur.com/rQe387R.png

 

[marx]

(Not sure how uncommon this is after marx's post, but it grabbed my attention.)

I mostly sourced my data from the ELW list and observations of the EDSM data. There's also an automated "rarity score" calculation on the list, so that could be used as a guideline - but the GMP is hand-curated, so it's ultimately up to them to decide whether something is note-worthy enough of inclusion.
The examples I've listed above are those where few of them have been found, not numbers going into the hundreds. Personally, I'd say that their rarity would make them worthy as such - but again, that's my opinion only.

Your example is considerably more rare than the "usual" neutron fare because it's co-orbiting a neutron star and a class M dwarf, as AB 5.

 

[AnubisNor]

The Wrinkly Sisters

System name:SLEGEAE YJ-P C22-2
Galactic Sector: Sanguineous Rim.
Planets of interest: 3-A and 3-B.
Planet types: Rocky ice-world.
POI name suggestion: The wrinkly sisters.

Galactic Location:

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System Map:

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Noteworthy features 3-A: A brownish yellow ice-world with massive canyons, estimated between 17-20 km deep at some places, mountains as tall as 47 km. The planet is rich in geological activity with 50 surface signals, though mining might be difficult due to the verticality of the surface.

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Noteworthy features 3-B: A black and red ice-world, in league with its sister 3-A, this world also features deep canyons with depths measuring 14 km at some places. Its mountains are not as tall as they are on 3-A though they may reach an estimated height at above 30 km. A true hellscape.

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The worlds were discovered during Alchemy Den's New Year New Discoveries expedition. The system lies only a short trip from Seagull Nebula and Thor's Helmet, so if one were to fall amiss in the canyons, a rebuy at Sagan Research Centre is possible.
The system was previously discovered by another commander, however the planets in questions were not.
Full disclosure im using edfx in screenshots, so the planets might look different for others

 

[Corbin Moran]

When it comes to ELWs, based on the data, I'd say the following are decidedly rare, as in not hundreds of them have been found:

• ELWs with two or more moons (the record so far is five)
• ELWs that are moons of a star (not a dwarf star) or a gas giant
• ELWs that are moons and have a moon of their own - wonderful screenshots here (the parent ELW will be very close, and most of these moons will have volcanism too)
• ELWs that orbit four or more stars - although I imagine that not everyone would be as interested in these
• systems with three or more ELWs
• ELWs in a system with a main star type of: O, L, Herbig Ae/Be, Wolf-Rayet, Carbon star, White Dwarf
• ELWs directly orbiting: Herbig Ae/Be, Carbon star, White Dwarf, plus ones that have yet to be found: O, Y, Wolf-Rayet

Pretty much any combination of more uncommon stuff with ringed and/or Earth-like moons is going to be very rare, too.

Thank you for sharing this