The Galactic Mapping Project & Historical Archive of Exploration

[Heavy Johnson]

Update requested:

Category: Black Hole
Name: GU Muscae
Galmap Ref: GU Muscae

Desc: "GU Muscae contains black hole GRS 1124-683, studied by early Earth astronomers for the bright flashes of X-ray and gamma-ray emissions it produced. The K-class companion star loses gas to the black hole, forming an accretion disk which periodically creates bright outbursts of X-rays, along with visible light and other forms of energy. As of 3303, a terrestrial world with active ammonia-based life was discovered just 100 light-seconds from the black-hole.


GU Muscae is located in an area of space with a low star density. Long jump range, neutron star boosting of frame-shift drives, and other techniques are required to visit the system. The nearest system (Flyoo Hypoi QN-S D4-0) contains every material for jump-drive injection except Polonium."

 

[Erimus Kamzel]

Putting this here for reference.

Added "Nstor Forest".

This discovery was apparently made by CMDR Nstor and posted on Reddit. Normally the GMP don't name POIs after commanders, only in exceptional circumstances. I think this one ticks that box!

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Update requested:

Category: Planetary Nebula
Name: Red Coral
Galmap Ref: Prungoa EF-A e5

Desc: "This red and green planetary nebula is the apparent result of a supernova occurring 276 million years ago. A black hole of 2.8 stellar masses is the remnant of that explosion. Three class Y dwarf stars and numerous small icy or rocky bodies appear to have formed from the remaining material. The nucleosynthesis during the supernova may have been the cause of odd atmospheres on rocky bodies, which include two planets of 100% methane, three of 100% helium, and one of 100% neon. "

 

[Yanick]

Hi, I have an update for the Expedition Hub for the Mercury 7 Expedition:
CMDRS: 30+

Thanks
Yanick

 

[Corbin Moran]

EDSM map updated until this post.

Added:
-NGC 3603 star cluster

Updated:
- NGC 3293 - added image and updated text
- Orion Molecular Cloud Complex - added link to Orion Shortcut route.
- GU Muscae - updated text.
- Nstor Forrest - added image.
- Red Coral - added image and updated text

Contributors: Ibanix, Nstor, Neil Trayce


Cartographers note:

These updates to existing POIs that Ibanix has been providing is very helpful for fleshing out the mapping project. Should you encounter any existing POI that lacks image or detailed description, we encourage you to visit the place and provide us with updated images and text. The end goal here would be to have images added to all POI entries on the map. If you can provide the image in 640x320 size and post it directly into this thread, it saves us a lot of trouble when updating the map.


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Incomming data... update in progress on ´Mystery´ locations...​

Currently datamining the info from the Canonn compilation thread #9

Updated descriptions and added images to:
- Xenohenge (ancient ´Guardian´ ruins)
- Star Anise (alien encounter)
- Alien Crash Sites (also collected previous three entries into one)
- Hab One -> name changed to Camp C-NO4 (abandoned exploration camp)
- Conflux Abandoned Settlements
- Formidine Rift Abandoned Settlements
- Nstor Forrest -> merged with third 'Guardian' ruins (yep - same system...)
- Hawkin's Gap Abandoned Settlements



Added:
- Dav´s Hope (abandoned mining settlement)
- The Initiative Installation (abandoned corporate installation)
- Lewis' Loss (abandoned research facility)
- Orion's Folly (off-course generation ship)
- Stranded Snake (anaconda settlement)
- (second 'Guardian' ruins) - a partial entry about this newly discovered site
- Nstor Forrest and third 'Guardian' ruins


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Name: Dav's Hope (abandoned mining settlement)
System: Hyades Sector DR-V c2-23
Image: http://i.imgur.com/iNUjikP.png
Description: An abandoned mining settlement. Clues on the site hints at the fate of the miners there...

- Orbital Body: A 5
- Coordinates: 44.818 / -31.389

The site was located following leads from listening posts in three nearby systems
- Pik Tok
- Col 285 sector gn-h b11-0
- Col 285 sector my-O b7-2


Name: The Initiative Installation (abandoned corporate installation)
System: HIP 83237
Image: http://i.imgur.com/vGlD5RI.png
Description: A corporate settlement that has been left abandoned. Clues on the site hint to the fate of the employes as well as the mysterious 'Initiative' that took place here...

- Orbital body: 3 B
- Coordinates: -26.40 / 143.69


Name: Lewis' Loss (abandoned research facility)
System: HR 5991
Image: http://i.imgur.com/7Qnl5YQ.png
Description: An abandoned research facility. Apparently the scientists found what they where looking for before the facility where... abandoned.
- Orbital Body: 1 B
- Coordinates: 33.47 / -2.17

The site was located following leads from listening posts in nearby systems. The location of these listening posts was however not recorded.


Name: Orion's Folly (off-course generation ship)
System: Col 285 Sector UZ-O c6-9
Image: http://i.imgur.com/lF5TB4p.png
Description: An abandoned settlement belonging to the unfortunate crew of a generation ship that missed its intended target. Clues on the site hints to the fate of the ship and crew...

- Orbital Body: B 6
- Coordinates: -87.04 / -10.52

The site was located following leads from listening posts in three nearby systems
- Col 258 Sector gi-h b11-6
- Belispel
- Pegasi Sector tt-x a2-2


Name: Stranded Snake (anaconda settlement)
System: HR 5906
Image: http://i.imgur.com/AzL0G5i.png
Description: An abandoned anaconda partially turned into a planetary settlement. Clues on the site reveals only parts of what happened here... Enter the ship at your own peril!

- Orbital Body: AB 2 A
- Coordinates: 6.94 / -102.4397

The site was located following leads from listening posts in three nearby systems
- Graffias
- Lupus Dark Region jy-q b5-1
- Lupus Dark Region dw-v b2-1



Name: (second 'Guardian' ruins)
System: IC 2391 Sector GW-V b2-4
Description: A newly discovered site of ancient origin, believed to be a second site of 'Guardian' ruins.

This map entry will be updated as additional data has been collected, analysed and verified.

- Discovered: January 29th, 3303
- Orbital Body: B 1
- Coordinates: -29.10 / -30.51

 

[Edelgard von Rhein]

This is a non-procedural planetary nebula that has not been reported yet, so far as I can tell, although the system has been tagged and it features in Jackie Silver's sector map. In response to your request above, I have included a 640*320 close-up, which I just cut, paste and resized from one of the other two images, so it doesn't look that great (but this was from the system closest to the nebula so that's as good as I can manage at my screen resolution).
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Name: NGC 2452
Map ref: GCRV 5190
Description: a small planetary nebula rich in red and green colours, it is centred on a young star system composed of a lonely B star. Ancient records considered this star to be a Wolf-Rayet but it has clearly been shedding mass into the nebula at a prodigious rate, else it would not have survived to its current age. Nevertheless, it retains sufficient mass to be a candidate for a core collapse supernova in the future.
screenshot reference: http://imgur.com/a/peaii

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Nice job Edelgard, you beat me to that one, I was going to visit and report.

 

[Edelgard von Rhein]

Nice job Edelgard, you beat me to that one, I was going to visit and report.

Are you still heading out this way? There's another unreported POI that I am planning to investigate on the way back so we could make a joint submission. I should be able to reach it this evening: PM for details if you're interested.

 

[Erimus Kamzel]

*Update on the Expedition Hub*

I've removed several minor expeditions from the major expedition list.

Just to reiterate; the major expedition criteria will require a minimum of 25 participants, a maintained and regularly updated official thread on the expedition's progress (until the event concludes), and from now on a public roster.

I will set up a secondary table for minor expeditions with more relaxed criteria (time permitting!).

 

[Yanick]

*Update on the Expedition Hub*

I've removed several minor expeditions from the major expedition list.

Just to reiterate; the major expedition criteria will require a minimum of 25 participants, a maintained and regularly updated official thread on the expedition's progress (until the event concludes), and from now on a public roster.

I've now updated the M7E thread with a current roster link.
Thanks.

o7
Yanick

 

[Corbin Moran]

'Mystery' locations added to map

The mapping team are happy to announce a new feature - 'Mystery' POIs have been added to the interactive map.

These are sites containing clues and leads to various mysteries within the galaxy - from the larger mysteries involving aliens and ancient ruins, to the smaller mysteries regarding what happened to the unfortunate miners at the 'Dav's Hope' mining facility...
(click images below to enlarge)

This map feature should help you locate the abandoned settlements out in the Formidine Rift, Scutum-Sagittarii Conflux and Hawking's Gap:


In addition we have tried to preserve some of the atmosphere of the mysteries by not revealing everything in their description. A few examples:








All these mystery sites contains a link back to the Canonn Research thread, since these map additions would not have been possible without the community effort of the Canonn.

Should new mystery sites be discovered please send the Mapping Team a notification as well, so we may keep the map updated .

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Nice job!

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Category: Planetary Feature
Name: Shi Cheng
Galmap Ref: Greou Dryiae YT-Q d5-2

Desc: "A surprising find for the explorer, two terrestrial water worlds with carbon-water-based life can be found orbiting an A-class primary star. The surfaces of these watery worlds have massive storm systems.

Shi Cheng is named for an ancient city of China on old Earth, destroyed by man-made floods yet perfectly preserved for over 50 years. Any civilization arising on these water worlds is likely to have been destroyed by the intense radiation and solar winds of the parent star."

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Update request:

Category: Stellar Feature
Name: OGLE-TR-211
Galmap Ref: OGLE-TR-211

Desc: "First discovered in the early 21st century on old Earth, this system was among the first to be discovered with a transiting planet, in which the planet crosses in front of the star and reduces the brightness. It was discovered by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment in 2007. The system is otherwise unremarkable.

Planetary surveying technology has significantly improved in the last 1000 years, and scientists know now the transiting planet - a Class V gas-giant - has significantly less mass than early scientists believed."

 

[Edelgard von Rhein]

This is a non-procedural star cluster that I visited on my way back from NGC 2452. It also has not been reported before and is not in EDSM, although it has been tagged by multiple commanders and appears in Jackie Silver's sector map. Plenty of systems remain untagged, though - it is the brighter B star systems that have been explored. I had no problems reaching the cluster with my Asp Explorer in its Distant Stars configuration but I suspect that those with a jump range of less than 35LY might need to use FSD boosts to get in, although I am not sure what the exact minimum range is as I was in a rush and did not explore the periphery of the cluster in detail.
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Name: NGC 2362
Map ref: QY Canis Majoris
Description: This star cluster is visible from more than a thousand light years away, thanks to a string of very bright B stars at its core, one of which also has a black hole companion. It is approximately two hundred light years long but very narrow. The majority of the stars in the cluster are faint M dwarfs. The cluster lies far enough below the Galactic Plane and has sufficiently few stars in its vicinity that vessels with a jump range of less than 35LY may need to use FSD boosts to reach it. From within the cluster, the familiar nebulae around the Barnard's Loop region are just visible, as are several other nebulae South of Barnard's Loop, with the Seagull Nebula being most prominent.
screenshot ref: http://imgur.com/a/6L6Z2

 

[Corbin Moran]

@Ibanix and Edelgard: Unable to give you both more rep, so +1 virtual rep

We have a bunch of geyser and fumarole submissions incoming... Once these are here we will do another map-update with your latest addition as well

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Category: Planetary Feature
Name: Daughters of Aegir
Galmap Ref: Blooe Eop FB-M D8-1

Desc: "A galactic explorer thirsty for the blue oceans of his home was delighted to find this system with four water worlds. Even more surprising, three of the worlds are suitable for terraforming; and two of these are in a planet-moon arrangement! The fourth and most distant water world has a ring system.

In appreciation for this unexpected bounty, the explorer named them the Daughters of Aegir. The daughters of Norse gods of the sea Aegir and Ran, each daughter represents a different type of ocean wave."

(if ship-less version is preferred, http://i.imgur.com/LHGttOFl.png)

 

[CMDR MadRaptor]

Hello CMDRS,

CMDR MadRaptor here, head of the geyser and fumarole thread and today I have for you are wonderful top 10 list of geological sites:

A Thank you to Corbin for contacting me to get you guys some sights. It was a pleasure to get these nominees to the community for their choices.

Without further ado, I give you the winners:

Top 5 Geysers:



Unnamed ALECTRONA ALECTRONA 2 A 43.23 / 37.87 WATER MAGMA CMDR SHARKBISCUIT

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"Vostok Canyon" BHARE BHARE A 3A 10.47 / 136.10 WATER CMDR ASTIRIAN

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"GEYSERS OF 61" HIP 61061 HIP 61061 AB 8 B 10.33 / 5.81 WATER CMDR FALCONFLY

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"Mists of Elivágar" HIP 60953 HIP 60953 ABC 7C -52.93 / 15.50 AMMONIA MAGMA CMDR BJORNA

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"Veil Nebula Basin" VEIL WEST SECTOR GW-W C1-13 VEIL WEST SECTOR GW-W C1-13 3C -59.2 / 43.6 GEYSERS CMDR MADRAPTOR

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Top 5 Fumaroles:

"The Pleione Blues" PLEIONE PLEIONE 3 A 11.6 / -32.1 IRON MAGMA CMDR PANPIPER

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"Gaze of the Sulphur Eye" HIP 17401 HIP 17401 A 3 A A 25.6 / 90.3 SILICATE VAPOR CMDR PANPIPER

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"New Moon Smokers" ETA CASSIOPEIAE NEW MOON -21.35° / -72.60° SILICATE VAPOUR CMDR DEADFIGHT

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Unnamed Smojue LH-D d12-3 Smojue LH-D d12-3 9 b 0.46 / 144.04 SILICATE VAPOUR CMDR VARONICA

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Unnamed Scheau Flyi KR-W E1-6736 Scheau Flyi KR-W E1-6736 A 1 a -29.35° / -37.11° (?) JENOS

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MadRaptor's Personal Favorite:

"Smokey Basin" IC 4604 SECTOR BA-A IC 4604 SECTOR BA-A D57-1 Lat: 27.28° Long: 153.87° FUMAROLE CMDR MADRAPTOR

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First Organic Spires:

Unnamed COLONIA COLONIA 3 C A 47.21 / -174.16 GEYSERS: FUNGAL GROWTH CMDR ALESIA

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First Brain Tree Discovery:

Unnamed IC 2391 SECTOR ZE-A D101 IC 2391 SECTOR ZE-A D101 C 3 A Lat: 11.44° Long: 48.43° 1st SPACE TREES DISCOVERY NSTOR1

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For a much easier spreadsheet of the top sites go here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vQXv69hqC0Wvm32fNkzzodaPeif0lcflohwQa0bFmrA/edit#gid=0

 

[Erimus Kamzel]

Can't rep you enough Raptargh - great work collating these. [up]

One of the mapping team will add them to the maps as soon as possible.

Cheers!

 

[Corbin Moran]

Thank you CMDR Madraptor for hosting the competition and taking the time to collect these. And Thank you to all CMDRs who took part in the lineup and vote.

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Map updated until this post:

Added:
- Shi Cheng
- NGC 2362
- Daughters of Aegir
- Alectrona (Morning's Mists)
- Bhare (Vostok Canyon)
- HIP 61061 (Geysers of 61)
- HIP 60953 (Mists of Elivágar)
- Veil Nebula Basin
- Pleione (The Pleione Blues)
- HIP 17401 (Gaze of the Sulphur Eye)
- Eta Cassiopeiae (New Moon Smokers)
- Mineral Clouds
- Scheau Flyi Weather Project



Updated:
- OGLE-TR-211
- Jaques Station <- detailed entry on Fungal Life

Unable to proces:
- Smokey Basin - not able to locate the system...