The Galactic Mapping Project & Historical Archive of Exploration

esraven · Mar 19, 2015

This mapping proposal of yours is a great idea!

I am in preparation for starting my own expedition, only a 5A shift drive I need to finance.
So, I am glad that you already did an effort to structure everybody's findings.

Another big virtual rep for you, Erimus. , unfortunately, I need first to give more reps to others before the forum allows me to give a rep to you again.

I will report back my findings as soon as I leave the colonized worlds.

Maia Posidana · Mar 23, 2015

Ok, as per my blog, I have 2 new names to add to the map. One is just a planet, the other is a star system.

As for the planet, I have officially dubbed it "SCHEHERAZADE". The planet Scheherazade AKA SCHEE HYPA FQ-B B47-0 1 is the sole orbiting body of the parent star. It is a beautiful Mars-like desert planet that orbits in the perpetual night/dusk of a 14,000LS wide orbit.

The second, is the star system SCHEE HYPA KN-S E4-0 which I have named "JEWEL" for its jeweled neclace quality. What it is interesting in not only appearance but that the parent star is a young HERBIG AE/BE type star spinning at the PHENOMENAL speed of once every 18 seconds. In addition, there are a pair of T Tauri stars orbiting each other on a Bary-center that are also orbiting the parent. And yes, that is NINE class 1 gas giants orbiting that thing.

Maia Posidana · Mar 29, 2015

Star system AICODS KD-K D8-3 I have named POINT DECISION. The name being given due to it's historical significance as the outermost point I could reach on my way out to the hard limit; and as such, the point where I had to make a decision to go either spinward or wydershins on my journey around the galaxy.

Planet 4 I would like to give a name to representing the historical significance of what took place there (as per my blog), but I cannot think of a name myself and am open to suggestions.
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esraven · Mar 29, 2015

What I do miss in your list are approx coordinates.

Traveler · Apr 5, 2015

I think we can add:

SPIRAL PLANETARY NEBULA

and

BLUE PLANETARY NEBULA

The second one is rather small and easy to miss.

I'm en route again and will be reporting any findings.

Cheers cmdrs.

Jackie McMackie · Apr 25, 2015

I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but if anyone could give me some locations that haven't been visited yet that isn't too hard for a relatively small jump-range craft to travel, I'd be happy to provide whatever information you need for the OP if it's needed.

Erimus Kamzel · Apr 25, 2015

Jackie McMackie said:
I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but if anyone could give me some locations that haven't been visited yet that isn't too hard for a relatively small jump-range craft to travel, I'd be happy to provide whatever information you need for the OP if it's needed.

If you check the maps on the first post you'll notice there is no data for the 4th quadrant. It seems no one has been out that way, or at least brought no info back for what may be out there that I can tell.

The vast majority of deep space explorers head coreward, so if you want to venture along the Orion spur, beyond Eta Carina, you'll probably be going into areas very few have travelled.

Other areas that no data is known about is the upper 1st quadrant. I've been exploring the intermediate and lower 1st quadrants and have data for the maps to update when I get around to it.

Jackie McMackie · Apr 25, 2015

Erimus said:
If you check the maps on the first post you'll notice there is no data for the 4th quadrant. It seems no one has been out that way, or at least brought no info back for what may be out there that I can tell.

The vast majority of deep space explorers head coreward, so if you want to venture along the Orion spur, beyond Eta Carina, you'll probably be going into areas very few have travelled.

Other areas that no data is known about is the upper 1st quadrant. I've been exploring the intermediate and lower 1st quadrants and have data for the maps to update when I get around to it.

Alright, thank you very much! I haven't much time to play this week, but I'll check it out when I can.

How should I present my findings?

Erimus Kamzel · Apr 26, 2015

Jackie McMackie said:
Alright, thank you very much! I haven't much time to play this week, but I'll check it out when I can.

How should I present my findings?

If you find anything out of the ordinary, like permit only sectors, or something really visually interesting like planetary nebula or open star clusters, then those are worth labeling on the maps. Other things to look for are interesting systems, ones that have multiple life-bearing worlds for example. Systems that have an earth-like world aren't rare enough to be of much interest now, but systems that have 2 or 3 earth-likes, or multiple water worlds or multiple ammonia-based gas giants, they are much more rarer and would be added as points of interest. Even a visually stunning world would be worth noting as a tourism point of interest.

Remember to include a screenshot of what you find out there

Jackie McMackie · Apr 26, 2015

Erimus said:
Even a visually stunning world would be worth noting as a tourism point of interest.

but

everything is visually stunning

italktowalls · Apr 28, 2015

Has anyone ever found a procedurally generated red supergiant? according to the ED wiki the wolf raynet star is Legendary rarity but ive found a bunch of them(more like i know how to find them) as for a red supergiant its ultra rare yet i havent found a single procedurally generated one. am i just looking in the wrong places like with wolf raynet stars?

Whoamus · Apr 28, 2015

italktowalls said:
Has anyone ever found a procedurally generated red supergiant? according to the ED wiki the wolf raynet star is Legendary rarity but ive found a bunch of them(more like i know how to find them) as for a red supergiant its ultra rare yet i havent found a single procedurally generated one. am i just looking in the wrong places like with wolf raynet stars?

Well, not sure. I did post this a while back, stupid title I guess. Thought it was a very cool planet. Screenshot from space was not real good though. It is a red giant class IV.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=139278&p=2130574&viewfull=1#post2130574

italktowalls · Apr 28, 2015

I meant a red supergiant star like vy canis majoris.

(im on a quest to find the biggest procedurally generated star)

Traveler · Apr 28, 2015

italktowalls said:
Has anyone ever found a procedurally generated red supergiant? according to the ED wiki the wolf raynet star is Legendary rarity but ive found a bunch of them(more like i know how to find them) as for a red supergiant its ultra rare yet i havent found a single procedurally generated one. am i just looking in the wrong places like with wolf raynet stars?

Yes. Look for Carbon Stars. They're huge. And there's quite few of them.

JKB · Apr 30, 2015

Traveling towards the galactic core, I came across a three-star system featuring a single class IV gas giant in *really* close orbit, I didn't expect to see it large and clear from the main star. The system is Bleia Eohn YZ-K B14-6, near the Orion-Sagittarius gap, I nickname it "The Cold Friend" as even though it's almost a record breaker given its proximity to the star, it's also almost a record breaker because of its coldness (819K, the coldest class IV gas giant so far has a surface temperature of 801K).

Erimus Kamzel · Apr 30, 2015

Traveler said:
Yes. Look for Carbon Stars. They're huge. And there's quite few of them.

Nice screenshots! Where is the Carbon Dragon? It could be added as a point of interest.

JKB said:
Traveling towards the galactic core, I came across a three-star system featuring a single class IV gas giant in *really* close orbit, I didn't expect to see it large and clear from the main star. The system is Bleia Eohn YZ-K B14-6, near the Orion-Sagittarius gap, I nickname it "The Cold Friend" as even though it's almost a record breaker given its proximity to the star, it's also almost a record breaker because of its coldness (819K, the coldest class IV gas giant so far has a surface temperature of 801K).

http://files.jkbockstael.be/elite/20150430_Bleia_Eohn_YZ-K_B14-6.jpg

http://files.jkbockstael.be/elite/20150430_Bleia_Eohn_YZ-K_B14-6_2.jpg

http://files.jkbockstael.be/elite/20150430_Bleia_Eohn_YZ-K_B14-6_3.jpg

http://files.jkbockstael.be/elite/20150430_Bleia_Eohn_YZ-K_B14-6_4.jpg

Nice find! I'll update the maps later tonight with all the latest data

Erimus Kamzel · Apr 30, 2015

Maia Posidana said:
Star system AICODS KD-K D8-3 I have named POINT DECISION. The name being given due to it's historical significance as the outermost point I could reach on my way out to the hard limit; and as such, the point where I had to make a decision to go either spinward or wydershins on my journey around the galaxy.

Planet 4 I would like to give a name to representing the historical significance of what took place there (as per my blog), but I cannot think of a name myself and am open to suggestions

Thanks Maia, sorry I missed these... I'll add them later today

Traveler · Apr 30, 2015

Erimus said:
Nice screenshots! Where is the Carbon Dragon? It could be added as a point of interest.

Ooohh, shame on me - didn't realise that it could deserve a record here in maps.

It was somewhere around -1000,-1000,1000 (maybe a bit more to the North-West) where the Neutros stars field begins, however there's a few of Carbon stars there... sorry, I didn't took a note.

But yeah, it was stunning! Next time I'll grab a coords, promise.

Erimus Kamzel · Apr 30, 2015

Maps updated with this months entries.

- - - Updated - - -

I'm going to ask a mod to move this thread to the exploration forum, so that's where it'll be from now on

Murishani · May 2, 2015

Erimus said:
so if you want to venture along the Orion spur, beyond Eta Carina, you'll probably be going into areas very few have travelled.

First time poster but long been lurking here and on the FGE forums. Needed a real journey, I've got my ASP pointed at Eta Carina right now. From there I am debating on making a left to head up the carina-sagittarius arm into sectors 3 and 4, or whether to turn right, jump the gap and head directly rimward out to the ends of the perseus arm. It does not appear that the very end of the perseus arm is actually on the map at the top of the thread. Any opinion on where to go once I hit Eta Carina tonight or tomorrow?