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The Galactic Mapping Project & Historical Archive of Exploration
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Name: Old Regaurus Point
Game Map Search Ref. : Bleia Eohn QY-L C10-4 A 1 and A 2
Description: A System with 2 stars of similar Color's with the 2 Terraforming capable Water-Worlds orbiting each other with a semi-short distance from the primary star with a number of different planets and only one moon orbiting the largest planet in the system being a Gas Giant in the System full of different types of planets with a few varying colors between them all.
Proof: Cant post pictures due to size, apology's.
Will send if requested.(somehow)
Game Map Search Ref. : Bleia Eohn QY-L C10-4 A 1 and A 2
Description: A System with 2 stars of similar Color's with the 2 Terraforming capable Water-Worlds orbiting each other with a semi-short distance from the primary star with a number of different planets and only one moon orbiting the largest planet in the system being a Gas Giant in the System full of different types of planets with a few varying colors between them all.
Proof: Cant post pictures due to size, apology's.
Will send if requested.(somehow)
I would like to propose the following POI:
The Rings of Atreus
POI type: Minor, exploratory & visual
System ref.: Lysoorb FW-N e6-15
Description: The system has two bright T Tauri stars with rings around them. Presumably the remnants of protoplanetary discs the majority of the discs' material has either been accreted into the Tauris' mass or blown away by heavy solar winds of the central 3.2 solar masses B type star. Ancient Mycenaen king Atreus had two sons, Agamemnon and Menelaus, so what better tribute than naming the two T Tauri stars after them?
Please see attached screenshots for reference:
As always, fly safe!
Andrew
The Rings of Atreus
POI type: Minor, exploratory & visual
System ref.: Lysoorb FW-N e6-15
Description: The system has two bright T Tauri stars with rings around them. Presumably the remnants of protoplanetary discs the majority of the discs' material has either been accreted into the Tauris' mass or blown away by heavy solar winds of the central 3.2 solar masses B type star. Ancient Mycenaen king Atreus had two sons, Agamemnon and Menelaus, so what better tribute than naming the two T Tauri stars after them?
Please see attached screenshots for reference:
As always, fly safe!
Andrew
I am a sucker for POIs that invite a narrative
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Thinking stuff up for a POI is my 'spice' to it, so to say.
Some POI from nearby part of Perseus Arm. Apologies if some of these have already been submitted but I did not find them on the map. I know that project is on hold until DW expedition returns. Just posting them while memories are fresh and screenshots are at hand. Hope you will add them later.
Name: NGC 7789 (The White Rose Cluster)
POI Type: Scientific, Visual, possible touristic spot
Map search ref: GVS98 8316
Description: A 690LY long line of orange and yellow giants and K-type main sequence stars.
Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7789
Screenshots:
In-game description for class G giants says "main sequence star" :-(
A systems pair - NGC 7789 970 and NGC 7789 M 580.
Two farthest stars in cluster.
Name: Chi Persei (NGC 884)
POI Type: Visual, possible touristic spot
Map search ref: MWC 39
Description: An open cluster of bright B-type stars. Neutron stars and black holes can be found there as companions of these B-type stars. This cluster is notable for having several supergiants in it (FZ Persei, RS Persei, V439 Persei, V403 Persei and HD 14143)
Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_884
Screenshot:
Name: Perseus Lesser Neutron Field
POI Type: Scientific
Navigation hazard: high
Map search ref: Phroea Eaec EA-Q d5-2
Description: A layer of white dwarfs and neutron stars in Perseus arm. The easiest way to find it is to go from NGC 281 further down below galactic plane. It is nowhere near as dense as The Greater Galactic Neutron Fields. Due to very low star density in the region this neutron field remains nearly unexplored and it's exact boundaries are still unknown. Preliminary observations indicate that this neutron field has it's sibling above the galactic plane similar to Greater Galactic Neutron Fields.
Screenshots:
NGC 7789 Sector LH-M D7-0 is also part of this neutron field. And it continues in this direction.
PS: English is not my native language. Sorry for possible grammar mistakes or poor choice of words.
Name: NGC 7789 (The White Rose Cluster)
POI Type: Scientific, Visual, possible touristic spot
Map search ref: GVS98 8316
Description: A 690LY long line of orange and yellow giants and K-type main sequence stars.
Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7789
Screenshots:
In-game description for class G giants says "main sequence star" :-(
A systems pair - NGC 7789 970 and NGC 7789 M 580.
Two farthest stars in cluster.
Name: Chi Persei (NGC 884)
POI Type: Visual, possible touristic spot
Map search ref: MWC 39
Description: An open cluster of bright B-type stars. Neutron stars and black holes can be found there as companions of these B-type stars. This cluster is notable for having several supergiants in it (FZ Persei, RS Persei, V439 Persei, V403 Persei and HD 14143)
Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_884
Screenshot:
Name: Perseus Lesser Neutron Field
POI Type: Scientific
Navigation hazard: high
Map search ref: Phroea Eaec EA-Q d5-2
Description: A layer of white dwarfs and neutron stars in Perseus arm. The easiest way to find it is to go from NGC 281 further down below galactic plane. It is nowhere near as dense as The Greater Galactic Neutron Fields. Due to very low star density in the region this neutron field remains nearly unexplored and it's exact boundaries are still unknown. Preliminary observations indicate that this neutron field has it's sibling above the galactic plane similar to Greater Galactic Neutron Fields.
Screenshots:
NGC 7789 Sector LH-M D7-0 is also part of this neutron field. And it continues in this direction.
PS: English is not my native language. Sorry for possible grammar mistakes or poor choice of words.
This is a POI from FGE's Sagittarius-Carina mission.
Three Worlds Nebula
POI type: Visual
System ref: Thaile HW-V e2-7 Nebula (EDSM)
Description: A blue & purple planetary nebula, located in the Sagittarius Arm near the Eta Carina nebula, with a Neutron star, class M star, a couple of Gas Giants and many terrestrial planets. Among the terrestrials you can find a Water World, an Earth-Like World and an Ammonia World. The discoverer claims that majestic structures can be seen on the surface of these planets, some floating on water and even in the air. Thus, he named it the Three Worlds Nebula. However, it has been suggested that the discoverer spent too much time inside the magical looking nebula and started seeing things as a result.
Screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/7QlU8
Three Worlds Nebula
POI type: Visual
System ref: Thaile HW-V e2-7 Nebula (EDSM)
Description: A blue & purple planetary nebula, located in the Sagittarius Arm near the Eta Carina nebula, with a Neutron star, class M star, a couple of Gas Giants and many terrestrial planets. Among the terrestrials you can find a Water World, an Earth-Like World and an Ammonia World. The discoverer claims that majestic structures can be seen on the surface of these planets, some floating on water and even in the air. Thus, he named it the Three Worlds Nebula. However, it has been suggested that the discoverer spent too much time inside the magical looking nebula and started seeing things as a result.
Screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/7QlU8
I found a pocket --- a bag I should say --- of about 150 confirmed Herbig Ae/Be stars. I'm currently surveying the area and I can tell you, I'm lucky if I already wrote down half of them. All in a sphere of 150ly or so in diameter. I'll come up with a name, if, as it seems, this place hasn't been registered yet. I'm working on surveying all of these systems.
How very interesting! If I am not mistaken you witness the formation of a cluster of massive stars as those Herbigs are all protostars. If they are packed so densely, give them a couple of hundreds of thousands of years and you'll have a new NGC, Messier or even a 'Qohen 1'
Are there any nebulae or dark clouds around?
How very interesting! If I am not mistaken you witness the formation of a cluster of massive stars as those Herbigs are all protostars. If they are packed so densely, give them a couple of hundreds of thousands of years and you'll have a new NGC, Messier or even a 'Qohen 1'
Are there any nebulae or dark clouds around?
Update : close to 300 Herbigs now
Indeed, this would be awesome to see growing, as there are roughly (guesstimating) 5 to 10 times more TTS in the same area... There's a neutron planetary nebula not far off, that's about all.Update : close to 300 Herbigs now
If we were to construct a theo(sto)ry the supernova of the nearby star that collapsed into a neutron star would have shockwaved through an area of relatively dense dust/gas and set off its compression/gravitational collapse, thus promoting star formation. Like I said, I find those things highly interesting and its fun to make up stories about them.
That's an interesting theory, but ... more than 300 Herbigs... Oh, just found a sys with 2 binary Herb' and 17 TTS
Edit : so far all the stars are 2 million years old...
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Well, the Cloud Complex around the Omega Nebula is estimed to hold 30,000 solar masses, the Omega Nebula alone has appr. 800 solar masses. Most protostars (not Herbigs) have less than one solar mass, maybe even down to 0.4 so you have mucho material for baby stars around. 300 Herbigs and maybe 300 T Tauris are not THAT much after all in cosmic relations.
And to add to this magnificent corner of the galaxy, I just found an ELW orbiting a Herbig Ae/Be. Most beautiful light in the atmosphere I've seen so far.
Congratulations, that's a first! Once you're ready to post your discovery, would you mind submitting it to the list of Earth-like planets as well?
As this nebula seems to have been overlooked, I propose the following:
The Lesser Athaip Nebula
POI: Visual & Scientific
System ref.: Athaip ZP-P e5-6688
Description: The Lesser Athaip Nebula is a bright pink and blueish stellar remnant approximately 3x2x3 ly in dimensions that's being illuminated by its central neutron star of some 1.8 solar masses. The nebula once must have been bigger, but the various B type stars seem to have dispersed the gas already. There are also quite a few T Tauri stars around so the area might also be quite active in star formation. There are several landeable celestials in its central system.
First discovery credits go to CMDR Torchred
Please see attached screenshots for more details:
As always, fly safe!
Andrew
The Lesser Athaip Nebula
POI: Visual & Scientific
System ref.: Athaip ZP-P e5-6688
Description: The Lesser Athaip Nebula is a bright pink and blueish stellar remnant approximately 3x2x3 ly in dimensions that's being illuminated by its central neutron star of some 1.8 solar masses. The nebula once must have been bigger, but the various B type stars seem to have dispersed the gas already. There are also quite a few T Tauri stars around so the area might also be quite active in star formation. There are several landeable celestials in its central system.
First discovery credits go to CMDR Torchred
Please see attached screenshots for more details:
As always, fly safe!
Andrew
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Hi folks,
not sure how to propose this one but I will give it a try:
The Wall Of 400
POI: (Regional) Exploratory & Visual
System ref.: Athaip ZP-P e5-1452
Description: The Wall Of 400 is the precipice, where a vast field of young and hot stars that dominates the central core regions, abruptly ends. It gives way to much sparser star fields where cooler and older stars once again take reign. The visual effect is seen throughout the entire Athaip sector (at least) but at galactic longitude of 400 (well, 420 in fact) it is most obvious if you turn your eyes and sensors towards the galactic core.
However, there are also other stories told by weathered explorers in bars and rock cafes throughout the Bubble: That the Wall is not actually there, that it's a play of the mind for those who have been out for too long, that it's a reminder that however advanced we are technologically, there are always mysteries that defy sensors and the human mind.
So maybe it is there, maybe it isn't. The more we look at it, maybe the more we want it to be there. And maybe once we fly by it will disappear again, like an island you can only find if you have seen it before? Space is a strange place...
Please see attached screenshots for revision.
not sure how to propose this one but I will give it a try:
The Wall Of 400
POI: (Regional) Exploratory & Visual
System ref.: Athaip ZP-P e5-1452
Description: The Wall Of 400 is the precipice, where a vast field of young and hot stars that dominates the central core regions, abruptly ends. It gives way to much sparser star fields where cooler and older stars once again take reign. The visual effect is seen throughout the entire Athaip sector (at least) but at galactic longitude of 400 (well, 420 in fact) it is most obvious if you turn your eyes and sensors towards the galactic core.
However, there are also other stories told by weathered explorers in bars and rock cafes throughout the Bubble: That the Wall is not actually there, that it's a play of the mind for those who have been out for too long, that it's a reminder that however advanced we are technologically, there are always mysteries that defy sensors and the human mind.
So maybe it is there, maybe it isn't. The more we look at it, maybe the more we want it to be there. And maybe once we fly by it will disappear again, like an island you can only find if you have seen it before? Space is a strange place...
Please see attached screenshots for revision.
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Is there a Google Maps style version of all the available maps? As much as I like scrolling through the OP and opening spoiler tags, it' would be nice to have a 2D top down version of the maps you can zoom in/out on with all the stuff labeled. The 3D map is nice but other than region names and Sagittarius A* there doesn't seem to actually be anything on it.
If not, is that something coming hopefully after Distant Worlds? I know mention of better maps coming after that has been posted.
If not, is that something coming hopefully after Distant Worlds? I know mention of better maps coming after that has been posted.
A couple of weeks ago I found a system with five worlds one ELW, Two WW (one terraformable) about 2500ly from Sol towards the core. Seem interesting?