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Hello!

I've made a discovery of a large number of black holes and Neutrons, the vast majority of black holes seem to be populating an area of Colonia space about 700x200 lys
The amount of BH's really bowled me over considering on my way to BP (twice) and back I found 13 ;-)

Below is the list of system names, and what aditional stars where in the system too. Hope the info is useful.

System NameStars
Dryooe Prou AA-A f18191 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou ZE-A e23631 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f1271 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f10581 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f10511 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f7541 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou ZJ-A d7411 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f4471 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou ZE-A e6841 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f19921 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f24141 x Black Hole, 2 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f9261 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou ZE-A e9271 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f17331 x Black Hole, 2 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f11691 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f19281 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou ZE-A e11941 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f7291 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f20521 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f3421 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f15911 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f5491 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f3391 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f20951 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f531 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f3321 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f18801 x Black Hole, 2 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f16431 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f8611 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f21991 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f13231 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f3021 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f22901 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou RU-W b2-301 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f5111 x Black Hole, 2 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou YK-X c1-1411 x Black Hole,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f15301 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f15721 x Black Hole, 2 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou AA-A f15301 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Dryooe Prou YK-X c1-1411 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f9291 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Kyloasly DA-A f19281 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f13511 x White Dwarf, 1 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Kyloasly DA-A f6491 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f221 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Kyloasly DA-A f18731 x Black Hole, 3 x Neutron Star,
Kyloasly DA-A f14611 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f17941 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f11091 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly BA-A g8671 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f10181 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f6321 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f17341 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Kyloasly DA-A f9791 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f17801 x Type T, 1 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f17751 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f9651 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly EF-A e1321 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly BA-A g2601 x Black Hole, 1 x Neutron Star,
Kyloasly DA-A f3651 x Black Hole,
Kyloasly DA-A f1881 x Black Hole, 2 x Neutron Star,
Kyloasly DA-A f10361 x Black Hole,


Looking at this again I think what you are seing is part of one of the Galactic Neutron Fields (specifically the Western - Beta field).

The ratio of Black Holes to Neutron Stars should be app. 1/10 and because there are so many neutron stars in the neutron fields, it is not unlikely to find so many Black Holes there.

So I don´t think we are gonna add this as a seperate entry, but once again congratulations on your profitable harvest :)
 
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Greetings Stulli and EfilOne (and anyone else with an opinon on meridian systems)

I am somewhat in doubt which systems should be registered as the Meridian, but here are some thoughts:


1) I think we should use Sol as the reference point to determine meridian systems (and not Sag A*), since Sol is the origo for the galactic grid and galactic coordinates. Current eastern and western meridian is placed based on the grid, and not on Sag A*. A meridian is a human imaginary construct, just like the galactic coordinates, so it makes sense to me to have those based on Sol as the common reference point.

(Other questions, such as measuring the size of the galaxy might well take Sag A* into account though...)


2) A meridian system should be the one closest to the zero-line of Sol among thoses systems "most distant from Sol". I admit that it is a somewhat ambigous definition.


If we go with this definition and look at the candidates for southern meridian.
  • Borchgrevink Point (current southern meridian): Coordinates: 25.03125 / -16.875 / -15461.9375 => dist to zero-line = 30.19 LY
  • Hypuae Euq ZK-P d5-0: Coordinates: 24.84375 / -16.96875 / -15940.15625 => dist to zero-line = 30.09 LY
  • Livingstone Point: Coordinates: 101.5625 / -22.46875 / -16097.09375 => dist to zero-line = 104.02 LY

It looks to me like Hypuae Euq ZK-P d5-0 should be made the southern meridian on the merit of being closest to the zero-line of Sol, and also 500 LY further out than the current southern meridian system.

But Livingstone Point should definitely be registered as noteworthy system in its own right.

Definitely up for that, sounds very logical ! This should also avoid further thinking about meridian systems definition, I like that it's based on Sol's coords (or "The Grid"), much more simple than doing shifting maths with Saggy A*'s coords :p

As for Star's End Depot (HYPUAE EUQ WE-R d4-0), here is the complete data :

PLANET NAMEPLANET TYPEENTRY POINT DISTGRAVITYMATERIALS
1Metal Rich26.68ls1.68GVanadium (8.1%), Niobium (2.3%), Polonium (0.9%)
2a
Rocky1164.27ls0.12GVanadium (4.6%), Niobium (1.3%)
2bRocky1162.62ls0.10GCadmium (1.4%), Yttrium (1.1%)
2cRocky1156.12ls0.13GGermanium (5.3%)
2dRocky1143.63ls0.18GGermanium (5.9%), Arsenic (2.6%), Niobium (1.4%)
3aIcy1710.78ls0.06GCadmium (0.9%)
3bIcy1710.76ls0.05GGermanium (3.5%), Vanadium (3%), Yttrium (0.7%)
3dIcy1705.28ls0.06GGermanium (3.6%), Arsenic (1.6%), Yttrium (0.7%)
3eIcy1712.11ls0.05GVanadium (3%), Yttrium (0.7%)
3fIcy1702.17ls0.05GArsenic (1.6%), Niobium (0.8%)
3gIcy1724.61ls0.06GGermanium (3.4%), Cadmium (0.9%)

Essentially, everything can be found on planet 1 and moons of planet 2, rest is here for data completion's sake :D
 
Update from page 54 and forwards with the following:

- Red Wasp Nebula added
- Livingstone Point added
- Star's End Depot added
- Hypuae Euq ZK-P d5-0 pending a name -> might be added as new Southern Meridian (see post above discussing this)
- Distant View Depot added (needs info on jumponium location)
- 3 Geminorum added
- The Seldowitch Nebula added (as planetary nebula)
- Buboes Star added
- House of Hades added
- Siegfried's Pyre added
- Proserpine's Garden added
- The Pomegranate Nebula added
- The Cobweb Nebula added
- Angelfish Nebula added
- Rorschach Nebula added
- Rhubarb Nebula added
- Arissa's Orbs added
- Lumina Caelum added

In addition I believe Satsuma has added the POIs submitted by the CCN Exploration Wing.
 
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The dropbox link to the map poster has been briefly down because I apparently exceeded my daily limit on traffic :D

It should be back up again now though (I have temporarily upgraded my account...)

Cheers :)
 
I don't know if this is still of interest in the age of full-composition scans (?)

Jumponium-rich system:

Flyua Hypa XF-V D3-21

Arsenic: A4 (2.1%)

Cadmium: A3 (1.7%), A4 (1.8%), A5 (1.8%), B3 (1.6%), B4 (1.7%)
Germanium: A2 (4.8%), A3 (4.6%), B1 (4.8%), B2 (4.5%), B4 (4.7%), B6 (4.5%)
Niobium: A3 (1.5%), B1 (1.6%), B2 (1.5%), B5 (1.5%)
Polonium: B2 (0.6%), B4 (0.6%)
Vanadium: A4 (5.5%), A5 (5.5%), B4 (5.4%),
Yttrium: A1 (2.1%)

It's spread out but the system has all resources for Tier 1 to Tier 3 Jumponium.
 
Last but not least, we would like to ask for "The Gift" system (the current "Hollow Veil Depot") to get a golden star on the map with a dedicated description (see below).(gewijzigd)
This system is called "The Gift" since it has 68 landables and is not just green but golden (all mats) and it deserves a special mention because all landables were FULLY prospected by the rock rats in 2-3 days time !
Like CMDR Jak put it: "That system is very likely to not only generate all Jumponium mats, but all mats. Period. That's the kind of thing that really deserves a glowing gold star on the maps."
Originally found by CMDR Picker (see https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=228735) and completed by Rock Rats and Scientists who got help from CMDRs Bafaut, FloatingGhost, StarCrusader, Scal, IDrogix, Corypheaus and Ravenov who since then also became rock rats ! See https://trello.com/c/ELvFd5Ne/9-bla...the-rock-rats-scientists-gnawing-68-landables.
 
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You also want close binaries? Do you add jump hazards as POI or would that be too much?

The short answer would be no thanks.

Close binaries are a bit like ELWs - it would be nice to list them all, but there are simply so many that the map would be swamped in them.

That being said, we do have a few close binaries currently listed as navigational hazards, but these usually stand out in some other way in addition to being close binaries.

Eg. the 'Eye of Horror' Planetary Nebula:

Embedded within a blue planetary nebula, this K-class star is orbited by a close proximity black hole. Explorers visiting this system need to be wary of their hyperspace orientation on approach due to the possibility of exiting between the primary star and its deadly companion.

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And at some point I think the mapping team might do a revision of the current navigational hazards listed on the map since things change as the game progresses and common knowledge among explorers develops.

At one point I submitted the "Spiderweb" navigational hazard due to a star having an extremely large and invisible ring system that would drag you out of supercruise. Since then adjustments have been made to the minimum possible thickness of a ring and if someone where to revisit the Spiderweb they might find that the rings are visible now... or perhabs not?
 
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Not sure if this has been submitted or not, it isn't on the map and I'm not sure if there's a list of submitted locations somewhere so I'm gonna assume it hasn't yet. Feel free to berate me if I'm wrong and I've missed something obvious.

There is a black hole of interest roughly 100ly from Jaques Station, a large 48 stellar mass black hole, it's the primary body in the system Eol Prou AA-A H162. Visually quite impressive as you can see the whole 'ball of stars' effect even on hyperspace entry distance and impressively spectacular if you fly right up to the exclusion zone with the galactic center behind it.
I have a screenshot of the system map and the black hole itself here http://imgur.com/a/YoNPB the screenshot was taken at a distance of 189km

There is also a navigational hazard in the system Eol Prou MM-V D2-590, a pair of close orbiting binary stars. I don't think I have a screenshot of this one anywhere sorry, I was a bit preoccupied trying to stop my ship overheating. nevermind, just saw that you don't want close binaries listed.
 
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Not sure if this has been submitted or not, it isn't on the map and I'm not sure if there's a list of submitted locations somewhere so I'm gonna assume it hasn't yet. Feel free to berate me if I'm wrong and I've missed something obvious.

There is a black hole of interest roughly 100ly from Jaques Station, a large 48 stellar mass black hole, it's the primary body in the system Eol Prou AA-A H162. Visually quite impressive as you can see the whole 'ball of stars' effect even on hyperspace entry distance and impressively spectacular if you fly right up to the exclusion zone with the galactic center behind it.
I have a screenshot of the system map and the black hole itself here http://imgur.com/a/YoNPB the screenshot was taken at a distance of 189km

There is also a navigational hazard in the system Eol Prou MM-V D2-590, a pair of close orbiting binary stars. I don't think I have a screenshot of this one anywhere sorry, I was a bit preoccupied trying to stop my ship overheating. nevermind, just saw that you don't want close binaries listed.

Would you suggest a name and description for this POI?
 
Name :Planetary Nebula aka The Zinnia Haze
Game map search ref. :HYPUAE BRIAE LC-U E3-152
Description :Found this Planetary Nebula coming back from the DW expedition while traveling through a stellar graveyard
Screenshot Ref. Post :http://imgur.com/a/7lR8X or http://imgur.com/a/2tw4H






Discovered by CMDR Robert Macleod (me)
 
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Would you suggest a name and description for this POI?
Considering I wasn't the first to discover this I don't think it'd be fair for me to name it, plus I'm terrible with names.
I believe CMDR Tist was the first to discover it, you could try asking them if they want to name it.
 
Considering I wasn't the first to discover this I don't think it'd be fair for me to name it, plus I'm terrible with names.
I believe CMDR Tist was the first to discover it, you could try asking them if they want to name it.

The first one to submit a POI to the mapping project gets to name it here, so you are free to go ahead :)
 
After some brainstorming I think I'm gonna name it Tartarus, the mythology behind it seems appropriate, a deep abyss where souls are sent to be tormented.
Also because I love Mass Effect 2 and the suicide mission is one of my favorite missions on the game, plus this black hole is in the galactic core... kinda... it's near it at least?
Idk, if anyone can come up with a better name I'm open to suggestions.
Again, the system is Eol Prou AA-A H162.
 
Apologies if this isn't the place for this but I found nothing more appropriate.

While exploring I came to OGLE-05-390L System. The EDSM description ( https://www.edsm.net/system/id/45038/name/OGLE-05-390L ) states that
"OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb is a 'super-Earth' extrasolar planet orbiting the star OGLE-2005-BLG-390L." The discrepancy is that the system is NOT 'OGLE-2005-BLG-390L' (actually there is no such system in ED at all) but 'OGLE-05-390L' and there is no such thing as a super-Earth planet in orbit but an ordinary Class I Jovian.

Not sure if there is a mix up or I'm missing something obvious but if this is the right place to report it some additional investigation may be in order.

Cheers. o7
 
Apologies if this isn't the place for this but I found nothing more appropriate.

While exploring I came to OGLE-05-390L System. The EDSM description ( https://www.edsm.net/system/id/45038/name/OGLE-05-390L ) states that
"OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb is a 'super-Earth' extrasolar planet orbiting the star OGLE-2005-BLG-390L." The discrepancy is that the system is NOT 'OGLE-2005-BLG-390L' (actually there is no such system in ED at all) but 'OGLE-05-390L' and there is no such thing as a super-Earth planet in orbit but an ordinary Class I Jovian.

Not sure if there is a mix up or I'm missing something obvious but if this is the right place to report it some additional investigation may be in order.

Cheers. o7

Thanks for reporting this :)

We will look into it - it might be a case of the systems of the game not corresponding to current theories of exoplanets. In some cases the description of the POI in the mapping project draws info from real life knowledge of the universe, so this might be the case of the discrepancy you have found.

Can you post an image of the system map for reference?

Cheers :)
 
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