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I propose the following:
The Gates of Apzu
POI Type: Black Hole ; Depot
System ref.: Hyphokooe AA-A h62
Description: Apzu in ancient times was the primeval ocean beyond or below the world. It was even more remote than the underworld and it was said that from Apzu "all things" once entered the world. In this case however, it's quite the opposite. The Gates are a medium sized Black Hole with a whooping 57.4 solar masses located deep below the galactic plane. The tidal forces of the Black Hole are so strong that (among other celestials) it forced a K-type star of some 0.7 solar masses out of its binary orbit into a radial orbit of appr. 3,600ls.
It is currently unclear how the Gates could accumulate more than 57 solar masses so far below the galactic plane where there is insufficient gas and dust to feed it. One theory is that due to its age of more than 12 billion years it could be an extra-galactic primordial black hole that got caught by the Milky Way's gravity and accreted its mass during the tidal pull.
Further exploratory info:
The Gates of Apzu are also the location of the Lower Boreas Depot, since all bodies of the orbiting K-type star hold the necessary materials to synthesize premium Jumponium. The location of the system makes it a bit remote but it provides a good starting point for exploring the surrounding bands of Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs.
Please see attached screenshots for reference:
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The Gates of Apzu
POI Type: Black Hole ; Depot
System ref.: Hyphokooe AA-A h62
Description: Apzu in ancient times was the primeval ocean beyond or below the world. It was even more remote than the underworld and it was said that from Apzu "all things" once entered the world. In this case however, it's quite the opposite. The Gates are a medium sized Black Hole with a whooping 57.4 solar masses located deep below the galactic plane. The tidal forces of the Black Hole are so strong that (among other celestials) it forced a K-type star of some 0.7 solar masses out of its binary orbit into a radial orbit of appr. 3,600ls.
It is currently unclear how the Gates could accumulate more than 57 solar masses so far below the galactic plane where there is insufficient gas and dust to feed it. One theory is that due to its age of more than 12 billion years it could be an extra-galactic primordial black hole that got caught by the Milky Way's gravity and accreted its mass during the tidal pull.
Further exploratory info:
The Gates of Apzu are also the location of the Lower Boreas Depot, since all bodies of the orbiting K-type star hold the necessary materials to synthesize premium Jumponium. The location of the system makes it a bit remote but it provides a good starting point for exploring the surrounding bands of Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs.
Please see attached screenshots for reference:
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Another great addition Andrew. I really love how you bring the discoveries to life with the text description and story.
Do you have the info on which of the bodies provides which materials for Jumponium? (% data on materials would also be nice).
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While the planet isn't colonized in the regular game yet, it's already done so in the beta, and it will be once 2.2 goes live. Just thought I'd submit this before.
Name : Tranquility
Game map search ref. : Eol Prou VY-R d4-443 6
Description : Tranquility was first discovered by CMDR Marx in Jul. 3302, shortly after Jaques station was found, and in Oct. 3302, the planet became the first Earth-like world in the galactic core to be settled. Initial orbital surveys revealed a rather calm weather system (hence the name for the planet), and a very hot and humid atmosphere. Much of Tranquility's surface is covered in water, and the first surveyors who landed on the planet found an abundance of marine wildlife. The Colonia Research Division soon found that several species of fish are excellent for human consumption, and has since started to farm them. The colonists have since built an orbital outpost called Vitto Orbital, and from there they export fresh fish and algae to feed the growing nearby colonies.
Screenshot Ref. Post : Courtesy of MattG: http://i.imgur.com/XKqaOvg.png , with more at https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...n-colonized!?p=4537184&viewfull=1#post4537184
Name : Tranquility
Game map search ref. : Eol Prou VY-R d4-443 6
Description : Tranquility was first discovered by CMDR Marx in Jul. 3302, shortly after Jaques station was found, and in Oct. 3302, the planet became the first Earth-like world in the galactic core to be settled. Initial orbital surveys revealed a rather calm weather system (hence the name for the planet), and a very hot and humid atmosphere. Much of Tranquility's surface is covered in water, and the first surveyors who landed on the planet found an abundance of marine wildlife. The Colonia Research Division soon found that several species of fish are excellent for human consumption, and has since started to farm them. The colonists have since built an orbital outpost called Vitto Orbital, and from there they export fresh fish and algae to feed the growing nearby colonies.
Screenshot Ref. Post : Courtesy of MattG: http://i.imgur.com/XKqaOvg.png , with more at https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...n-colonized!?p=4537184&viewfull=1#post4537184
Awesome! Once it has been confirmed in the main game we will add it to the maps.
Thanks Corbin. And yes, the Lower Boreas and the Distant View Depots are still on my to-do list of things. I will add all info pretty soonTM
Would appreciate at least a little mention for first discovering the Lights of Alexandria
Nice submissions though!
I am sorry, I always try to include first discoveries by other CMDR's. I added your credits to the entry.
Here are some other finds:
The Throne of Marduk
POI type: Stellar Feature
System ref.: Myoangooe AA-A h1
Description: Marduk was the leader of the ancient Babylonian pantheon and chief among the gods. He was chosen to slay the old gods and create a new order, the center of which was Babylon. For his victory he was awarded the honorific titel of 'Bel', which means giant or great lord. He then ruled from his temple called Esagila, which ranslates into 'temple on a lofty top'.
Fittingly, the Throne of Marduk is a blue hypergiant located some 800ly above the galactic plane. With a size of 329 solar radii and a mass nearly 59 times that of Sol it is truly massive and only appropriate for a ruler of gods. Interestingly, the star is less than a million years old but hydrogen fusion apparently came to a halt in its core, dooming it for a supernova in the near (astronomical) future. It is also unclear, where the 59 solar masses came from as there are no remnants of thicker layers of dust or gas in its vicinity. It is lacking a young star's typical 'cradle'. Once again, it almost feels like it was ordered into existence by a god...
Credits for its first discovery go to CMDR Forin
Please see attached image for reference:
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The Winds of Enlil
POI type: Nebula
System ref.: Myoangooe AA-A h2
Description: Enlil was the Sumerian god of the earthly skies and thus the master of weather and the winds. These winds bore different characteristics and were responsible either for draughts and famines or bountiful harvests and abundancy. Consequently, Enlil was always regarded as being a bit wayward, at one time even trying to drown mankind in a great flood.
The astronomical Winds of Enlil are a wayward object, too, and a bit of a conundrum, since many characteristics associated with a 'classic' nebula seem to be missing. First, the Winds do not have a core element like a stellar corpse from which the Winds may have originated. This alone would not pose too much of an explanatory problem but the complex also barely has any massive young stars or protostar population that would hint at star formation taking or having taken place. Instead, most stars inside the complex are rather old M and K type stars that are from 1.5 to 6.8 billion years old. This may indicate that the Winds of Enlil are in fact moving through the area, presumably being pulled in by the Milky Way's gravity. A strong indicator for this theory is the fact that the Winds seem to be compressed or flattened at the top: Dust and gas accumulate here and the Winds' movement seems to be stalled. So what we see here may in fact be the formation of a dust cloud that will eventually turn into a Stellar Nursery in a couple of million years. (Further references)
Credits for the exploration and numerous first discoveries in the area go to CMDR Forin.
Please see attached image for reference:
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The Pillars Of Anshan
POI type: Stellar Feature
System ref.: Praei Flee FG-Y g2
Description: The Pillars Of Anshan consist of an O-type and a B-type star, each of which is orbited by its own massive Herbig-Haro Ae/Be protostar. The system is just under a million years old and lies inside a larger OB Association in the Orio-Persean Conflux. It is named after the ancient land of Anshan, which was said to be accessible only by travelling through treacherous mountains and 'summits strong as the earthly pillars themselves'.
Please see attached screenshot for reference:
The Throne of Marduk
POI type: Stellar Feature
System ref.: Myoangooe AA-A h1
Description: Marduk was the leader of the ancient Babylonian pantheon and chief among the gods. He was chosen to slay the old gods and create a new order, the center of which was Babylon. For his victory he was awarded the honorific titel of 'Bel', which means giant or great lord. He then ruled from his temple called Esagila, which ranslates into 'temple on a lofty top'.
Fittingly, the Throne of Marduk is a blue hypergiant located some 800ly above the galactic plane. With a size of 329 solar radii and a mass nearly 59 times that of Sol it is truly massive and only appropriate for a ruler of gods. Interestingly, the star is less than a million years old but hydrogen fusion apparently came to a halt in its core, dooming it for a supernova in the near (astronomical) future. It is also unclear, where the 59 solar masses came from as there are no remnants of thicker layers of dust or gas in its vicinity. It is lacking a young star's typical 'cradle'. Once again, it almost feels like it was ordered into existence by a god...
Credits for its first discovery go to CMDR Forin
Please see attached image for reference:
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The Winds of Enlil
POI type: Nebula
System ref.: Myoangooe AA-A h2
Description: Enlil was the Sumerian god of the earthly skies and thus the master of weather and the winds. These winds bore different characteristics and were responsible either for draughts and famines or bountiful harvests and abundancy. Consequently, Enlil was always regarded as being a bit wayward, at one time even trying to drown mankind in a great flood.
The astronomical Winds of Enlil are a wayward object, too, and a bit of a conundrum, since many characteristics associated with a 'classic' nebula seem to be missing. First, the Winds do not have a core element like a stellar corpse from which the Winds may have originated. This alone would not pose too much of an explanatory problem but the complex also barely has any massive young stars or protostar population that would hint at star formation taking or having taken place. Instead, most stars inside the complex are rather old M and K type stars that are from 1.5 to 6.8 billion years old. This may indicate that the Winds of Enlil are in fact moving through the area, presumably being pulled in by the Milky Way's gravity. A strong indicator for this theory is the fact that the Winds seem to be compressed or flattened at the top: Dust and gas accumulate here and the Winds' movement seems to be stalled. So what we see here may in fact be the formation of a dust cloud that will eventually turn into a Stellar Nursery in a couple of million years. (Further references)
Credits for the exploration and numerous first discoveries in the area go to CMDR Forin.
Please see attached image for reference:
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The Pillars Of Anshan
POI type: Stellar Feature
System ref.: Praei Flee FG-Y g2
Description: The Pillars Of Anshan consist of an O-type and a B-type star, each of which is orbited by its own massive Herbig-Haro Ae/Be protostar. The system is just under a million years old and lies inside a larger OB Association in the Orio-Persean Conflux. It is named after the ancient land of Anshan, which was said to be accessible only by travelling through treacherous mountains and 'summits strong as the earthly pillars themselves'.
Please see attached screenshot for reference:
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Name : Xibalba (Mayan pronunciation: [ʃiɓalˈɓa])
POI type: Minor Region (Exploration Hazard - Extreme)
Game map search ref. : IOPORDS CP-Z D0 [-6783.09375 / -2014.03125 / -3534.75]
Description : Xibalba, roughly translated as "place of fear", is the name of the underworld in K'iche' Maya mythology. Located within the Via Maris region, near the NGC 281 Nebula. At -2000ly below the galactic plane this area is true to its underworld title. Dark and Hazardous, mostly composed of non-sequence and white dwarf stars with vast distances between them.
A recent expedition revealed an unidentified wreckage and degraded emissions within the region, A stern reminder that this is an area to be feared by unprepared explorers.
Ref. Video: https://youtu.be/MCE3A3mgrTY
Ref. Screenshot: View towards the core [1920x1080]
Bonus HiRes Screenshot: Looking towards the core [23040x4320]
POI type: Minor Region (Exploration Hazard - Extreme)
Game map search ref. : IOPORDS CP-Z D0 [-6783.09375 / -2014.03125 / -3534.75]
Description : Xibalba, roughly translated as "place of fear", is the name of the underworld in K'iche' Maya mythology. Located within the Via Maris region, near the NGC 281 Nebula. At -2000ly below the galactic plane this area is true to its underworld title. Dark and Hazardous, mostly composed of non-sequence and white dwarf stars with vast distances between them.
A recent expedition revealed an unidentified wreckage and degraded emissions within the region, A stern reminder that this is an area to be feared by unprepared explorers.
Ref. Video: https://youtu.be/MCE3A3mgrTY
Ref. Screenshot: View towards the core [1920x1080]
Bonus HiRes Screenshot: Looking towards the core [23040x4320]
Signal sources out there? Very interesting.
However, your system reference does not appear in EDSM. In order to add it could you please specify a system that is uploaded into EDSM? It would spare a lot of triangulation. Ideally, you would specify a system in which you actually have seen a USS or wreckage, as it would make things a wee bit more dramatic.
Since we currently do not add new regions to the map we would then add Xibalba as an Exploration Hazard. I hope that's okay for you.
Cheers CMDR!
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All entries should be updated now. Please double check on your submissions since we had a few double entries and name jigsaws.
Added:
- Red Wasp Nebula
- Hurricane Nebula (updated)
- The Zinnia Haze (relocated)
- Anaia
- The Lights Of Alexandria
- The Eye Of Ereshkigal
- Dante's Inferno
- The Gates Of Apzu
- The Throne Of Marduk
- The Winds Of Enlil
- The Pillars Of Anshan
Not added:
- Tranquility (postponed until 2.2)
- Xibalba (needs EDSM system ref)
Fly safe CMDRs!
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Greetings CMDR's!
I stumbled across quite the Planetary POI today, and I wanted to forward the info along in case it wasn't included in the database! This is my first report, so please bear with me.
I stumbled across quite the Planetary POI today, and I wanted to forward the info along in case it wasn't included in the database! This is my first report, so please bear with me.
| Name : | Gibbonici's Trio |
| Game map search ref. : | HIP 18119 |
| Description : | Originally Founded by CMDR Gibbonici, this trio of Earth-Like planets all orbit each other in the HIP 18119 System. CMDR KidChemo designated the planets for galactic mapping. HIP 18119 4, HIP 18119 5, and HIP 18119 6 all seem to be prime colonization targets. |
| Screenshot Ref. Post : | http://imgur.com/gallery/TQNOO |
Thanks, That's fine. I'll update the original post with more info and proof of the USS.
Apparently new users can't edit posts.
https://www.edsm.net/system/id/6080873/name/Iopords+CP-Z+d0
the proof of the USS (IOPODS EA-Y D1-0) - Unfortunately I didn't get a shot of the wreckage because I got distracted.
https://www.edsm.net/system/id/6080873/name/Iopords+CP-Z+d0
the proof of the USS (IOPODS EA-Y D1-0) - Unfortunately I didn't get a shot of the wreckage because I got distracted.
Hello all, CMDR Spock Oddsocks here reporting an interesting planetary nebula that I found on the way to Jaques from Beagle Point. I wasn't the first to dicover this, but I have spoken to the first discoverer (Two Quiet Suns) about the find.
If the album can't be seen, I'll provide individual links to the images inside.
| Name : | The Blue |
| Game map search ref. : | Eol Prou TZ-P e5-3437 |
| Description : | This deep blue planetary nebula is located just over 780 light years from the infamous Colonia star system. The primary astronomical object is a neutron star, but it's real draw is the planetary system orbiting the secondary, class F, star. This includes an Earth Like World named Bobuland by it's first discoverer. |
| Screenshot Ref. Post : | http://imgur.com/a/xEnAh |
If the album can't be seen, I'll provide individual links to the images inside.
This is why I love the mapping project... it brings all these little stories from individual explorers together into a larger narrative... And sometimes you will get an unexpected reminiscense like this
Gibbonicci was the founder of the FGE, and one the very first to make a large push for community exploration in the game. And now one of his discoveries has been submitted to a community project by another explorer. Full circle
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I think you just have to add a "reason for editing" in the field at the bottom of the editing formula.
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How about naming it Bobulands Blue? (we allready have a few POIs named something with "Blue", so this might make it stand out a bit more?)
This is why I love the mapping project... it brings all these little stories from individual explorers together into a larger narrative... And sometimes you will get an unexpected reminiscense like this
Gibbonicci was the founder of the FGE, and one the very first to make a large push for community exploration in the game. And now one of his discoveries has been submitted to a community project by another explorer. Full circle
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I think you just have to add a "reason for editing" in the field at the bottom of the editing formula.
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How about naming it Bobulands Blue? (we allready have a few POIs named something with "Blue", so this might make it stand out a bit more?)
Well, personally, I thought simply "The Blue" did stand out in it's own way, but otherwise, based on Two Quiet Suns's reasoning for Bobuland, then "Bobule Blue" would be more in keeping with that.
For us beginners in serious exploration, it's sometimes difficult separating the interesting from the commonplace. For example, I came across this 11-star system while on my way to Colonia:
3 Type-B stars
8 T-Tauri protostars
3 HMC
2 Class III gas giants
Not a financially rewarding find, but I found it interesting. Is it unusual?
3 Type-B stars
8 T-Tauri protostars
3 HMC
2 Class III gas giants
Not a financially rewarding find, but I found it interesting. Is it unusual?
Dropping this here for reference:
Hades Edge, Planets 1 & 2 (Obolus & Danake)...
Two worlds situated so close to their S-Class parent star that you need heat sinks to visit them.
Hades Edge, Planets 1 & 2 (Obolus & Danake)...
Two worlds situated so close to their S-Class parent star that you need heat sinks to visit them.
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Some contribution to the map
Name : Dragon's Head nebula
Game map search ref. : BLEAE AESCS nebula
Description : This nebula placed 12.500 ly from Sol and 1.000 ly above. Everything inside have red and cyan colors. In the middle (almost) of nebula located black hole, and herbig class star system. If you climb 100 ly above nebula it looks like a Dragons head. So here's a list of places you may want to visit:
Dragon's Throat - Black hole - Bleae Aescs ZE-A g4
Dragon's Eye - Herbig / B binary star system with many T Taury stars and giants - Bleae Aescs AV-Y f83
Red Giant - Bleae Aescs LT-L c10-13 6
One of the top 50 largest landable planets (according to https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/217068-Really-large-landable-planets-the-list ) - Bleae Aescs CW-T d4-61 A 1
Screenshot Ref. Post : http://imgur.com/a/r9kop , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU8leb6vFx0
Name : Dragon's Head nebula
Game map search ref. : BLEAE AESCS nebula
Description : This nebula placed 12.500 ly from Sol and 1.000 ly above. Everything inside have red and cyan colors. In the middle (almost) of nebula located black hole, and herbig class star system. If you climb 100 ly above nebula it looks like a Dragons head. So here's a list of places you may want to visit:
Dragon's Throat - Black hole - Bleae Aescs ZE-A g4
Dragon's Eye - Herbig / B binary star system with many T Taury stars and giants - Bleae Aescs AV-Y f83
Red Giant - Bleae Aescs LT-L c10-13 6
One of the top 50 largest landable planets (according to https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/217068-Really-large-landable-planets-the-list ) - Bleae Aescs CW-T d4-61 A 1
Screenshot Ref. Post : http://imgur.com/a/r9kop , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU8leb6vFx0
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