Thanks! I can't see it though. It is on the Listing but without a hyperlink, and doesn't seem to be a pin on the actual map.
The Galactic Mapping Project & Historical Archive of Exploration
The system has unknown coordinates so it will not be visible on the map until it has been trilaterated with the help of other commanders. This usually happens within a few days.
Thanks for your work, as always, Corbin.
New POI:
Name: NGC 6871
POI type: Star Cluster
GalMap Ref: V1280 Cygni
Desc: "NGC 6871 is a small open cluster in Cygnus. It consists of under 50 A-class and B-class stars, most from standard catalogs eg. HD, HIP, 2MASS. NGC 6871 has been studied fairly intensely owing in part to the presence of eclipsing binaries. Its distance has been estimated to be around 5135 light-years while its age is a mere 9.1 million years old. The cluster was discovered by Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve in 1825.
Reference point V1280 Cygni contains a blue giant and a 3 solar-mass black hole. Pilots looking for a challenge should land on the 4th planet of NGC 6871 24. This system has a large number of stellar bodies; the single rocky world has 60 earth masses and a surface gravity of 6.01g. Those who do land will be rewarded with a string of colored stars and violet craters."
Name: NGC 6871
POI type: Star Cluster
GalMap Ref: V1280 Cygni
Desc: "NGC 6871 is a small open cluster in Cygnus. It consists of under 50 A-class and B-class stars, most from standard catalogs eg. HD, HIP, 2MASS. NGC 6871 has been studied fairly intensely owing in part to the presence of eclipsing binaries. Its distance has been estimated to be around 5135 light-years while its age is a mere 9.1 million years old. The cluster was discovered by Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve in 1825.
Reference point V1280 Cygni contains a blue giant and a 3 solar-mass black hole. Pilots looking for a challenge should land on the 4th planet of NGC 6871 24. This system has a large number of stellar bodies; the single rocky world has 60 earth masses and a surface gravity of 6.01g. Those who do land will be rewarded with a string of colored stars and violet craters."
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Name: The Matryoshka Stars
PoI Type: Star System
Game Map Search Reference: Screakai ES-A D14-135
Description: Discovered by CMDR Felina Hawk during the Mercury 7 Expedition, the Matryoshka stars are a rare set of stars - a star orbiting a star orbiting a star orbiting a set of binary stars. Thus their name "The Matryoshka Stars", referencing the classic Russian "Matryoshka dolls". Upon arriving in the system, you can see the inner three stars in close orbit of each other, creating a stellar view (if you'll excuse the pun). The fourth is nearby, whilst the fifth is sadly too far out to contribute to the view.
Screenshot Reference: http://imgur.com/a/5K08X
PoI Type: Star System
Game Map Search Reference: Screakai ES-A D14-135
Description: Discovered by CMDR Felina Hawk during the Mercury 7 Expedition, the Matryoshka stars are a rare set of stars - a star orbiting a star orbiting a star orbiting a set of binary stars. Thus their name "The Matryoshka Stars", referencing the classic Russian "Matryoshka dolls". Upon arriving in the system, you can see the inner three stars in close orbit of each other, creating a stellar view (if you'll excuse the pun). The fourth is nearby, whilst the fifth is sadly too far out to contribute to the view.
Screenshot Reference: http://imgur.com/a/5K08X
New POI:
Name: NGC 2371
POI type: Planetary Nebula
GalMap Ref: GCRV 4925
Desc: "When this planetary nebula was originally discovered by William Hershel in 1875, it was originally considered two separate stellar objects labelled "NGC 2371/2." Following the advent of more sensitive telescopes and the advent of FED-enabled stellar surveys, astronomers learned that it is a single nebula illuminated by bright B class star orbiting an even brighter O class star at its core. The system also contains an M class red dwarf that likely served as the source of the nebular gas cloud and a K class star orbited by a T class brown dwarf, as well as two extremely hot metal-rich bodies with iron vapor and silicate atmospheres.
NOTE FOR EXPLORERS: This system is more than 1400 light years above the galactic plane over the Perseus Arm. Stars become very sparse past 1000 light years above the plane and jumps of 70+ light years are needed to traverse the last 300 light years to the nebula. Travel in this area should only be attempted by ships that have FSD ranges of 50-60 light years and then only with enough materials for 5-6 standard FSD injections."
Name: NGC 2371
POI type: Planetary Nebula
GalMap Ref: GCRV 4925
Desc: "When this planetary nebula was originally discovered by William Hershel in 1875, it was originally considered two separate stellar objects labelled "NGC 2371/2." Following the advent of more sensitive telescopes and the advent of FED-enabled stellar surveys, astronomers learned that it is a single nebula illuminated by bright B class star orbiting an even brighter O class star at its core. The system also contains an M class red dwarf that likely served as the source of the nebular gas cloud and a K class star orbited by a T class brown dwarf, as well as two extremely hot metal-rich bodies with iron vapor and silicate atmospheres.
NOTE FOR EXPLORERS: This system is more than 1400 light years above the galactic plane over the Perseus Arm. Stars become very sparse past 1000 light years above the plane and jumps of 70+ light years are needed to traverse the last 300 light years to the nebula. Travel in this area should only be attempted by ships that have FSD ranges of 50-60 light years and then only with enough materials for 5-6 standard FSD injections."
Wrong MadRaptors Guide to the Galaxy Link
Hey just noticed on the first page, the link to my madraptor's guide to the galaxy is still the old one. Here is the updated one for you so people can get to it properly:
https://madraptor86.wixsite.com/mwgeologicalsociety
Hey just noticed on the first page, the link to my madraptor's guide to the galaxy is still the old one. Here is the updated one for you so people can get to it properly:
https://madraptor86.wixsite.com/mwgeologicalsociety
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Corbin & Erimus,
Alas, the SHEPARD Mission offers you the following POI from our expedition. We really tried to focus on only exceptional POI, or else the list would be too long!!!
SHEPARD Mission Galactic Mapping Update:
Below you will find a list of new POI to be included in the Galactic Mapping Project. The first two entries come from Shepard Cmdr EtherealCereal. Moreover, I am suggesting the Beetle Burial Grounds entry to be a new ‘region’ included on the map itself. Toward the end of the list are listed revisions and additions to existing entries. When reference is made the the ‘SHEPARD Mission’, you may consider including the link to the forum post like you have with Sagittarius Carina, etc... https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ISSION-Elite-Dangerous-Deep-Space-Exploration
NEW POI
POI Name: Romulus & Remus
POI Type: Stellar Features
System: OGAIWS AA-A H225
Desc: A pair of binary Herbig AeBe stars orbiting around a very tight barycenter, resulting in an orbital period of only 0.1D. From its lone landable planet barely 20ls away, one can sit and watch them slowly orbit around each other. Like the two brothers whose story led to the founding of the great Roman Empire, the future of these two stars is likely to be one of both mightiness and tragedy. At the same time, it is already a veritable empire of stars featuring a number of B-class 'children.’
POI Name: Ocularis Coelum (Eye of Heaven)
POI Type: Stellar Features
System: MYLAIFA AA-A H786
Desc: Ringed G-class star discovered during a sector survey by Cmdr EtherealCereal on the SHEPARD mission, and very likely the first of its kind. Its golden radiance coupled with the massive 30,000,000km ring system gives it an angelic presence in an otherwise dark and dismal black hole system.
POI Name: Aether Cluster
POI Type: Star Cluster
System: CPD-64 1940
Desc: The Aether Cluster, named after the ancient Greek personification of the upper sky, is a small stellar pillar of over 30 systems in the Sagittarius Gap. A galactic anomaly because of its location within the Sagittarius Gap, The Aether Cluster is situated in a void between galactic arms. The name Aether, therefore, is appropriate as it is the 'substance that fills the void.' The stars that make up the cluster likely formed as an echo of a violent supernova explosion whose glowing gases have since blown away, leaving only these relatively massive B and F class stars. Moreover, the cluster is unique because it contains stars from numerous catalog designations: Bonner Durchmusterung / HIP / and 2Mass. At the center of the Aether Cluster is a large B-class Star with an M-Class orbiting it. The cluster contains a large ammonia world, a few water worlds, and countless gas giants.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://youtu.be/5txnAm022Ts?list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/5txnAm022Ts?t=14m4s
***PLEASE NOTE THIS POI WAS UPDATED IN POST #1555***
POI Name: Little Red Riding Hood
POI Type: Stellar Features
System: Gria Eork EP-A d0
Desc: Deep below the galactic plane rests Little Red Riding Hood, a lonely M3 IIIAB Red Giant. Little Red Riding Hood is located in a void between stars, a spherical empty pocket of space roughly 70 light years in diameter, which is difficult to traverse without jumponium. A nearby White Dwarf system assists on the departure from the void. The system itself contains one planet, a solo terraformable water world orbiting a secondary star. This planet basks in the warm red light light coming from the Red Giant. This system was first discovered by the SHEPARD Mission in late 3302.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nll4JsuUeik&list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI&index=3
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/nll4JsuUeik?t=14m33s
POI Name: Beetle Burial Grounds
POI Type: Region [If you can’t add it as a Region to the actual Map, then maybe ‘Other POI’?]
System: Region to be added to map [close to Gooreia IB-F d11-14 & the Beetle Nebula]
Desc: The Beetle Burial Grounds is a rich and complex region roughly 1,200 light years in diameter centered around Beetle Nebula, with an unusually high density of carbon stars and red giants. These giants are not distributed equally or randomly, but rather spread out in a series of lines leading from Beetle Nebula. It appears Beetle Nebula's gases formed as a result from a very violent series of events roughly 12.9 billion years ago, indicating that the gases forming Beetle Nebula were once much larger and more dense, perhaps only 10% of its original gases remain. Furthermore, the SHEPARD Mission found a direct relation between aging stars stretching outwardly in a line into the Beetle Burial Grounds, and the nebula itself. The Carbon Stars and Red Giants of the Burial Grounds share similar ages with other stars in the nebula - indicating they were all formed at distinct times - likely at the same location using the same ejected star dust from the explosions. Further observation and measurements of black holes and neutron stars within the nebula have also confirmed that the Beetle Nebula was a huge ancient cluster of stars formed near the beginning of the Milky Way 13 billion years ago, which has now, subsequently turned into a graveyard of Black Holes, Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs. As such, it is likely that this violent past of supernovas actually jettisoned the Carbon Stars and Red Giants of the Beetle Burial Grounds from the Beetle Nebula itself. Therefore, this region surrounding the Nebula has been designated the Beetle Burial Grounds.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://youtu.be/Fwye36XaPlE?list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/Fwye36XaPlE?t=18m17s
POI Name: Goliath’s Rest
POI Type: Stellar Features
System: Swoals IL-Y e0
Desc: Located 2,850 light years above the galactic plane rests one of the most dramatic locations in the galaxy. On the fringe of intergalactic space is a large red giant Carbon Star with a sole landable planet in its close proximity. The orbit of the metal-rich planet is perpendicular to the distant galactic dust and stars, serving as a perfect backdrop for intense light with the Carbon Star in the foreground. In the distance one can no longer discern distinctive stars, but rather, the galaxy appears as a luminescent haze of glowing light and fire. In the foreground rest a Goliath C-N Carbon Star 29 times the radius of the sun. With its primary Neutron Star, this system serves as a distant point of departure for those trying to reach 3,000ly above the galactic plane. Nearby are multiple black holes and Neutron Stars reachable only with jumponium at the upper limits of the galactic ceiling. This system was first discovered by Cmdr Parabolus during a group climb to the galactic ceiling on the SHEPARD Mission in early 3303.
LINK TO BE SUPPLIED AFTER SHEPARD CHRONICLES IS RELEAESD
POI Name: Red River Run
POI Type: Historical Location
System: Juenae XZ-G d10-651
Desc: 1,500ly below Sagittarius A*, on a small binary moon orbiting a distant gas giant, the SHEPARD Mission held a 6-hour endurance race between March 10-March 11 3303. The race covered 10-legs, 9 waypoints, and almost 400km along the moon’s surface through valleys, dried river beds, craters, and mountains. The rotation and revolution of the moon aligned with the sister moon, parent gas giant, and nearby planetary nebula offering incredible views. The moon has henceforth been named New Dakar, after the famous Paris-Dakar Rally Raid.
New Dakar Landing Site
Orbital Body: Juenae XZ-G d10-651 4d
Surface Coordinates: 30.8400 // -66.9180
Surface Gravity: 0.04
For course information Link: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...d-River-Run-near-Sag-A*?p=5503126#post5503126
SHEPARD CHRONICLES VIDEO COURSE OVERVIEW HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyORGUdr_yU&t=194s
REVISIONS & ADDITIONS TO EXISTING:
POI Name: NGC 3199
POI Type: Nebula
System: NGC 3199 Sector LC-V c2-5
Desc: NGC 3199 is a large red reflection nebula on the edge of the Orion Shallows - marking the point where the Centaurus Arm makes a dramatic bend to the galactic north. A large nebula situated approx. 15,000 LYs along the Orion Spur, NGC 3199 was extensively explored and surveyed during a long-range mission along the Orion Spur in March 3301. In the fall of 3301 the nebula was revisited by the Sagittarius-Carina Mission, and later by the SHEPARD Mission in 3302. Observation revealed that there is a Wolf-Rayet star within the nebula, HD 89358. Further observations of the nebula also indicated a rich star forming region in the dark side of the nebula - over a dozen T-Tauri Class stars have recently formed here. The oddity is that these star forming sub-clusters only appear on the dark side - as the bright side facing the core only has 3 T-Tauri stars. Since star formation begins when the denser parts of the cloud collapse under their own weight/gravity, it seems likely that most protostars would therefore be located in or immediately adjacent to these darker regions - as they tend to be more dense. As such, it is likely that NGC 3199 is symptomatic of the star formation process, where one side is more dense [and subsequently darker]. The result is the non-uniform distribution of star formation around the different sides of the nebula.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nll4JsuUeik&list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI&index=3
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/relB5XW8HUA?t=24s
POI Name: Beetle Nebula
POI Type: Nebula
System: Bleethue KR-A b15-0
Desc: Beetle Nebula is located in the Perseus Stem over 38,000 LYs from Sol and around 1,000 LYs below the galactic plane. Its colours range from deep purples to bright orange, with half of the nebula obscured in dark clouds of dust. Most stars inside are cool K and M class stars - indicating that it could possibly have been a birthplace for many of the red giants and Carbon Stars nearby in the 'Beetle Burial Grounds.' While it is true that the nebula contains countless M & K class stars, the nebula also has an incredibly high concentration of Neutron Stars, White Dwarfs, and Black Holes. Most of these stellar remnants are older generation, equally roughly 13 billion years old, indicating that this nebula most likely originally formed as an large cluster around that same time period. The nebula is almost entirely devoid of terrestrial life - mostly large gas giants and icy bodies. Still largely unexplored, the mass in this nebula is intense. Beyond the magnitude of the stars, there are countless extremely large Gas Giant planets on the cusp of breaking size records, including a large Gas Giant with water based life and the largest recorded Class I Gas Giant according to Universal Cartographics. Surprisingly, almost all of these large exoplanets orbited DC White Dwarfs. There tends to be younger stars at the top of the nebula - including many T-Tauri stars. This age pattern is not limited to star type, but actual star age, as systems toward the top of the nebula are much younger than their counterparts near the bottom. This indicates that the nebula is growing upwards like the famed pillars of creation formations we remember from the ancient Hubble Telescope. Beetle Nebula served as a basecamp and was extensively surveyed during the SHEPARD Mission in early 3303.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://youtu.be/Fwye36XaPlE?list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/Fwye36XaPlE?t=18m17s
Vera’s Last Jump Landing Site
Orbital Body: BLEETHUE FL-Y E396 2B
Surface Coordinates: 38.4910 // -113.3502
Surface Gravity: 0.06
Named after recently decreased astronomer Vera Rubin, Vera was a part of a binary pair of metallic moons orbiting a metal-rich lava planet - itself bearing a long and thin ring system and orbiting only 1000ls from a B-Class Subgiant star. Vera was the smaller of the two moons, and in fact was so close to its brother that another moon of the same size could not fit in between them. The planet has active silicate vapor volcanism and is rich in jumpnium materials and low g (0.06). As such, it was used as a basecamp for the Shepard Mission for SRV canyon jumping.
POI Name: Magnus Nebula
POI Type: Nebula
System: Hypuae Briae YQ-Z c28-339
Desc: Magnus Nebula is a large vivid purple nebula along the inner Perseus Arm near the galactic core. At 36,000 LYs from Sol, this is possibly one of the largest nebulae so far discovered on the far side of the galactic core. Magnus contains several thousand star systems, including 2 Neutron Stars and 3 K-Class Giants, and is situated just 750 LYs outside the mysterious borders of the Bleia Permit Zone.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://youtu.be/relB5XW8HUA?list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/relB5XW8HUA?t=37m45s
POI Name: Zinnia Haze
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
System: Hypuae Briae LC-U e3-152
Desc: A small planetary nebula located more than 1,000ly above the galactic plane, with a Neutron Star as its primary stellar object.
***Text was revised: this POI is 1000 ABOVE galactic plane not below as indicated // Zinnia Haze is also a ‘Planetary Nebula’ not an emission nebula ***
I hope this helps! Keep up the great work, and we will let you know if any more trickle in!
Best,
-Cmdr Parabolus
Alas, the SHEPARD Mission offers you the following POI from our expedition. We really tried to focus on only exceptional POI, or else the list would be too long!!!
SHEPARD Mission Galactic Mapping Update:
Below you will find a list of new POI to be included in the Galactic Mapping Project. The first two entries come from Shepard Cmdr EtherealCereal. Moreover, I am suggesting the Beetle Burial Grounds entry to be a new ‘region’ included on the map itself. Toward the end of the list are listed revisions and additions to existing entries. When reference is made the the ‘SHEPARD Mission’, you may consider including the link to the forum post like you have with Sagittarius Carina, etc... https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ISSION-Elite-Dangerous-Deep-Space-Exploration
NEW POI
POI Name: Romulus & Remus
POI Type: Stellar Features
System: OGAIWS AA-A H225
Desc: A pair of binary Herbig AeBe stars orbiting around a very tight barycenter, resulting in an orbital period of only 0.1D. From its lone landable planet barely 20ls away, one can sit and watch them slowly orbit around each other. Like the two brothers whose story led to the founding of the great Roman Empire, the future of these two stars is likely to be one of both mightiness and tragedy. At the same time, it is already a veritable empire of stars featuring a number of B-class 'children.’
POI Name: Ocularis Coelum (Eye of Heaven)
POI Type: Stellar Features
System: MYLAIFA AA-A H786
Desc: Ringed G-class star discovered during a sector survey by Cmdr EtherealCereal on the SHEPARD mission, and very likely the first of its kind. Its golden radiance coupled with the massive 30,000,000km ring system gives it an angelic presence in an otherwise dark and dismal black hole system.
POI Name: Aether Cluster
POI Type: Star Cluster
System: CPD-64 1940
Desc: The Aether Cluster, named after the ancient Greek personification of the upper sky, is a small stellar pillar of over 30 systems in the Sagittarius Gap. A galactic anomaly because of its location within the Sagittarius Gap, The Aether Cluster is situated in a void between galactic arms. The name Aether, therefore, is appropriate as it is the 'substance that fills the void.' The stars that make up the cluster likely formed as an echo of a violent supernova explosion whose glowing gases have since blown away, leaving only these relatively massive B and F class stars. Moreover, the cluster is unique because it contains stars from numerous catalog designations: Bonner Durchmusterung / HIP / and 2Mass. At the center of the Aether Cluster is a large B-class Star with an M-Class orbiting it. The cluster contains a large ammonia world, a few water worlds, and countless gas giants.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://youtu.be/5txnAm022Ts?list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/5txnAm022Ts?t=14m4s
***PLEASE NOTE THIS POI WAS UPDATED IN POST #1555***
POI Name: Little Red Riding Hood
POI Type: Stellar Features
System: Gria Eork EP-A d0
Desc: Deep below the galactic plane rests Little Red Riding Hood, a lonely M3 IIIAB Red Giant. Little Red Riding Hood is located in a void between stars, a spherical empty pocket of space roughly 70 light years in diameter, which is difficult to traverse without jumponium. A nearby White Dwarf system assists on the departure from the void. The system itself contains one planet, a solo terraformable water world orbiting a secondary star. This planet basks in the warm red light light coming from the Red Giant. This system was first discovered by the SHEPARD Mission in late 3302.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nll4JsuUeik&list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI&index=3
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/nll4JsuUeik?t=14m33s
POI Name: Beetle Burial Grounds
POI Type: Region [If you can’t add it as a Region to the actual Map, then maybe ‘Other POI’?]
System: Region to be added to map [close to Gooreia IB-F d11-14 & the Beetle Nebula]
Desc: The Beetle Burial Grounds is a rich and complex region roughly 1,200 light years in diameter centered around Beetle Nebula, with an unusually high density of carbon stars and red giants. These giants are not distributed equally or randomly, but rather spread out in a series of lines leading from Beetle Nebula. It appears Beetle Nebula's gases formed as a result from a very violent series of events roughly 12.9 billion years ago, indicating that the gases forming Beetle Nebula were once much larger and more dense, perhaps only 10% of its original gases remain. Furthermore, the SHEPARD Mission found a direct relation between aging stars stretching outwardly in a line into the Beetle Burial Grounds, and the nebula itself. The Carbon Stars and Red Giants of the Burial Grounds share similar ages with other stars in the nebula - indicating they were all formed at distinct times - likely at the same location using the same ejected star dust from the explosions. Further observation and measurements of black holes and neutron stars within the nebula have also confirmed that the Beetle Nebula was a huge ancient cluster of stars formed near the beginning of the Milky Way 13 billion years ago, which has now, subsequently turned into a graveyard of Black Holes, Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs. As such, it is likely that this violent past of supernovas actually jettisoned the Carbon Stars and Red Giants of the Beetle Burial Grounds from the Beetle Nebula itself. Therefore, this region surrounding the Nebula has been designated the Beetle Burial Grounds.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://youtu.be/Fwye36XaPlE?list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/Fwye36XaPlE?t=18m17s
POI Name: Goliath’s Rest
POI Type: Stellar Features
System: Swoals IL-Y e0
Desc: Located 2,850 light years above the galactic plane rests one of the most dramatic locations in the galaxy. On the fringe of intergalactic space is a large red giant Carbon Star with a sole landable planet in its close proximity. The orbit of the metal-rich planet is perpendicular to the distant galactic dust and stars, serving as a perfect backdrop for intense light with the Carbon Star in the foreground. In the distance one can no longer discern distinctive stars, but rather, the galaxy appears as a luminescent haze of glowing light and fire. In the foreground rest a Goliath C-N Carbon Star 29 times the radius of the sun. With its primary Neutron Star, this system serves as a distant point of departure for those trying to reach 3,000ly above the galactic plane. Nearby are multiple black holes and Neutron Stars reachable only with jumponium at the upper limits of the galactic ceiling. This system was first discovered by Cmdr Parabolus during a group climb to the galactic ceiling on the SHEPARD Mission in early 3303.
LINK TO BE SUPPLIED AFTER SHEPARD CHRONICLES IS RELEAESD
POI Name: Red River Run
POI Type: Historical Location
System: Juenae XZ-G d10-651
Desc: 1,500ly below Sagittarius A*, on a small binary moon orbiting a distant gas giant, the SHEPARD Mission held a 6-hour endurance race between March 10-March 11 3303. The race covered 10-legs, 9 waypoints, and almost 400km along the moon’s surface through valleys, dried river beds, craters, and mountains. The rotation and revolution of the moon aligned with the sister moon, parent gas giant, and nearby planetary nebula offering incredible views. The moon has henceforth been named New Dakar, after the famous Paris-Dakar Rally Raid.
New Dakar Landing Site
Orbital Body: Juenae XZ-G d10-651 4d
Surface Coordinates: 30.8400 // -66.9180
Surface Gravity: 0.04
For course information Link: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...d-River-Run-near-Sag-A*?p=5503126#post5503126
SHEPARD CHRONICLES VIDEO COURSE OVERVIEW HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyORGUdr_yU&t=194s
REVISIONS & ADDITIONS TO EXISTING:
POI Name: NGC 3199
POI Type: Nebula
System: NGC 3199 Sector LC-V c2-5
Desc: NGC 3199 is a large red reflection nebula on the edge of the Orion Shallows - marking the point where the Centaurus Arm makes a dramatic bend to the galactic north. A large nebula situated approx. 15,000 LYs along the Orion Spur, NGC 3199 was extensively explored and surveyed during a long-range mission along the Orion Spur in March 3301. In the fall of 3301 the nebula was revisited by the Sagittarius-Carina Mission, and later by the SHEPARD Mission in 3302. Observation revealed that there is a Wolf-Rayet star within the nebula, HD 89358. Further observations of the nebula also indicated a rich star forming region in the dark side of the nebula - over a dozen T-Tauri Class stars have recently formed here. The oddity is that these star forming sub-clusters only appear on the dark side - as the bright side facing the core only has 3 T-Tauri stars. Since star formation begins when the denser parts of the cloud collapse under their own weight/gravity, it seems likely that most protostars would therefore be located in or immediately adjacent to these darker regions - as they tend to be more dense. As such, it is likely that NGC 3199 is symptomatic of the star formation process, where one side is more dense [and subsequently darker]. The result is the non-uniform distribution of star formation around the different sides of the nebula.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nll4JsuUeik&list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI&index=3
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/relB5XW8HUA?t=24s
POI Name: Beetle Nebula
POI Type: Nebula
System: Bleethue KR-A b15-0
Desc: Beetle Nebula is located in the Perseus Stem over 38,000 LYs from Sol and around 1,000 LYs below the galactic plane. Its colours range from deep purples to bright orange, with half of the nebula obscured in dark clouds of dust. Most stars inside are cool K and M class stars - indicating that it could possibly have been a birthplace for many of the red giants and Carbon Stars nearby in the 'Beetle Burial Grounds.' While it is true that the nebula contains countless M & K class stars, the nebula also has an incredibly high concentration of Neutron Stars, White Dwarfs, and Black Holes. Most of these stellar remnants are older generation, equally roughly 13 billion years old, indicating that this nebula most likely originally formed as an large cluster around that same time period. The nebula is almost entirely devoid of terrestrial life - mostly large gas giants and icy bodies. Still largely unexplored, the mass in this nebula is intense. Beyond the magnitude of the stars, there are countless extremely large Gas Giant planets on the cusp of breaking size records, including a large Gas Giant with water based life and the largest recorded Class I Gas Giant according to Universal Cartographics. Surprisingly, almost all of these large exoplanets orbited DC White Dwarfs. There tends to be younger stars at the top of the nebula - including many T-Tauri stars. This age pattern is not limited to star type, but actual star age, as systems toward the top of the nebula are much younger than their counterparts near the bottom. This indicates that the nebula is growing upwards like the famed pillars of creation formations we remember from the ancient Hubble Telescope. Beetle Nebula served as a basecamp and was extensively surveyed during the SHEPARD Mission in early 3303.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://youtu.be/Fwye36XaPlE?list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/Fwye36XaPlE?t=18m17s
Vera’s Last Jump Landing Site
Orbital Body: BLEETHUE FL-Y E396 2B
Surface Coordinates: 38.4910 // -113.3502
Surface Gravity: 0.06
Named after recently decreased astronomer Vera Rubin, Vera was a part of a binary pair of metallic moons orbiting a metal-rich lava planet - itself bearing a long and thin ring system and orbiting only 1000ls from a B-Class Subgiant star. Vera was the smaller of the two moons, and in fact was so close to its brother that another moon of the same size could not fit in between them. The planet has active silicate vapor volcanism and is rich in jumpnium materials and low g (0.06). As such, it was used as a basecamp for the Shepard Mission for SRV canyon jumping.
POI Name: Magnus Nebula
POI Type: Nebula
System: Hypuae Briae YQ-Z c28-339
Desc: Magnus Nebula is a large vivid purple nebula along the inner Perseus Arm near the galactic core. At 36,000 LYs from Sol, this is possibly one of the largest nebulae so far discovered on the far side of the galactic core. Magnus contains several thousand star systems, including 2 Neutron Stars and 3 K-Class Giants, and is situated just 750 LYs outside the mysterious borders of the Bleia Permit Zone.
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Full episode: https://youtu.be/relB5XW8HUA?list=PLoiTPhcHOsxGmxqKzsghtQPNZ3LpglnmI
LINK SHEPARD CHRONICLES: Specific Time: https://youtu.be/relB5XW8HUA?t=37m45s
POI Name: Zinnia Haze
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
System: Hypuae Briae LC-U e3-152
Desc: A small planetary nebula located more than 1,000ly above the galactic plane, with a Neutron Star as its primary stellar object.
***Text was revised: this POI is 1000 ABOVE galactic plane not below as indicated // Zinnia Haze is also a ‘Planetary Nebula’ not an emission nebula ***
I hope this helps! Keep up the great work, and we will let you know if any more trickle in!
Best,
-Cmdr Parabolus
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Congratulations, you may have overtaken Collection of Wonders for the largest stellar body with a ring system.
A couple sysmap pictures for reference 
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New POI(s)
POI Name: The Sar-i Sang Nebula
POI Type: Nebula
GalMap Ref: Scheau Proo OZ-O e6-1350
Description: Located 1,375 lightyears below the galactic plane, this deep blue nebula formed around the formation of a neutron star and is accompanied by two High Metal Content worlds. Named after the mining town in Afghanistan known to have supplied the most precious Lapis Lazuli to the ancient world.
POI Name: The Lensing Lighthouse
POI Type: Black Holes
GalMap Ref: Schieni CL-Y g2
Description: Five Black Holes and a Neutron Star are accompanied by two gas giants, one with water-based life. The positioning of the black holes provides for some exceptional lensing effects, especially from near the gas giant with water-based life.
POI Name: The Dover Lights
POI Type: Stellar Feature
GalMap Ref: Wepaa AA-A h233
Description: An amazing combination of 3 binary systems. The primary being a Wolf-Rayet C paired with a B class star. The second a Wolf-Rayet C paired with an O class star. The third, a Herbig Ae/Be star paired with another B class star. From a distance, it is a stunningly bright sight.
POI Name: Mariner’s Prospect
POI Type: Planetary Feature
GalMap Ref: Dryeae Brau RY-S d3-2 (A 5 and A 5 a)
Description: Measuring 19.2 million kilometers across and having an inner diameter of only 224,000 kilometers, this Class IV gas giant has quite a large gathering. A ringed terraformable water world moon orbits closely.
POI Name: The Sar-i Sang Nebula
POI Type: Nebula
GalMap Ref: Scheau Proo OZ-O e6-1350
Description: Located 1,375 lightyears below the galactic plane, this deep blue nebula formed around the formation of a neutron star and is accompanied by two High Metal Content worlds. Named after the mining town in Afghanistan known to have supplied the most precious Lapis Lazuli to the ancient world.
POI Name: The Lensing Lighthouse
POI Type: Black Holes
GalMap Ref: Schieni CL-Y g2
Description: Five Black Holes and a Neutron Star are accompanied by two gas giants, one with water-based life. The positioning of the black holes provides for some exceptional lensing effects, especially from near the gas giant with water-based life.
POI Name: The Dover Lights
POI Type: Stellar Feature
GalMap Ref: Wepaa AA-A h233
Description: An amazing combination of 3 binary systems. The primary being a Wolf-Rayet C paired with a B class star. The second a Wolf-Rayet C paired with an O class star. The third, a Herbig Ae/Be star paired with another B class star. From a distance, it is a stunningly bright sight.
POI Name: Mariner’s Prospect
POI Type: Planetary Feature
GalMap Ref: Dryeae Brau RY-S d3-2 (A 5 and A 5 a)
Description: Measuring 19.2 million kilometers across and having an inner diameter of only 224,000 kilometers, this Class IV gas giant has quite a large gathering. A ringed terraformable water world moon orbits closely.
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Skaude (Collection of Wonders)
GalMap Ref: Skaude AA-A h294
Desc: Due to the above finding, please remove this line from the Collection of Wonders: "The M-class star is believed to be the largest known stellar body containing a ring system."
Skaude (Collection of Wonders)
GalMap Ref: Skaude AA-A h294
Desc: Due to the above finding, please remove this line from the Collection of Wonders: "The M-class star is believed to be the largest known stellar body containing a ring system."
Shepard Mission rewriting the history books.
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Hi folks,
according to the Galaxy Map and a couple of external sources, CPD-64 1940 is part of NGC 4463 and not located in a void. Could it be that you gave the wrong reference system?
Apart from that, please take into account that the GMP's naming conventions include that non-procedural deep sky objects from relevant star catalogues are not to be renamed but included in the project with their catalogue names.
Could you please check that reference system and get back here please?
Thanks in advance and thanks for the fantastic effort
Fly safe!
Andrew
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New POI
POI Name: Beta Site
POI Type: Deep Space Outpost
GalMap Ref: Jellyfish Sector FB-X c1-5
Desc: "Beta Site is an asteroid base and resource extraction operation located in the rocky rings of a blue Class III gas giant on the edge of the Jellyfish nebula. It is controlled by the independent, democratic Beta Site Operations faction and currently has a minor presence from a theocratic group that styles itself "Followers of the Star." Base services include commodities trading, mission and passenger boards, a Universal Cartographics franchise, and a crew lounge. The docking facilities include basic refueling, repairing and restocking services, but not a shipyard or outfitting hangars -- at least yet anyways, according to Councillor Pate.
POI Name: Beta Site
POI Type: Deep Space Outpost
GalMap Ref: Jellyfish Sector FB-X c1-5
Desc: "Beta Site is an asteroid base and resource extraction operation located in the rocky rings of a blue Class III gas giant on the edge of the Jellyfish nebula. It is controlled by the independent, democratic Beta Site Operations faction and currently has a minor presence from a theocratic group that styles itself "Followers of the Star." Base services include commodities trading, mission and passenger boards, a Universal Cartographics franchise, and a crew lounge. The docking facilities include basic refueling, repairing and restocking services, but not a shipyard or outfitting hangars -- at least yet anyways, according to Councillor Pate.
Proposed name: The Gloaming
POI type: Planetary Nebula
Location: Eoch Pri FB-W E2-5646
Description: Small but very beautiful nebula surrounding a neutron star, the colours of which resemble late evening (gloaming) skies on humanity's origin world, Earth.
This system first discovered by Commander Taen.
POI type: Planetary Nebula
Location: Eoch Pri FB-W E2-5646
Description: Small but very beautiful nebula surrounding a neutron star, the colours of which resemble late evening (gloaming) skies on humanity's origin world, Earth.
This system first discovered by Commander Taen.
References for upcoming updates/edits:
Cassiopeia OB8 Association
- NGC 663 (added)
- NGC 659 (added)
- M103 (added)
- Phi Cassiopeiae (edited)
Cassiopeia OB2 Association (& friends)
- Bubble Nebula
- M52 (NGC 7654) (added)
Other:
- NGC 7354
- VV Cephei (updated)
- Cepheus Dark Region
Cassiopeia OB8 Association
- NGC 663 (added)
- NGC 659 (added)
- M103 (added)
- Phi Cassiopeiae (edited)
Cassiopeia OB2 Association (& friends)
- Bubble Nebula
- M52 (NGC 7654) (added)
Other:
- NGC 7354
- VV Cephei (updated)
- Cepheus Dark Region
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POI Name: Hades Edge
GalMap Ref: HD 49368
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POI Name: Hades Edge
GalMap Ref: HD 49368
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