The Galactic Mapping Project & Historical Archive of Exploration

[Heavy Johnson]

POI name: Blue Whale nebula
POI type: planetary nebula

Galmap ref: Kyloall CK-A e7540

Small nebula with a single system based on neutron star inside orbited by class G star and 11 bodies including a water world. One place to observe it would be nearby Kyloall IA-Z d318 system with nice iron magma geysers on 2EA 45.92 46.94 or a black hole in Kyloall BF-A f678

http://i.imgur.com/oR3MhyR.png

http://i.imgur.com/ZDwGwX1.png

Baton, can I ask that you please 'split' entries of multiple types? This submission has:

* Planetary Nebula
* Black Hole
* Geysers

Those are three different types of objects, and you've also listed three different systems. I also can't split the entries myself, because your entry doesn't have a picture of the nebula without the black hole or geysers!

In the future, please submit a different entry (with a separate picture) for each type of object. If you find a planetary nebula and a nearby geyser site, that should be *two* entries, each with it's own picture, and each listing it's own system.

Thanks!

 

[Heavy Johnson]

POI name: The two swords of Damocles
POI type: Planetery feature
Galmap Ref: KYLOASLY DA-A F69 2

Hello hypermumm,

I see this system has no coordinates stored in EDSM. This will delay this POI entry showing up. We would strongly suggest you download and use EDDiscovery to automatically submit coordinates to EDSM for all of the new systems you visit. If you need help setting up EDDiscovery, please visit the Discord chat for it.

 

[Heavy Johnson]

more updates

Update In Progress (updated to post #1854)

Added:
* Blue Whale Nebula (no picture)
* Blue Whale Geysers
* Cerulean Dot Nebula - renamed from "Blue Dot Nebula"; too many submissions with 'blue'. Participants are encouraged to find a different way to describe objects.
* NGC 2440
* Titans of Preae Chruia
* Nyauthai Beacon
* Glow Bug Giant (no '1' - please use different/unique names for each)
* Thargoid Base (unless someone has a better name)


Updated/changed:
* Rosette Nebula
* Nereus (& Tranquility) - as a Historical Location, we will keep the name of the POI the same. I have added a note in the description that the system name was changed to 'Metztli'.
* Eor Aoc Nebula



Pending:
* Sword of Damocles - needs trilateration of system to show up on map


Not added:
* Screakiae AX-I c23-332 2BA -1.22 65.72 geysers - please resubmit with photo and unique name
* Geyser site in Eol Prou KW-L c8-32 (same as 'Glow Bug Giant') - please resubmit as a separate entry
* "Sunglasses please" - needs additional documentation (photos of system map, etc.), and a better name
* "Blue Surprise" - rejected because of: a) neither the black hole or neutron star are particularly unique b) the hazard only occurs in particular alignment and approach from a particular direction c) neutron stars very close to black holes have previously been discovered d) "Blue" in the name
* "The Seas of Sorrow" - after discussion among staff, this appears to be a normal lack of stars for this particular galactic depth and distance out on the rim




Removed:


New Contributors:
* Mist0

 

[Mist0]

Hi,

I'm wondering about the Geyser/Fumarole POI type.
I'm a very new geyser hunter and thanks to cmdr Baton and his youtube channel I'm now able to locate them easily, hats off to you, cmdr Baton.

So, here is my question, what's make a geyser/fumarole site interesting for the GMP ? Should we submit every sites we found ? Or only the ones in a special location, or particulary active, or abundant , or ... ?

Thanks.

 

[Kazahnn]

Hi,

I'm wondering about the Geyser/Fumarole POI type.
I'm a very new geyser hunter and thanks to cmdr Baton and his youtube channel I'm now able to locate them easily, hats off to you, cmdr Baton.

So, here is my question, what's make a geyser/fumarole site interesting for the GMP ? Should we submit every sites we found ? Or only the ones in a special location, or particulary active, or abundant , or ... ?

Thanks.

Nice work and relevant question about geysers/fumaroles Mist0.

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Hi,

I'm wondering about the Geyser/Fumarole POI type.
I'm a very new geyser hunter and thanks to cmdr Baton and his youtube channel I'm now able to locate them easily, hats off to you, cmdr Baton.

So, here is my question, what's make a geyser/fumarole site interesting for the GMP ? Should we submit every sites we found ? Or only the ones in a special location, or particulary active, or abundant , or ... ?

Thanks.

We would encourage you to submit those sites you think are very interesting, unique, or otherwise have some special feature. We are getting a lot of submissions for geysers/fumaroles, and the GMP is best served by showing the 'best of the best'.

You are also encouraged to read this post about writing particularly good submissions.

Thanks!

 

[Steyla]

Jumponium-Rich System

Name	Colonia Depot
Game map search ref	EOL PROU KR-L C8-10
Description	All jumponium materials available on 3 planets.
Screenshot reference	http://i.imgur.com/vwGUNdQ.png
Additional comments	Planet C1, C2 and C3

 

[Heavy Johnson]

New Categories Added To The Map

* Geyser/Fumarole
* Organic Features

Changed Category:

* Surface Features -> Geological Features

Existing planetary features which match one of these categories are being reassigned and make take a while to be complete.

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Updates:

* Many geyser/fumaroles reassigned to new category
* Cannon Crater reassigned to Organic Features
* Nstor Forest split; added new 'Guardian ruins - site 3' as Mystery POI
* Nstor Forest reassigned to Organic Features

 

[Heavy Johnson]

New POI

Adding for completeness:

New POI

Name: Guardian ruins - sites 58, 59, 60 & 61
POI Type: Mystery POI
GalMap ref: COL 173 SECTOR AP-Q B21-2
Description: "The system contains four of these ancient sites, with three of them located on the same moon.

Site 58:

Type: Beta 28
Orbital Body: A 8
Coordinates: -33.1039, -32.2718

Site 59:

Type: Gamma 20
Orbital Body: B 4
Coordinates: +13.33, -61.55

Site 60:

Type: Alpha 34
Orbital Body: B 4
Coordinates: +19.01, -100.96

Site 61:

Type: Beta 29
Orbital Body: B 4
Coordinates: -35.3193, -73.9108
"

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Site 8 & site 25

Adding for completeness:

New POI

Name: Guardian ruins - site 8 & 25
POI Type: Mystery POI
Galmap ref: HIP 39768
Description: "The system contains two of these ancient sites, on the same moon.

Site 8:

Type: Beta 11
Orbital Body: A 14F
Coordinates: +7.09, +170.2

Site 25:

Type: Beta 15
Orbital Body: A 14F
Coordinates: -0.0129, -149.4705
"

 

[malenfant]

I see this system has no coordinates stored in EDSM. This will delay this POI entry showing up. We would strongly suggest you download and use EDDiscovery to automatically submit coordinates to EDSM for all of the new systems you visit. If you need help setting up EDDiscovery, please visit the Discord chat for it.

I should point out it's in EDSM now (and on the 3D map) - I was there on 3rd July so maybe that's why.?

 

[Heavy Johnson]

more ruins

Adding for completeness:

New POI

Name: Guardian ruins - site 55, 56, 57
POI Type: Mystery POI
Galmap ref: Vela Dark Region EL-Y D32
Description: "The system contains three of these ancient sites, all on the same moon.

Site 55:

Type: Alpha 22
Orbital Body: B 1
Coordinates: +41.15, +129.26

Site 56:

Type: Beta 23
Orbital Body: B 1
Coordinates: +10.46, +130,24

Site 57:

Type: Gamma 9
Orbital Body: B 1
Coordinates: +7.9, -86.46
"

 

[Heavy Johnson]

I should point out it's in EDSM now (and on the 3D map) - I was there on 3rd July so maybe that's why.?

When a POI is submitted w/o coordinates, other EDSM users submit distances for it, which eventually generates coordinates. This can take a while, and sometimes has inaccuracy problems, so we strongly encourage everyone to submit logs via EDDiscovery or a similar tool.

 

[Heavy Johnson]

yet more ruins

Adding for completeness:

New POI

Name: Guardian ruins - site 85, 86, 87 & 88
POI Type: Mystery POI
Galmap ref: Vela Dark Region HB-X C1-28
Description: "The system contains four of these ancient sites, split between two moons.

Site 85:

Type: Gamma 07
Orbital Body: E 2
Coordinates: -4.5, -176.3

Site 86:

Type: Alpha 20
Orbital Body: E 2
Coordinates: +11.3, -154.2

Site 87:

Type: Gamma 08
Orbital Body: E 3
Coordinates: +16, -176.1

Site 88:

Type: Alpha 21
Orbital Body: E 3
Coordinates: -28.9, +163.16
"

 

[Whitmann]

Proposed POI name: Skeleton Key Nebula
POI type: Nebula
Location: DRYIO GREE WJ-Z E915
Description: Medium-small nebula, all shades of colour between lilac, through blue and into deep purple, with a thick black key-shaped central area. On Old Earth a skeleton key was a mechanical key able to open any mechanical lock; almost halfway to Beagle Point from Sol, this nebula will unlock the rest of the galaxy and provide a psychological boost for the explorer seeking to fly as far as one can go.

 

[Heavy Johnson]

New POI

POI Name: IC 2149
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
Galmap ref: BD+46 1067
Desc: "IC 2149 is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Auriga. It was discovered by Williamina Fleming in 1906.

This nebula has a typical red-green appearance, but the similarities to other planetary nebula end there. The host system for the nebula is composed of a high-mass O-class star in binary orbit with a Herbig Ae/Be star (see photo), and this pair orbited by three T-Tauri stars plus an F-class and B-class star. The system age of 184 million years indicates that these are all of fairly recent stellar evolution.

This combination of objects is unusual, as protostars like T-Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be are usually created by the collapse of molecular clouds of gas; yet the surrounding nebula seems to indicate that mass is being expelled from the system.

The O-type star is unusually massive (97.6 solar masses) and hot (101,092 kelvin), placing it clearly on a track to pass through phases of being a Wolf-Rayet star before exploding as a type IIn supernova. The nebula can be presumed to be gas expelled from the O-type star's solar wind. The Herbig star is far cooler but has high mass (46.3 solar masses) in a highly compact 0.5 solar radii. Previous models assumed that protostars of this mass collapsed so rapidly that they were never seen, going straight to massive main sequence stars in a few thousand years.

Based on all these factors, we have to conclude that a very large molecular gas cloud was compressed very rapidly, and that we see these stars in protostar stage and just passed out of protostar stage into main sequence. The mass is rapidly being expelled back into space to form the nebula we see. The Herbig star should shortly become an O-type star and also expel mass. Both of these stars will supernova soon. The mystery here lies in what caused a cloud of 150+ solar masses to compress so quickly. One possibility is the passage through the cloud of a rapidly moving black hole.

This nebula is difficult to reach, requiring a long-ranged ship, neutron star boosts, and/or FSD injection."

 

[Whitmann]

Proposed POI Name: Thorny Devil Nebula
POI type: Nebula
Location: DRYUAE BRE DY-F D12-26
Description: Medium-large coral-coloured nebula some 1200 light years above the galactic plane, this nebula has several attractive protuberances emerging from its central body, reminiscent of the Earth lizard the Thorny Devil.

 

[Erimus Kamzel]

New entries added : (upto and including post #1880)

• Cyoidai GH-U Supernova Remnant
• Serebrov Beacon
• Groerld Association
• Sifou Bubble Depot
• Formidine Rift Depot
• Vacuus Depot I
• Colonia Depot
• Skeleton Key Nebula
• IC 2149
• Thorny Devil Nebula

New contributors added to contributors section :

rampart
graafje
thestyx
Whitmann

 

[Whitmann]

Proposed POI name: Achlys Nebula
POI type: Nebula
Location: PHOI BRE QD-B D395
Description: Medium-small nebula of many shades of green and red. This nebula does not display a tremendous amount of definition, but as a whole it looks like a cloud of extreme toxicity. The name Achlys, Goddess of misery, sadness, and poisons, reflects this.