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POI Name: IC 5217
Galmap Ref: CSI+50-22218
Desc: "IC 5217 is a planetary nebula and is found in the constellation of Lacerta. The first discovery was made by William Paton Stevens Fleming in 1904. The main star is a Wolf-Rayet Star with a solar mass of 1.21 and a solar radius of 5. Other objects in the system are 2 Class V giants and 2 massive ringed HMC."
Fly/land safe.
Cmdr Steyla
Galmap Ref: CSI+50-22218
Desc: "IC 5217 is a planetary nebula and is found in the constellation of Lacerta. The first discovery was made by William Paton Stevens Fleming in 1904. The main star is a Wolf-Rayet Star with a solar mass of 1.21 and a solar radius of 5. Other objects in the system are 2 Class V giants and 2 massive ringed HMC."
Fly/land safe.
Cmdr Steyla
POI Name: Seagull Nebula geysers
POI type: geysers
Galmap ref: Seagull Sector QD-T c3-5
Desc: Active water geyser field next to Seagull Nebula, offers excellent view of the nebula and close bodies most of the day. Head to 9 D 11.3881 // 125.3237
POI name: Aquapark geysers
POI type: geysers
Galmap ref: Rosette Sector JH-V c2-11
Desc: Inside Rosette nebula we have this field of water geysers, very active an focused on small area offers interesting display. Head to 5 C A 26.8733 // 71.4621
POI name: The Seed of Life
POI name: stellar feature
Galmap ref: Hypao Chraea RY-Y d1-6
Desc: On approach to Wagar's Reach we have this system with an earth-like planet and four waterworlds (three of which are terraformable) sharing same odd orbit.
POI type: geysers
Galmap ref: Seagull Sector QD-T c3-5
Desc: Active water geyser field next to Seagull Nebula, offers excellent view of the nebula and close bodies most of the day. Head to 9 D 11.3881 // 125.3237
POI name: Aquapark geysers
POI type: geysers
Galmap ref: Rosette Sector JH-V c2-11
Desc: Inside Rosette nebula we have this field of water geysers, very active an focused on small area offers interesting display. Head to 5 C A 26.8733 // 71.4621
POI name: The Seed of Life
POI name: stellar feature
Galmap ref: Hypao Chraea RY-Y d1-6
Desc: On approach to Wagar's Reach we have this system with an earth-like planet and four waterworlds (three of which are terraformable) sharing same odd orbit.
POI Name: Phaethon
POI type: Planetary
Galmap ref: Wrupaea TI-B e1021
This system contains a hot class 5 gas giant orbiting a white dwarf about once every 38.5 minutes. The entire orbit lies deep within the white dwarf's exclusion zone, making the gas giant unreachable. The gas giant's orbital inclination of 135.45° suggests that it has been captured by the white dwarf. And the fact that it's not tidally locked could mean that this didn't happen very long ago or that its orbit is decaying.
Imgur album that contains a gif and a few screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/Vp8bi
Here are some calculations because the game displays for the orbit and semi major axis 0 days or AU respectively:
I used this formula which derived from Keplars 3rd Law:
Solar mass of white dwarf: 0.5156
Mass of our sun (solar mass 1): 1.989 * 10^30 kg
=> Mass of WD 1.02553 * 10^30 kg = M
Orbital period = ~ 35.5 minutes => 2310 seconds = T
G = gravitational constant
Semi major axis (a) = 209,883,959.96 m => 0.0014 AU
POI type: Planetary
Galmap ref: Wrupaea TI-B e1021
This system contains a hot class 5 gas giant orbiting a white dwarf about once every 38.5 minutes. The entire orbit lies deep within the white dwarf's exclusion zone, making the gas giant unreachable. The gas giant's orbital inclination of 135.45° suggests that it has been captured by the white dwarf. And the fact that it's not tidally locked could mean that this didn't happen very long ago or that its orbit is decaying.
Imgur album that contains a gif and a few screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/Vp8bi
Here are some calculations because the game displays for the orbit and semi major axis 0 days or AU respectively:
I used this formula which derived from Keplars 3rd Law:
Solar mass of white dwarf: 0.5156
Mass of our sun (solar mass 1): 1.989 * 10^30 kg
=> Mass of WD 1.02553 * 10^30 kg = M
Orbital period = ~ 35.5 minutes => 2310 seconds = T
G = gravitational constant
Semi major axis (a) = 209,883,959.96 m => 0.0014 AU
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Nice! Can you add that to this thread please? https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...planets-orbiting-within-25ls-of-a-WD-(or-NS-)
Map entry on Deep Space Outposts in the Pleiades has been updated after recent developments...
Link to information on the 100+ settlements in Colonia has been added to map entries on the Colonia Region, Nebula and System.
Information on the Animula Spires (first fungal life found in space) has been added and updated.
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A note on geysers
We would like to add noteworthy geysers and fumaroles to the map, but at the same time there are simply too many geysers and fumaroles to add all of them. Some sites stand out due to outcroppings of crystals or other materials. Some sites are located in remarkable locations with dramatic geological features nearby or a nebula backdrop. A beautiful screenshot and an interesting name and description helps as well.
Apart from these rather loose guidelines you could ask yourself this question: "If someone were travelling through this region of the galaxy, would they be willing to make a 1000+ LY detour to visit this site?"
If the answer is "no", then you should probably not submit the site to the GMP.
Hope this helps
Link to information on the 100+ settlements in Colonia has been added to map entries on the Colonia Region, Nebula and System.
Information on the Animula Spires (first fungal life found in space) has been added and updated.
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A note on geysers
We would like to add noteworthy geysers and fumaroles to the map, but at the same time there are simply too many geysers and fumaroles to add all of them. Some sites stand out due to outcroppings of crystals or other materials. Some sites are located in remarkable locations with dramatic geological features nearby or a nebula backdrop. A beautiful screenshot and an interesting name and description helps as well.
Apart from these rather loose guidelines you could ask yourself this question: "If someone were travelling through this region of the galaxy, would they be willing to make a 1000+ LY detour to visit this site?"
If the answer is "no", then you should probably not submit the site to the GMP.
Hope this helps
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New POI
Name: 31 Pegasi
POI type: Stellar Feature
Galmap ref: 31 Pegasi
Desc: This relatively hot and bright Class B star was originally found within the constellation Pegasus. It is one of the few stellar objects outside of the Bubble that 20th Century astronomers were successfully able to estimate the distance to using stellar parallax and the crude satellite telescope technology available at the time. Five brown dwarfs and an Class L star orbit 31 Pegasi, along with two gas giants and two high metal content worlds.
Name: 31 Pegasi
POI type: Stellar Feature
Galmap ref: 31 Pegasi
Desc: This relatively hot and bright Class B star was originally found within the constellation Pegasus. It is one of the few stellar objects outside of the Bubble that 20th Century astronomers were successfully able to estimate the distance to using stellar parallax and the crude satellite telescope technology available at the time. Five brown dwarfs and an Class L star orbit 31 Pegasi, along with two gas giants and two high metal content worlds.
Name : Valses Neutroniques
POI type: Stellar Features
Search map search ref: Stranu FG-Y g1271
Description: There is a rare combination with a main black hole and 5 neutron stars clustered in 2 subsystems.
The first is a triplet, 10000 sl of the main black hole. This triplet is visually interesting (screenshot bellow).
Second in a pair, 85000 Sl.
Screenshot :
Discovery 13 / NOV / 3302
POI type: Stellar Features
Search map search ref: Stranu FG-Y g1271
Description: There is a rare combination with a main black hole and 5 neutron stars clustered in 2 subsystems.
The first is a triplet, 10000 sl of the main black hole. This triplet is visually interesting (screenshot bellow).
Second in a pair, 85000 Sl.
Screenshot :
Discovery 13 / NOV / 3302
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New POI
Name: NGC 6842
POI type: Planetary Nebula
Galmap ref: Csi+29-19529
Desc: Discovered in 1919 by American astronomer Heber D. Curtis, this planetary nebula located in the constellation Vulpecula was one of the faintest nebulae included in the New General Catalogue -- despite being located only 6000 light years from Sol. Its nebular cloud is blue with faint ring-like structures and the system at its core includes a Wolf-Rayet star orbited by two Class Y brown dwarfs, a high metal content world with a molten silicate atmosphere, and another high metal content with an extremely active volcanic surface.
Name: NGC 6842
POI type: Planetary Nebula
Galmap ref: Csi+29-19529
Desc: Discovered in 1919 by American astronomer Heber D. Curtis, this planetary nebula located in the constellation Vulpecula was one of the faintest nebulae included in the New General Catalogue -- despite being located only 6000 light years from Sol. Its nebular cloud is blue with faint ring-like structures and the system at its core includes a Wolf-Rayet star orbited by two Class Y brown dwarfs, a high metal content world with a molten silicate atmosphere, and another high metal content with an extremely active volcanic surface.
New POI
Name: NGC 6852
POI type: Planetary Nebula
Galmap ref: IRAS 19581+0135
Desc: This green nebula found in the constellation Aquila is one of the approximarly 600 nebulae discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth while he was serving as an assistant to William Lassell at his Tigné Point observatory in Malta in the 1860s. The nebula contains a Wolf-Rayet star that is orbited by three dwarf stars -- a Class M orbiting 250 light seconds away and a second Class M locked in a binary orbit with a Class L star further out.
Name: NGC 6852
POI type: Planetary Nebula
Galmap ref: IRAS 19581+0135
Desc: This green nebula found in the constellation Aquila is one of the approximarly 600 nebulae discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth while he was serving as an assistant to William Lassell at his Tigné Point observatory in Malta in the 1860s. The nebula contains a Wolf-Rayet star that is orbited by three dwarf stars -- a Class M orbiting 250 light seconds away and a second Class M locked in a binary orbit with a Class L star further out.
New POI
Name: NGC 6567
POI type: Planetary Nebula
Galmap ref: CSI-19-18107
Desc: Discovered in Aug 18, 1882 by Edward Pickering during his groundbreaking tenure as the director of the Harvard College Observatory, which saw the recruitment of a number of important female astronomers and the development of the Harvard stellar classification system that is still in use today. This green planetary nebula contains a Wolf-Rayet star orbited by a Class K star and high metal content world with a molten surface and a thin ring system.
Name: NGC 6567
POI type: Planetary Nebula
Galmap ref: CSI-19-18107
Desc: Discovered in Aug 18, 1882 by Edward Pickering during his groundbreaking tenure as the director of the Harvard College Observatory, which saw the recruitment of a number of important female astronomers and the development of the Harvard stellar classification system that is still in use today. This green planetary nebula contains a Wolf-Rayet star orbited by a Class K star and high metal content world with a molten surface and a thin ring system.
@CMDR Erimus:
The Deep Space Network will host a new expedition from october 22 to december 17 3303: The DSN Luxury Tour.
We would be very pleased if it could be included in the expeditions hub.
The roster has just been posted, so the number of participants is small for now, but it will growth soon!
For all the details:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/370889-DSN-Luxury-Tour?p=5827500&viewfull=1#post5827500
Best regards.
CMDR Alistair Hope.
The Deep Space Network will host a new expedition from october 22 to december 17 3303: The DSN Luxury Tour.
We would be very pleased if it could be included in the expeditions hub.
The roster has just been posted, so the number of participants is small for now, but it will growth soon!
For all the details:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/370889-DSN-Luxury-Tour?p=5827500&viewfull=1#post5827500
Best regards.
CMDR Alistair Hope.
POI name: The Blue Diamond
POI type: geysers
Galmap ref: Cyoidai XF-C c14-0
Desc: Very unique rocky moon with volcanic activity orbiting terraformable waterworld (only 24000km away), just few jumps from Crab Nebula, often visible on the horizon. Field of geysers on C 2 A 4.5744 // 27.2236.
POI type: geysers
Galmap ref: Cyoidai XF-C c14-0
Desc: Very unique rocky moon with volcanic activity orbiting terraformable waterworld (only 24000km away), just few jumps from Crab Nebula, often visible on the horizon. Field of geysers on C 2 A 4.5744 // 27.2236.
Update on Geyser/Fumarole Submissions
After discussion with GMP staff, this was approved.
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Because of the extremely large number of geysers and fumaroles in the game, only exceptional ones are considered for inclusion in the Galactic Mapping Project.
Here are criteria you should consisder when submitting a geyser or fumarole for the Galactic Mapping Project:
* Is it in an area of the galaxy with few other geysers or fumaroles? A new submission in a "barren" area will improve chances of it being accepted.
* Did you include a picture that was visually appealing? The better the view, the more likely we are to accept it.
* Did you submit it with a distinct name and a high-quality description of the feature? These will increase chances of acceptance.
* Is the body or system unusual? Presence of nebula, neutron stars, black holes, unusual star classes or sizes, are likely to increase acceptance.
After discussion with GMP staff, this was approved.
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Because of the extremely large number of geysers and fumaroles in the game, only exceptional ones are considered for inclusion in the Galactic Mapping Project.
Here are criteria you should consisder when submitting a geyser or fumarole for the Galactic Mapping Project:
* Is it in an area of the galaxy with few other geysers or fumaroles? A new submission in a "barren" area will improve chances of it being accepted.
* Did you include a picture that was visually appealing? The better the view, the more likely we are to accept it.
* Did you submit it with a distinct name and a high-quality description of the feature? These will increase chances of acceptance.
* Is the body or system unusual? Presence of nebula, neutron stars, black holes, unusual star classes or sizes, are likely to increase acceptance.
Curiously, these criteria look incidental to me; nothing that makes *them* exceptional, more like what's around them.
New POI
Name: NGC 6629
POI type: Planetary Nebula
Galmap ref: CD-23 14350
Desc: This nebula located in the Sagittarius constellation was discovered by German-born British astronomer William Herschel in August 1784 at the beginning of his second 'deep sky' survey. The nebula's white core is a Wolf-Rayet star that is surround by a halo of blue and purple nebular gas. A solitary Class III gas giant orbits the star at a distance of over 11,000 light seconds.
Name: NGC 6629
POI type: Planetary Nebula
Galmap ref: CD-23 14350
Desc: This nebula located in the Sagittarius constellation was discovered by German-born British astronomer William Herschel in August 1784 at the beginning of his second 'deep sky' survey. The nebula's white core is a Wolf-Rayet star that is surround by a halo of blue and purple nebular gas. A solitary Class III gas giant orbits the star at a distance of over 11,000 light seconds.
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This is because essentially all geysers/fumaroles are the same, differing only in type and location.