The Galactic Mapping Project & Historical Archive of Exploration
So? If there are imprecisions or missing pictures, etc. one can always submit an update to fix that. Why would that not be the case?
Not sure what you think I'm talking about, but I mean that usually Corbin Moran - the person updating the maps with new entries - makes a post about what's been added to the database/map or rejected, and it's been a while since they did that. I'm guessing they're busy or something.
Yeah, they let new POI and update submissions accumulate for a bit and then they catch up with them. That's normal. If they were to stop accepting submissions I assume they would announce that fact.
Theta Carinae Cluster (IC 2602)
POI type: Open Cluster
Ref. star: Theta Carinae
Description: IC 2602 is an open cluster some 500 ly from Sol. It is the third brightest cluster of stars - after the Pleiades and the Hyades - and a naked eye object in Sol's skies. The cluster is also known as the Theta Carinae Cluster or the Southern Pleiades, since it was discovered by Earth Astronomer Abbe Lacaille in the 18th century on one his journeys in Earth's southern hemisphere.
The cluster is akin to the "Northern" (Taurean) Pleiades in age and composition, and it holds some 70 stars of various stages of mass segregation. Its core is made up of about a dozen high mass stars.
Please see attached screenshot:
POI type: Open Cluster
Ref. star: Theta Carinae
Description: IC 2602 is an open cluster some 500 ly from Sol. It is the third brightest cluster of stars - after the Pleiades and the Hyades - and a naked eye object in Sol's skies. The cluster is also known as the Theta Carinae Cluster or the Southern Pleiades, since it was discovered by Earth Astronomer Abbe Lacaille in the 18th century on one his journeys in Earth's southern hemisphere.
The cluster is akin to the "Northern" (Taurean) Pleiades in age and composition, and it holds some 70 stars of various stages of mass segregation. Its core is made up of about a dozen high mass stars.
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I'll make an update during the coming weekend, so if any of you still has some nice finds that'd be a good time
Fly safe CMDRs and may the winds be at your back!
Name: The Qingting
Game map search ref: EOR BRU YU-Y E51 A
Description: Two violent binary Neutron Stars which formed 8,914 million years ago orbit each other in extreme proximity. It's not only the fact that binary neutron stars are a rare occurnace in the galaxy, but the fact both stars have very agressive and violent jets eminating from these pulsars. high above the galactic plane, it's quite a elaborate sight in the heavens above. Facing these pulsars they resemble that of a dragonfly, or in Chinese name Qingting, and hence the name.
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Game map search ref: EOR BRU YU-Y E51 A
Description: Two violent binary Neutron Stars which formed 8,914 million years ago orbit each other in extreme proximity. It's not only the fact that binary neutron stars are a rare occurnace in the galaxy, but the fact both stars have very agressive and violent jets eminating from these pulsars. high above the galactic plane, it's quite a elaborate sight in the heavens above. Facing these pulsars they resemble that of a dragonfly, or in Chinese name Qingting, and hence the name.
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Some more typos and corrections, this time from the Routes category:
Also, shouldn't more Major Expeditions be added?
Then some from the Star clusters category:
Also, one from pulsars:
The Black Widow Pulsar: " the pulsar was estimated to move across the galactic plane at a speed of appr. one million miles per hour, which would be more than 20 times the speed of Sol " - I'm fairly certain mph isn't used anywhere in astronomy. I don't know what speeds are used for measuring star movements in the galaxy, but perhaps it would be best to change it to "at a speed of approximately twenty times that of Sol"?
The Daedalus Mission:
"Rifts" -> "Rift's", "Hypoina" -> "Hyponia", "Wings' -> "wing's", "fate of Daedalus" -> "fate of the Daedalus"
Crab Nebula Expedition route: there's no text at all
Rock Rat Run: "I" is incorrectly capitalised as "i" several times
Jmanis Bridge: named after the Commander who first submitted it, but back when I submitted mine, I was told this isn't allowed. Let me know if this has changed since. (Not that I'd like mine to be renamed, mind.)
Posiedal Wall: should be "Poseidal". Also, you might want to remove the " Please let me know if you think this is wrong, and I will change it." line from the entry
Serebrov Crossing: shouldn't "Zero Meridian" be "Southern meridian"?
"Rifts" -> "Rift's", "Hypoina" -> "Hyponia", "Wings' -> "wing's", "fate of Daedalus" -> "fate of the Daedalus"
Crab Nebula Expedition route: there's no text at all
Rock Rat Run: "I" is incorrectly capitalised as "i" several times
Jmanis Bridge: named after the Commander who first submitted it, but back when I submitted mine, I was told this isn't allowed. Let me know if this has changed since. (Not that I'd like mine to be renamed, mind.)
Posiedal Wall: should be "Poseidal". Also, you might want to remove the " Please let me know if you think this is wrong, and I will change it." line from the entry
Serebrov Crossing: shouldn't "Zero Meridian" be "Southern meridian"?
Then some from the Star clusters category:
The Remembrance:
"A globular cluster of 12 Class-O stars. Close-spacing. Each one is approx 40LY apart." -> "A globular cluster of twelve class O stars, closely spaced. Each one is approximately 40 ly apart."
NGC 3603:
" Early earth scientists" -> "Scientists from the 19th century"
Seven Sapphires Cluster:
" B0 VZ*" -> "B0 VZ", "Cluster" -> "cluster"
The PW2010 Supercluster:
"aurrounding" -> "surrounding"
Skull and Crossbones nebula:
"There are few black holes" -> "There are a few black holes"
The Pomegranate nebula:
"At 120110125LY in size " -> "At 120 x 110 x 125 ly in size"
"A globular cluster of 12 Class-O stars. Close-spacing. Each one is approx 40LY apart." -> "A globular cluster of twelve class O stars, closely spaced. Each one is approximately 40 ly apart."
NGC 3603:
" Early earth scientists" -> "Scientists from the 19th century"
Seven Sapphires Cluster:
" B0 VZ*" -> "B0 VZ", "Cluster" -> "cluster"
The PW2010 Supercluster:
"aurrounding" -> "surrounding"
Skull and Crossbones nebula:
"There are few black holes" -> "There are a few black holes"
The Pomegranate nebula:
"At 120110125LY in size " -> "At 120 x 110 x 125 ly in size"
The Black Widow Pulsar: " the pulsar was estimated to move across the galactic plane at a speed of appr. one million miles per hour, which would be more than 20 times the speed of Sol " - I'm fairly certain mph isn't used anywhere in astronomy. I don't know what speeds are used for measuring star movements in the galaxy, but perhaps it would be best to change it to "at a speed of approximately twenty times that of Sol"?
New POI Submission
POI Name: Soul's Breath
POI Type: Surface Feature
POI Location: Trignai CQ-P E5-1 A 1 E A (EDSM)
POI Description:
Some ancient Earth peoples believed that the mists and vapors that erupted from the ground were the spirits of the dead rising to the heavens. In today's enlightened age, even hardened explorers can be shaken by the sight of these still-active water geysers erupting beneath the unlit skies of this moon, orbiting a long-dead star in one of the galaxy's loneliest sectors.
POI Name: Soul's Breath
POI Type: Surface Feature
POI Location: Trignai CQ-P E5-1 A 1 E A (EDSM)
POI Description:
Some ancient Earth peoples believed that the mists and vapors that erupted from the ground were the spirits of the dead rising to the heavens. In today's enlightened age, even hardened explorers can be shaken by the sight of these still-active water geysers erupting beneath the unlit skies of this moon, orbiting a long-dead star in one of the galaxy's loneliest sectors.
While jumping around in-game, I decided to help fill out the missing screenshot authors (since some have been added elsewhere) and look for typos in the Deep space outpost category. So, here are the authors that I could find, with typo and error corrections later in the post:
Then the corrections:
Would you like some help with checking incoming entries as well? I wouldn't mind helping out to work down the backlog.
Attenborough's Watch: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Beta Site: roboteconomist (CMDR Z@pp Rowsdower)
Darwin Research Facility: Ozric
Elephant's Trunk Mine: CMDR Marx
Flaming Star Logistics Centre: mienamoo
Gagarin Gate: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Gorgon Research Facility: mienamoo
Hell Port: CMDR Marx
Hind Mine: mienamoo
Iris Vacations: CMDR Marx
Kashyapa: by Baton
Mahon Research Base: roboteconomist (CMDR Z@pp Rowsdower)
Mammon Monitoring Facility: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Medusa's Rock: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Morgan's Rock: CMDR Heavy Johnson
New Beginning: Lhynn
New Growth: CMDR Baroness Galaxy
Observation Post Epsilon: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Omega Mining Operation: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Ring Mine: roboteconomist (CMDR Z@pp Rowsdower)
Sacaqawea Space Port: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Sadr Logistics Depot: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Sagan Research Centre: Psypher
Station X: CMDR Ozric
Witch Head Science Centre: mienamoo
Beta Site: roboteconomist (CMDR Z@pp Rowsdower)
Darwin Research Facility: Ozric
Elephant's Trunk Mine: CMDR Marx
Flaming Star Logistics Centre: mienamoo
Gagarin Gate: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Gorgon Research Facility: mienamoo
Hell Port: CMDR Marx
Hind Mine: mienamoo
Iris Vacations: CMDR Marx
Kashyapa: by Baton
Mahon Research Base: roboteconomist (CMDR Z@pp Rowsdower)
Mammon Monitoring Facility: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Medusa's Rock: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Morgan's Rock: CMDR Heavy Johnson
New Beginning: Lhynn
New Growth: CMDR Baroness Galaxy
Observation Post Epsilon: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Omega Mining Operation: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Ring Mine: roboteconomist (CMDR Z@pp Rowsdower)
Sacaqawea Space Port: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Sadr Logistics Depot: CMDR Heavy Johnson
Sagan Research Centre: Psypher
Station X: CMDR Ozric
Witch Head Science Centre: mienamoo
Farsight Expedition Base: "There is Universal Cartographics office" -> "There is a Universal Cartographics office", could also use several commas throughout the text
Station X: "it was not by the body who awarded the Nobel Prize. " -> "it wasn't this discovery that earned her the Nobel Prize.", "Although the Nebula" -> "Although the nebula"
New Beginning: "5.000 ly away" -> "5,000 ly away", "Synuefe Wregoe Outotz Hegoo" -> "Synuefe - Wregoe - Outotz - Hegoo"
Medusa's Rock: "It is an currently owned by the faction " -> "It is currently owned by the faction"
Sadr Logistics Depot: "`The station" -> "The station"
Eagle's Landing: "for its' name" -> "for its name"
Omega Mining Operation: "5500" -> "5,500" - to be consistent with the other number in the entry
Hillary Depot: "large mountain" -> "large mountain."
New Growth: "more reason then ever " -> "more reason than ever", "neigbouring" -> "neighbouring", "guardian" -> "Guardian"
Note: entry is slightly wrong, as we don't know if the Regor sector contains Guardian ruins or not, what with it being permit locked.
Obsidian Orbital: "succesfully" -> "successfully", "peacefull" -> "peaceful", "deep space outposts in the Pleiades." -> "deep space outposts in the region." (to avoid repetition from the last sentence)
Mahon Research Base: "becomming" -> "becoming"
Darwin Research Facility: "Deep Space Industries are a Independent Democracy" -> "Deep Space Industries are an independent democratic faction"
Note that DSI is no longer in control of the system. Instead, it was taken by a player PMF inserted there. (Which I thought wasn't allowed, but well, apparently it is.)
Flaming Star Logistics Centre: "except a ship yard." -> "except a shipyard."
Unconfirmed asteroid base at V355 Monocerotis: should this really have a map entry? After all, it's unreachable, and when Frontier accidentally released that list, some of the asteroid bases on it turned out to not be in-game. Plus the galaxy map says that it has zero population and is uninhabited.
Station X: "it was not by the body who awarded the Nobel Prize. " -> "it wasn't this discovery that earned her the Nobel Prize.", "Although the Nebula" -> "Although the nebula"
New Beginning: "5.000 ly away" -> "5,000 ly away", "Synuefe Wregoe Outotz Hegoo" -> "Synuefe - Wregoe - Outotz - Hegoo"
Medusa's Rock: "It is an currently owned by the faction " -> "It is currently owned by the faction"
Sadr Logistics Depot: "`The station" -> "The station"
Eagle's Landing: "for its' name" -> "for its name"
Omega Mining Operation: "5500" -> "5,500" - to be consistent with the other number in the entry
Hillary Depot: "large mountain" -> "large mountain."
New Growth: "more reason then ever " -> "more reason than ever", "neigbouring" -> "neighbouring", "guardian" -> "Guardian"
Note: entry is slightly wrong, as we don't know if the Regor sector contains Guardian ruins or not, what with it being permit locked.
Obsidian Orbital: "succesfully" -> "successfully", "peacefull" -> "peaceful", "deep space outposts in the Pleiades." -> "deep space outposts in the region." (to avoid repetition from the last sentence)
Mahon Research Base: "becomming" -> "becoming"
Darwin Research Facility: "Deep Space Industries are a Independent Democracy" -> "Deep Space Industries are an independent democratic faction"
Note that DSI is no longer in control of the system. Instead, it was taken by a player PMF inserted there. (Which I thought wasn't allowed, but well, apparently it is.)
Flaming Star Logistics Centre: "except a ship yard." -> "except a shipyard."
Unconfirmed asteroid base at V355 Monocerotis: should this really have a map entry? After all, it's unreachable, and when Frontier accidentally released that list, some of the asteroid bases on it turned out to not be in-game. Plus the galaxy map says that it has zero population and is uninhabited.
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No. To my understanding 'zero meridian' or prime meridian is a longitude of zero defined by the location of Sol. There is no north or south in longitudes.
Reference for Earth:
Measuring the movements of stars in miles per hour or kilometers per hour, when you want to put them into perspective, is not uncommon. You will also find "per second" quite often. As for the Black Widow, I got the speed from an educational podcast, which of course was aimed at the regular you-and-me viewer. Not everything has to be academized to death.
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Righto. I just asked because the four coordinate beacon POIs (Notus and all) refer to Northern / Southern / Western / Eastern Meridians. Makes more sense this way though.
Yeah, but mph is an even more foreign measurement to most of the world than m/s (or km/s) would be. Which is why I suggested "at a speed of approximately twenty times that of Sol" instead, to offer an intuitive comparison (well, as much as the speeds of stars can be intuitive) and sidestep any issue of measurements.Measuring the movements of stars in miles per hour or kilometers per hour, when you want to put them into perspective, is not uncommon. You will also find "per second" quite often. As for the Black Widow, I got the speed from an educational podcast, which of course was aimed at the regular you-and-me viewer. Not everything has to be academized to death.
Hi folks,
the Mapping Project has been updated.
Added submissions:
- Acorn Nebula
- Baton's Plantation
- Blue Mite Nebula/Ringhugger Moon (merged into one entry)
- Kytheros Nebula
- Niteo Gigans
- Ogaicy Monde de la Mort
- Pharona Nebula
- Pink Unicorn
- Sisyphos' Rock
- Stella's Source
- Theta Carinae Cluster (IC 2602)
- Twin Gemini (we decided to accept it because of the system composition of a binary NS and a binary WD. Normally, we do not accept binary NS anymore as they are quite common)
Edited/updated submissions:
- Coalsack Dark Region
- Daughter's Reach
- Eorld Grie Nebula (the name was not changed because submitting procgen names in the first place is absolutely okay)
- OGLE-2011-BLG-0251
- OGLE-05-169L 2
- Pandragonis Terrestrials
- Labirinto
- various typos throughout a number of submissions
Not added:
- Midway Depot (not accepting Jumponium systems at the moment)
- The Qingting (not accepting binary NS at the moment)
- Where Silence has a Lease (sorry, we do not take submissions based on superstition or spooky tales, this is the 34th century)
Checking out (work in progress):
- Proserpine's Garden & Hurricane Nebula
- Flamingo Nebula & Shade of Anubis
- Abyss Pool Nebula geysers
Just a kind reminder:
For the map entry overlays we need small versions of your screenshots, otherwise they will be clipped or just look awkward there. We prefer a size of 600 x 338 for all your pictures so please make sure you submit them that way.
Thanks for the hard work to make the galaxy a more lively place.
Fly safe out there and may the winds be at your backs, CMDRs!
the Mapping Project has been updated.
Added submissions:
- Acorn Nebula
- Baton's Plantation
- Blue Mite Nebula/Ringhugger Moon (merged into one entry)
- Kytheros Nebula
- Niteo Gigans
- Ogaicy Monde de la Mort
- Pharona Nebula
- Pink Unicorn
- Sisyphos' Rock
- Stella's Source
- Theta Carinae Cluster (IC 2602)
- Twin Gemini (we decided to accept it because of the system composition of a binary NS and a binary WD. Normally, we do not accept binary NS anymore as they are quite common)
Edited/updated submissions:
- Coalsack Dark Region
- Daughter's Reach
- Eorld Grie Nebula (the name was not changed because submitting procgen names in the first place is absolutely okay)
- OGLE-2011-BLG-0251
- OGLE-05-169L 2
- Pandragonis Terrestrials
- Labirinto
- various typos throughout a number of submissions
Not added:
- Midway Depot (not accepting Jumponium systems at the moment)
- The Qingting (not accepting binary NS at the moment)
- Where Silence has a Lease (sorry, we do not take submissions based on superstition or spooky tales, this is the 34th century
)Checking out (work in progress):
- Proserpine's Garden & Hurricane Nebula
- Flamingo Nebula & Shade of Anubis
- Abyss Pool Nebula geysers
Just a kind reminder:
For the map entry overlays we need small versions of your screenshots, otherwise they will be clipped or just look awkward there. We prefer a size of 600 x 338 for all your pictures so please make sure you submit them that way.
Thanks for the hard work to make the galaxy a more lively place.
Fly safe out there and may the winds be at your backs, CMDRs!
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I see you've updated the typos (thanks!), but left the screenshot credits out. Was this an accident, or intentional? I'm asking because if it's the latter, then I won't look more up later.
Don't forget that recently, the POI "Labirinto" at Traikaae CH-Y c10 had the screenshot author added, soon after post #2968 was posted.
Don't forget that recently, the POI "Labirinto" at Traikaae CH-Y c10 had the screenshot author added, soon after post #2968 was posted.
That was mostly intentional, because I'd like to have things standardised as much as possible and thus discuss it with the others. Maybe I have a language barrier here but do you really suggest we look up all submitted screenshots and fill in the author? Because we may have like 1,500 entries so far.
I read my previous two posts again just to be sure, and I didn't suggest that anywhere. Even if you assumed I did, I didn't mean to - sorry, English isn't my first language. I know of course it would be a lot of work, and in the majority of cases, people submit screenshots of their own finds anyway. But since I was already looking at the Deep space outposts anyway, where all the screenshots were posted in response to the GMP requesting pictures and entries of the bases, I thought I'd save you the work and look up their authors as well.
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Fire Drake Depot
Jumponium-Rich System
would like to name this : Fire Drake Depot as its close proximity to the firedrake nebula
System name : Agnairt YG-S D5-9422
has all materials needed to synthesyse all jumponium materials
edsm reference: https://www.edsm.net/en/system/id/26679568/name/Agnairt+YG-S+d5-9422
Jumponium-Rich System
would like to name this : Fire Drake Depot as its close proximity to the firedrake nebula
System name : Agnairt YG-S D5-9422
has all materials needed to synthesyse all jumponium materials
edsm reference: https://www.edsm.net/en/system/id/26679568/name/Agnairt+YG-S+d5-9422
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POI SUBMISSION
Name: Tylar's Trove (or "Tiller's Trove" if you really hate having CMDR names in POIs).
System: SMUMBU JG-Y E25
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This system was first discovered by TYLAR and is a veritable treasure trove of sights. High above the galactic plane is a corpse system containing a black hole orbited by a distant neutron star/white dwarf close binary. The WD has a planet in a very close orbit around it that appears to orbit entirely within its exclusion zone, but the pair is also orbited by a system of worlds, the innermost of which are within 150 ls of the pair landable and offer some spectacular views of the binary.
Screenshots:
POI SUBMISSION
Name: Tylar's Trove (or "Tiller's Trove" if you really hate having CMDR names in POIs).
System: SMUMBU JG-Y E25
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This system was first discovered by TYLAR and is a veritable treasure trove of sights. High above the galactic plane is a corpse system containing a black hole orbited by a distant neutron star/white dwarf close binary. The WD has a planet in a very close orbit around it that appears to orbit entirely within its exclusion zone, but the pair is also orbited by a system of worlds, the innermost of which are within 150 ls of the pair landable and offer some spectacular views of the binary.
Screenshots:
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POI Submission: Guardians of the deep
Guardians of the deep (Pothaae AA-A h2)
At a depth of -3335LY this system is the second lowest ever reached, only the second system explored below -3300LY and the lowest system reachable from which return is possible now that double supercharging has beennerfed prohibited by the Pilots Federation on safety grounds. You'll need a heavily engineered, Guardian boosted, supercharged Anaconda to traverse the 323LY distance required to make it down there. Two fortuitously placed neutron stars at either end of the big jump make the journey reversible.
The route is as follows (all systems Pothaae sector):
DQ-X e1-5 (Neutron star)
323.07LY
ZE-A g8 (Black hole, 2 x neutron star)
132.52LY
AA-A h2 (2 x O, AEBE)
The three stars - two class O and one class AEBE are all that is down there, so save weight and leave your SRVs at home. The distinctive feature is the giant primary class O, seen below at over 1750x distant than the AEBE, which is <1LS from the ship.
A fully engineered 6A FSD (max G5 increased range plus mass manager) with a class 5 Guardian FSD booster can jump only 503.6 tons across 323.07LY, so consider your outfitting and fuelling carefully, noting that neither neutron system has a scoopable star. However, scoopable systems are nearby and can be reached with minimal fuel when supercharged. A single premium synthesis boost is needed for the return journey in order to jump back to ZE-A g8.
Distances for triangulation (because I’m a poor Xbox CMDR).
Sol: 30511.49
Sag A: 6639.56
Colonia: 11938.11
Beagle Point: 35455.52
Ascent (Dryeau Aub AA-A h4): 10810.42
Vahsel Point: (Kyli Flyuae AA-A h4): 6838.87
Guardians of the deep (Pothaae AA-A h2)
At a depth of -3335LY this system is the second lowest ever reached, only the second system explored below -3300LY and the lowest system reachable from which return is possible now that double supercharging has been
The route is as follows (all systems Pothaae sector):
DQ-X e1-5 (Neutron star)
323.07LY
ZE-A g8 (Black hole, 2 x neutron star)
132.52LY
AA-A h2 (2 x O, AEBE)
The three stars - two class O and one class AEBE are all that is down there, so save weight and leave your SRVs at home. The distinctive feature is the giant primary class O, seen below at over 1750x distant than the AEBE, which is <1LS from the ship.
A fully engineered 6A FSD (max G5 increased range plus mass manager) with a class 5 Guardian FSD booster can jump only 503.6 tons across 323.07LY, so consider your outfitting and fuelling carefully, noting that neither neutron system has a scoopable star. However, scoopable systems are nearby and can be reached with minimal fuel when supercharged. A single premium synthesis boost is needed for the return journey in order to jump back to ZE-A g8.
Distances for triangulation (because I’m a poor Xbox CMDR).
Sol: 30511.49
Sag A: 6639.56
Colonia: 11938.11
Beagle Point: 35455.52
Ascent (Dryeau Aub AA-A h4): 10810.42
Vahsel Point: (Kyli Flyuae AA-A h4): 6838.87