| Name: | Scorch and the red moons |
| Game map search ref: | Blue Hypooe VV-A c2-12 |
| Description: | Scorch is a "hot Jupiter" (a star-skimming gas giant) with a ring system and four red moons, all landable. The planet orbits its orange sun at a distance of 8.7 light-seconds and its year is just 0.9 days long; only its enormous mass prevents it from being tidally-locked. Each moon orbits just outside the ring system at a slight inclination, and revolve around the planet quickly enough that the skybox visibly changes minute by minute. The outer moons, C and D, are a close-orbiting binary pair which provide their own stunning views and navigational challenges. All four also have canyons and mountains that make excellent routes for SRV sightseeing. |
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| Name: | The Great Disk in the Sky |
| Game map search ref: | FLYAE EAEC MH-L D8-16 |
| Description: | When you enter the system and scan the surrounding view, you're struck by the view of a big disk in the sky. Despite being 3964 Ly away, body 11 is surrounded by a ring system clearly visible. As you approach the star it becomes evident that these are no ordinary rings. A and B rings are both rocky. A ring's outer edge sits at 1.96 Ls, already unusual, but the B ring steals the show, starting at 2.24 Ls and ending at 90.24 Ls! Contrary to the vast majority of the wide rings discovered, this one is clearly visible all the way (stepping out of the ship will improve the shot significantly). Total mass of the B ring is 5.7686 moons and the ring is so wide that from the edge, the main star is just a small speck. |
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Imagine a civilization evolving on a planet in the system and having that monster looming in the night sky. What kind of myths would arise? How would it shape their evolution?
| Name: | Goliath's Sling |
| Game map search ref: | Groa Eaeb KT-O d7-4 |
| Description: | Located in Tenebrae, the last gas giant of this system has an unusually large ring surrounding it (with an outer radius of 8,660,461km) which "slings" a ringed gas giant and its three moons. This gravitational phenomenon creates a stunning view when seen from the surface of any of the orbiting bodies. Astrophotography by Richard Fluiraniz M. |
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Hey guys, I was going through Tenebrae, and I noticed this POI, "Goliath's Sling" has been classified as historical due to the low significance it has (and even lacked a picture).
Old Album here: Source: https://imgur.com/a/oZMiG
Curiously enough, this POI seemed extremely underrated, perhaps due to its lack of clarity.
However, I think I found the reason it has the namesake. You see, "Goliath's Sling" is an actual gigantic sling, as it has a Ringed Gas Giant orbiting relatively close to the Wide Ring Gas Giant. So I think based on how it looks, the old description might be incomplete, or people just forgot why it is called like that and just felt that it was only due to the wide ring. (But not knowing that the rock of the sling "existed" which is the ringed gas giant).
If my point is not understood, let these pictures taken from the surface of one Body 6 C moons (a) do the speaking.
Now you see it? This minor historical POI has more than meets the original entry. I think it's notable and historically relevant enough to become a full-blown POI for future CMDR's to visit. With that said, here is my renewal for this piece of history. I made sure to keep the original text as close to the current entry, but with a description that might fit this wonder better.
Name: Goliath's Sling
Game map search ref: Groa Eaeb KT-O d7-4 Description: Located in Tenebrae, the last gas giant of this system has an unusually large ring surrounding it (with an outer radius of 8,660,461km) which "slings" a ringed gas giant and its three moons. This gravitational phenomenon creates a stunning view when seen from the surface of any of the orbiting bodies.
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I hope that this submission can make justice to this historical entry, which has attracted many CMDRs through the history of this game as an occasional waypoint. Hopefully, future expeditions will have a motive to stop by here.
Hey!Great pics!
If I recall correctly, the historical category is the most prestigious POI tag, and one that's reserved for POIs that have some historical context to them or a story associated with its discovery, also something that either had a 'first' associated with it, or was part of some major headline making expedition, or a location that has been mentioned in GalNet and gaming magazines. As cool as that POI is, I don't think its historically relevant, especially if you compare it to places like Colonia, Beagle Point, Rendezvous Point, Macedonia's Leap etc, which truly are historical locations for the events that have occurred there.
With the new pics you added I think it shouldn't be archived away like it has been, considering the original description is pretty poor, I can understand why it was. Hopefully the GMP will update it with your info and recategorize it with a more appropriate tag.
| Name: | Argon Dream |
| Game map search ref: | Bleou Aed MS-U d2-0 |
| Description: | I stumbled across this one during the Magellan Experience expedition, literally in the midst of nowhere. When crossing the desolate interam gap between the Tenebrae and Centaurus Reach, this system provides a welcome sight for sore eyes. Near the second star, a Class I gas giant with two rings can be found. It's two inner moons roam the wide gap between them, their orbits enclosed by the second ring that has an outer radius of over 4,909,000 km. The third moon (B 6 c) is an ice world with an Argon atmosphere and two biological signals. It's orbit is tilted by -47,64 degrees relative to the gas giant's equator, offering a unique view of both rings and the shepherd moons from the surface. Though it covers a considerable portion of the greenish sky, the outer ring is pretty faint and hardly stands out from it, occasionally making the observer question if it's really there or just an illusion. |
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| Name: | Binary Eclipse |
| Game map search ref: | DROOTAAE SO-Y B33-3 Binary Eclipse view from planet DROOTAAE SO-Y B33-3 AB 1 |
| Description: | This the best view i came across in my journey from Beagle point after crossing Abyss i was searching for a place to rest I jumped to this system ( DROOTAAE SO-Y B33-3) first thig I noticed two star very close and orbit each other and the planet (DROOTAAE SO-Y B33-3 AB 1) is 145ls away from the two star and then I quickly landed on the planet on site facing the star to see this spectacular Binary Eclipse view. |
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| Name: | Beachside Bonfires |
| Game map search ref: | Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10 |
| Description: | Located just under 300 km from the surface port Amundsen Terminal on Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10 1, just over one fifth of the way along the Colonia Connection Highway, this group of silicate lava spouts feels like a perfect location for a campfire, a place to rest outside of the city before the next stretch of the journey. And the lava is... close enough, really. There's no atmosphere, so it's going to be hard to get a proper bonfire burning, but here you can set your ship down by a fire that the planet itself has lit for you, look out over a lovely lagoon (though this one happens to be about 50 by 110 light years in size and made largely of ionized hydrogen in interstellar space, though there are two water worlds in the system), and exchange stories with your fellow travelers. |
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| Name: | The Cosmic Lighter |
| Galmap Search Ref: | Phoi Bro HG-Y f57 |
| Description: | Orbiting a white dwarf and M type binary is a landable planet, somehow retaining its tenuous atmosphere of 55.9% Carbon Dioxide and 44.1% Sulfur Dioxide amidst intense radiation. The planet surprisingly is not tidally locked, rotating once on its axis in 1 Earth day, while taking 11.5 days to complete one full orbit. Explorers who visit here will be awarded with a one-of-a-kind view, found nowhere else in the galaxy. Astrophotography by CMDR Arcanic |
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| Name: | The Golden One |
| Game map search ref: | Blaa Hype TF-V d3-144 |
| Description: | A Glowing Green Giant with a slight glow and little green, but with a beautiful blue and last also golden against the light |
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| Name: | Edge of the Black |
| Location: | Syrumbi RI-B e3 |
| Description: | Earth-like world, and two water-worlds, orbit a neutron and a K star. The sky opposite to the Milky Way is an inky void, devoid of many stars, due to being far from the galactic plane. |
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| Name: | Gemellus Perditor |
| Location: | Schau Blou RI-B e0 |
| Description: | This is a dangerous system to jump to. The neutron star you jump to is single-digit light-seconds away from a white dwarf, with both their jets angled similarly. This may cause some confusion as to which cone you should supercharge in, causing FSD drops and ship damage. While not verified, it's possible the FSD drop zone around the white dwarf is within a jet cone of the neutron star. |
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I just realized!!! I found something similar to that like a year ago, with metal-rich moons as well. SHRONGOEA VH-Z C27-75, in the Arcadian Stream. I'm on the other side of the galaxy, but if anyone is near, it's probably well worth the visit.
| Name: | The Dark Shepherd |
| Galmap Ref: | HYPUMAU BB-W D2-17 |
| Description: | Skirting the darkness along the edge of the HYPUMAU BB-W D2-17 system is a gas giant with water-based life and its 6 moons. This is no ordinary moon system, however, as 4 of them are ringed class I gas giants, and the other 2 are ice worlds, one being landable. The parent gas giant drags these worlds along far from the main star of the system, an M-type star. So, because of its substantial distance, and the star's low luminosity, these worlds are dimly lit, blending in with the deep abyss beyond them for billions of years to come. |
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| Name: | Far Out Oasis |
| Game map search ref: | Byoo Auscs RN-K d8-0 |
| Description: | In the distant outer region of Mare Somnia in the Galactic North East, between the DSSA Mandy’s Rest and DSSA Nest carriers, lies a system with 3 Water Worlds, and 13 High Metal Content Worlds, 4 of which are terraformable. Over 5M credits worth of cartographic data is worth a quick stop for those explorers passing through this otherwise barren region. |
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| Name: | Fraternal Twins |
| Game map search ref: | Kyloabs AA-A H233 |
| Description: | Within this binary black hole system lies various M-class stars, each of which boasts a variety of orbiting planetary bodies, making up star systems on a miniature scale. Orbiting Star A 5 is an Earth-Like World and an Ammonia World with a landable moon, alongside a terraformable rocky body. Given the M class star orbits the primary star in the system, this makes up a rare and unlikely scenario in which an Earth-Like World moon and an Ammonia World moon share the same parent body, something certainly worthy of documentation and an opportunity for research and tourism alike. This strikingly different pair of terrestrial habitable planets gives rise to the name Fraternal Twins. The system also contains a Ringed M-Class star, seven additional terraformable bodies and various examples of surface organics. |
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