The King of Rome, departing on its second exploration

RolloTreadway

RolloTreadway
The newly rechristened AspX, The King of Rome, is off into the great black again. I'll be heading directly and rapidly towards the core, tick SagA* off the list, and then getting on with the proper part of the trip: a long amble out to the furthest point of the Perseus Arm (or at least, as far as I can go, with my souped-up jump range of just under 50Ly).

Anyone who's been out that way, is there anywhere I should look out for, any neat detours I should take? Or should I just point and go and see what I find? Well, I'll be doing the latter anyway.

(In case anyone's interested, The King of Rome was a pigeon, a racing pigeon of great renown. This from The Racing Pigeon, 2nd August 1913.

Mr C. H. Hudson, of Derby, is to be congratulated on having notified an arrival in Rome race Tuesday last. The bird has proved itself capable of great endurances and of suffering much fatigue, and possessing wonderful staying power to make its way back from Rome to Derby. Up till Tuesday evening out of the 1200 birds sent by Belgian fanciers, 62 birds had been notified. The percentage as a rule that get back of birds sent to Rome by Belgian fanciers works out on average at 7 per cent, so that there are hopes yet that there will be some more English birds home. At any rate, the distance has been accomplished eclipsing all past long-distance records in the United Kingdom.
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There's a folk song about The King of Rome, by Dave Sudbury. The Unthanks did a lovely version with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, which can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jDO-tNp3OY if anyone's interested. I heartily recommend it.

I feel a famed long-distance bird, who made it home in spite of terrible obstacles and risks, is a rather appropriate namesake for an exploration ship.)
 
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Fyrd Judge

Fyrd Judge
Was The King of Rome related to Speckled Jim ?
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Orvidius

Orvidius
There's always the Great Annihilator, about 3k closer to the core than Sgr-A*. Plus there are many nebulae along the way, and off to the sides. Otherwise, you'll find plenty of unexplored star systems.
 
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