The qurious case of EZ Aquarii's missing star

[Suretterus]

EZ Aquarii C

Like many before me I made my home at a planet near Sol with a beautifull triple star system named EZ Aquarii.
The reason I choose this star beeing the name of the station. "Magnus gateway". The great portal.
Although it circles the B star of the triplet it's a mere 519 Ls out from entry at the A star. And it is a suitable base.
I meet many CMDR's here so it's a popular place to visit.

As I was wondering about the name of the star I looked it up in the star catalogues. It's offcourse a member of Aquarius.
The waterman who flooded the nile or the ancient god Enki. It is described as a triple star system. So there should be a third star.
And the great thing is A and C circle each other at a miniscule distance of only 0,03 AU. Now there would be a sight to see!!
All of the three stars are red dwarfs as they are in elite.

Except the third star isnt there. it really it isnt. I looked everywere!!

So where did it go? What is the story about this missing companion star that would have as good as touched its neigbour?
Will it ever come back?

 

[Sapyx]

It's not the only "missing star" in ED. Perhaps the most famous examples are Algol, where the large near-contact binary with the orbital period of 2.86 days is missing, and Beta Lyrae, the "contact binary" system famous from the prequel games which in ED is a mundane solitary star system.

As for the second part of your question: no, it can't come back. It takes considerable effort for FD to edit a star system; it's not something they're likely to do simply to "correct a mistake" like a missing star.

 

[Suretterus]

2.86 days. Another spectroscopic binary missing. Maybe that is a clue. Maybe the proximity of the stars stretches virtual mechanics somehow.

I was not expecting anyone to fix anything, I was merely admiring the beauty of this elite universe with all its incredible detail and subtle cohesion on such a massive scale in a wabi sabi way. And remember I call this star system my home. I have visited it hundreds of times before I spotted the beautymark of the system.

It's a disturbing thought though. You take something out, what are the consequences. The entire field changes, distances, orbits, mass, time. physics.
With missing stars something must give way.

 

[[PS4] Filthymick420]

Did you guys fill out support tickes or just post about it? I dont think they check here for what needs fixed








I dont think they check support tickets either anymore though tbh

 

[Anticon]

Congratulations to the OP for actually stopping to consider the actuality of his in-game home star, taking the time to look it up, and them to post about it. Dunno about you, but I find it too easy to get caught up in the game and forget its fantastic roots.