To go the other way?

[Allitnil]

If you're on the outer rim (as when looking down on the galactic map) then the proportion of non-scoopable stars reduces the closer you get to the edge. It could actually be considered a defining characteristic of it - if you're finding more than one non-scoopable in every few hundred stars then you're not there yet . The one exception to this is that you will occasionally come across pockets of brown dwarfs, but these are small (a few tens of LYs across) and they still contain enough scoopables amongst them.

It's different if you are going to the limits above or below the galactic plane where a lot of the stars are T-Tauri.

 

[HazardousMatt]

well in a nutshell... it depends what ship your going with, if its an AspX or similar then no, there is plenty of fuel tank space there, if its an eagle then maybe.

There is always a scoop-able star maximum 3 jumps away in my experience, so as long as you have fuel for 3 jumps your fine.

It's a Conda, I did grab a extra 8T tank. So I have a total of 40T of fuel. I tested the difference by plotting 1,000ly and saw no difference in jump numbers by going the other way, like heading towards California Nebula. So I think I got a good setup. Averaging 52ly jumps. After Cal I'm heading towards Heart and Soul Nebulas

 

[iain666]

After Cal I'm heading towards Heart and Soul Nebulas ��

Make sure you check out NGC 7822 on the way past. It's a glorious nebula full of huge O stars and black holes.

 

[[VR] optimal_909]

Certainly if you want to avoid the well-beaten path, avoid the galactic core. If you head exactly in the opposite direction you will run out of stars "relatively" quickly, because you will have reached the galactic edge. But certainly, there have been less explorers along the edge than in the middle.

Pick a direction and activate your FSD...exploration is a blast!

Frawd

I respectfully disagree. The core is very underrated and in terms of system variety, what you can find is vastly superior to the other regions. Also,I guess it contains about 90% of the stars.

 

[marx]

I respectfully disagree. The core is very underrated and in terms of system variety, what you can find is vastly superior to the other regions. Also,I guess it contains about 90% of the stars.

True. The galactic core is much more than just the routes between Sag. A*, Jaques and the old bubble. Outside of these well-trodden paths, there are still large areas that have barely been touched - especially if you consider the very high star density in the areas. Outside of the "suppression zone" (see the Decoding Universal Cartographics thread), there is more variety in exotic stars.

 

[HazardousMatt]

Make sure you check out NGC 7822 on the way past. It's a glorious nebula full of huge O stars and black holes.

Will do!

On a side note, when I got to California Nebula I stopped at a random star and checked out the System Map. Planet, planet, landable planet, landable planet with...a...station?! Whaaaaat?? Turns out I randomly ran into the CG base station that was built awhile ago and never knew about it. What are the odds.

 

[osser]

To the OP: pick a direction and just go.
That's what I did. My brief trip history:
I left Kano Nov 22 2015 (3301)
I went South and east as far as I could. and being a newbie I could have gone farther knowing what I know now.
Anyways, Distant worlds was getting started at this time. It looked good and fun so I signed up for it.
Alas I was 11k LY behind the fleet, and I never was able to catch up. But I stayed with it and made it to BP well before the deadline.
It is and was a great feeling being a part of it.
After BP I'm still 37k from home.
my goal is to come back after 18 months to the day.

I have a huge bucket list that will be lucky to be 1/2 filled.

So yeah -- OP do like I did and just go! and fly safe.

CMDR Tootiny