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UY Scuti in 2.3...2.4??
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Its alright fab I'll link for the lazy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UY_Scuti
TL,DC: It's a big star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UY_Scuti
TL,DC: It's a big star
Sorry, excuse my ignorance abit tired lold
Thanks o7
But still, why's it not in ED?
Thanks o7
But still, why's it not in ED?
Could be any number of reasons for it not being in the game but it would be very nice to see more unique stars in the game not to mention a lot more content for exploration.
I concur....
Give us UY Scuti.
At approximately 1.7 times the size of Betelgeuse but at less than 10,000ly from earth this would make an amazing Exploration trip.
Give us UY Scuti.
At approximately 1.7 times the size of Betelgeuse but at less than 10,000ly from earth this would make an amazing Exploration trip.
It's not in the game because back in 2013 when the galaxy was being crafted, the diameter of UY Scuti had not yet been measured and reported in the popular astronomy press. Back then, VY Canis Majoris was "the largest star in the known galaxy", and therefore, it is the largest star in ED.
ED have, in the past, added recently discovered planets to the hand-crafted systems already in the game. The extra planets in Sol system are perhaps the best-known examples. But they've never added an entire new star system before. Which makes me think that maybe they can't do that easily.
ED have, in the past, added recently discovered planets to the hand-crafted systems already in the game. The extra planets in Sol system are perhaps the best-known examples. But they've never added an entire new star system before. Which makes me think that maybe they can't do that easily.
There are a lot of things not in ED that should be.
There's a Jupiter-sized gas giant, called TrES-2b. What's special about this guy is that he's got his face all up his star's business, yet only reflects like 1% of the light that hits it.
So I took a trip to the star, and low and behold, there was no "darkest planet known to man." Just a normal, albeit rather pretty, gas giant.
Link to image: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/95490-Screenie(s)?p=5053233&viewfull=1#post5053233
There's a Jupiter-sized gas giant, called TrES-2b. What's special about this guy is that he's got his face all up his star's business, yet only reflects like 1% of the light that hits it.
So I took a trip to the star, and low and behold, there was no "darkest planet known to man." Just a normal, albeit rather pretty, gas giant.
Link to image: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/95490-Screenie(s)?p=5053233&viewfull=1#post5053233
To be honest I don't think Gas Giants are there yet in terms of a finished design - remember we've still got scooping and flying in their clouds to come yet. At the moment they've only got painted on flat colours - though I was told by one of the Devs that the colours do correctly reflect the compositional gasses and cloud layers in the planet. So it'll probably change and get more accurate to the actual real life planet when thy get a redesign... As long as the community continue to badger/remind FD about it.
The strangest thing I find is that's Michael Brookes used several star catalogues to build the galaxy, and somehow managed to use ones that didn't include the alpha star of the constellation of Cassiopeia - a star that is very well known and historic. Weird. Especially despite the fact that it is in the HIP and HD catalogues.
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There are many things I would like to see updated like this:
To name but a few.
- more nebula being modeled on the real things, especially the California Nebula and Elephant's Trunk Nebula
- star sausages being made into star clusters
- the Thor's Helmet Nebula being moved to where it should be (3000 parsecs not 3000 light years)
- Black Holes looking cool and being dangerous
- the colour of the Milky Way being more milky and less orange
To name but a few.
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