Looking to do some R2R that's not as monotonous as jump, scan, map, repeat
What are some neat things to look at and take pictures with within a few thousand Ly of Sol?
- Thread starter Shoot_er_Down
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Carbon Hypergiant "La Superba" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Superba
my personal favourite nebula is the eskimo nebula, but this list gives you all around the bubble: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/complete-list-of-real-nebulae-and-galaxies-in-elite.178731/
my personal favourite nebula is the eskimo nebula, but this list gives you all around the bubble: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/complete-list-of-real-nebulae-and-galaxies-in-elite.178731/
Check out the galactic map project on E.D.S.M and switch on all the location filters. It'll show you hundreds of interesting locations to visit in the local regions.
www.edsm.net
EDSM - Elite Dangerous Star Map
The Galactic Positioning System of Elite: Dangerous at your service.
www.edsm.net
You may want to see the glowing green gas giant at Col 285 Sector VU-M c8-1 - it’s only 300 Ly from Sol. (There’s also a few more of these around the galaxy, such as a green and maroon one at Synookio EI-J d9-1 if you want to see more, but the others are significantly further from Sol. We’ve got a thread for these at https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/glowing-green-giants-the-definitive-list.418336/)
If you're heading in the south/south-eastern direction, feel free to check out the Seagull Nebula and visit the famous Hell Port (Seagull Sector DL-Y d3) 
. You can stop by various other Nebulae in that general direction, if you want
I also recommend Eta Carinae and surrounding region - there are many massive B/O-class star systems, giants, etc. - always worth to check out
. You can stop by various other Nebulae in that general direction, if you want I also recommend Eta Carinae and surrounding region - there are many massive B/O-class star systems, giants, etc. - always worth to check out
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Some of those hand-placed nebulae not too far from Sol use unique shapes specifically designed to make those nebulae look like how they look through a real-life telescope. LBN 623 is a hand-crafted purple-pyramid nebula just 600 LY from Sol. The nebula is quite small so you'd need a system fairly close to it to get it as a good visual backdrop. There are three known ELWs in the LBN 623 Sector (LBN 623 Sector EW-W D1-24, LBN 623 Sector IR-W D1-38 and LBN 623 Sector LH-V C2-5). I don't know if any of the R2R databases are aware of these planets; none of them are particularly close to the nebula for spectacular screenshots but LBN 623 Sector EW-W D1-24 is closest.
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