I'm flying around high above the galaxy disc above Colonia, having second thoughts about going to Beagle Point just to say I've been there. I'm in a Conda I built out here where civilization is thin, and after spending time in Colonia it's now at 74+ ly jump range with a fighter hangar and a SRV. My current plan is to try and fly up here towards the Center, and then once I get there, dive bomb the Conda towards Sag A* to see it again. I have a few things I didn't see/try/dare the last time I was there. It's really pretty up here. I'm at an "altitude" of ~3000 ly, so plotting routes is slightly difficult, but the view is well worth it.
Down in Colonia, it was "full of stars", but up here the stars are almost non existing and the sky above the galaxy is very dark with a bundle of distant galaxies. I can highly recommend the trip, and I've done it before further from the Center, and out there it's still a very special experience.
This picture kind of shows what awaits up here, but it was taken half way here IIRC:
I imagine that travelling up here will be a nice distraction from the monotone travelling down in the disc. Maybe I should have brought a bigger fuel tank, but who dares wins
Speaking of: The SLF does get warm when you scrape it against a neutron star. Nothing serious, just an annoying noise from the heat alarm and some smoke, which combined with the terribly bright light from the star, make it hard to dock the mothership when she's aligned towards the star.
Crazy NS btw. The fastest spinning one I've seen so far. You bump into the exclusion zone at ~780 km. I remember it as being closer, but I also think the star is more visible after the latest updates and patches. Still I can also recommend bumping into the exclusion zone of one of these cray things. Approach ~slowly at a 90 deg angle to the jets, and you're safe as long as your PP runs relatively cool. While you sit there looking at it, think about that these things are real. They are roughly 10 km or miles across, and they are basically one giant ball of nucleus matter. Because they are so dense they bend the light considerably around the star, something you need to see "live" to notice. They are "perfect" spheres, because gravity on the surface is so strong (almost collapsing the star into a black hole). Find a critically sized one, dump some biowaste from your cargo (always bring biowaste), and then strap yourself down and enjoy the show (I wish, but it would be pretty cool @FDev)