What's thuis strange star...
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or neutron, but it seems like this is his first white dwarf if so I have a pretty good idea of which system it is
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Don't fly into the streams coming out of it, by the way.
With the correct technique you can use them to obtain a single longer range jump (how much longer depends on whether it's a white dwarf or a neutron star). But if anything goes wrong there's a very real chance of being destroyed. I'll see if I can find the infographic.
Edit: Here it is. It's much safer to do this with a neutron star than a white dwarf, and it should be practised in a smaller ship you wouldn't mind paying the rebuy on. Not that I can talk, my first supercharge was done at a white dwarf in a Conda
With the correct technique you can use them to obtain a single longer range jump (how much longer depends on whether it's a white dwarf or a neutron star). But if anything goes wrong there's a very real chance of being destroyed. I'll see if I can find the infographic.
Edit: Here it is. It's much safer to do this with a neutron star than a white dwarf, and it should be practised in a smaller ship you wouldn't mind paying the rebuy on. Not that I can talk, my first supercharge was done at a white dwarf in a Conda
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From the in-game description:
"White Dwarf stars are stellar remnants. Nuclear fusion has now ceased, and in the absence of radiation pressure the core has collapsed to a tiny fraction of the diameter of the original star, heating it up greatly before it begins its slow cooling down phase. Surface temperatures are usually between 8,000 K and 40,000 K so these stellar remnants are blue-white."
Be careful around them, their tiny size can deceive inexperienced pilots. Give them a wide berth when trying to get past them. However, if you're feeling adventurous, super-cruising within the jet stream has some interesting effects, most notably a temporary boost to your jump range.
"White Dwarf stars are stellar remnants. Nuclear fusion has now ceased, and in the absence of radiation pressure the core has collapsed to a tiny fraction of the diameter of the original star, heating it up greatly before it begins its slow cooling down phase. Surface temperatures are usually between 8,000 K and 40,000 K so these stellar remnants are blue-white."
Be careful around them, their tiny size can deceive inexperienced pilots. Give them a wide berth when trying to get past them. However, if you're feeling adventurous, super-cruising within the jet stream has some interesting effects, most notably a temporary boost to your jump range.
This is way too big to be a Neutron.
A tip for you, OP. Target the star while you're facing it to scan it. On the lower left of your HUD, once the scan completes, you'll find out what class of star it is. It will tell you it's a DA, DC or DQ class White Dwarf.
White Dwarfs are visually similar but also distinct to Neutron Stars. White Dwarfs have larger bright cores, smaller jets that barely move and much larger exclusion zones. Neutron Stars have tiny cores, longer, more defined jets and much more exaggerated movement which ranges in speed from slow spinning to ultra fast.
There are a lot of White Dwarfs in human inhabited space, but maybe only a couple of nearby Neutron Stars.
White Dwarfs are visually similar but also distinct to Neutron Stars. White Dwarfs have larger bright cores, smaller jets that barely move and much larger exclusion zones. Neutron Stars have tiny cores, longer, more defined jets and much more exaggerated movement which ranges in speed from slow spinning to ultra fast.
There are a lot of White Dwarfs in human inhabited space, but maybe only a couple of nearby Neutron Stars.
Thank You CMDR's, You guy's know your stuff!
In my +\- 200 hours in ED I never encountered a white dwarf. The strange, and to me the fun, thing about ED is that despite having played it for 200 hours I have the feeling i'm just beginning and there is so much more to learn.
Thanks for helping me out, learning all the time. I'll try slingshotting!
greetz, becat
p.s. Sorry for the grammar mistakes in the opening post. It was quite late and dutch autocorrect on the tablet didn't do much good.
In my +\- 200 hours in ED I never encountered a white dwarf. The strange, and to me the fun, thing about ED is that despite having played it for 200 hours I have the feeling i'm just beginning and there is so much more to learn.
Thanks for helping me out, learning all the time. I'll try slingshotting!
greetz, becat
p.s. Sorry for the grammar mistakes in the opening post. It was quite late and dutch autocorrect on the tablet didn't do much good
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Here you go Dude..
[video=youtube;qsN1LglrX9s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsN1LglrX9s[/video]
[video=youtube;LS-VPyLaJFM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS-VPyLaJFM[/video]
[video=youtube;e-P5IFTqB98]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-P5IFTqB98[/video]
[video=youtube;ZW3aV7U-aik]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW3aV7U-aik[/video]
[video=youtube;qsN1LglrX9s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsN1LglrX9s[/video]
[video=youtube;LS-VPyLaJFM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS-VPyLaJFM[/video]
[video=youtube;e-P5IFTqB98]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-P5IFTqB98[/video]
[video=youtube;ZW3aV7U-aik]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW3aV7U-aik[/video]
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Wow! that still going? I used to get that in the '70s and '80s
Thanks for sharing this, CMDR, thoroughly enjoyed watching these videos. Also watched the one about Neutron Stars, very educational
There is only one thing I don't understand: Everything!
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I've never seen one before, no one has, but I'm guessing it's a white hole
White dwarf or neutron star. If you're close to the bubble, then it's most likely a white dwarf. You can jump into the streamers and supercharge your FSD, but it takes some practice so you don't overheat and crash your ship.