Simple question; Having rested from arriving at Jaques, I decided to wander about trying to tag the last thing I think I've not got my name on, an orange planetary nebula. However this is my third run looking for nebulas, and I still can't find one that's unexplored... often I'll find up to 2 other nebulas within 200ly that aren't tagged, and yet only the orange one is. Often massively out of the way of anything! Is there a reason for this? Are they just easier to see on the galactic map? Yet I find the darker ones easier to spot because of contrast. More popular? They don't look as pretty to me once inside. I only want one because I don't have it. Does anyone want to confess their attraction to big orange balls here? That's going to be the name of mine, if I ever find one... "Gotan's Big Orange Ball". Stop grabbing my ball! Come on, confess, what are you lot up too, and why?
Why Are Orange Planetary Nebulas So Popular?
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Those nebula are too orangey for crows....
Well I got the reference anyway. Just for me and my dog.
You know, when you've been Tango'd.
I really wondered if I was being WAY too vague with that one
I got the reference too... old advertisement fans of the world unite!
And yup, I still have my old, original Gotan doll from the Tango merchandise; hence why it'll be Gotan's Big Orange Ball if I ever find one. Twas also my EM name when working on Ultima Online, but that's another story...
Well it took an ENORMOUS search, mostly thanks to Big_Bad_Lynx's insane amount of exploration; if you look at the map below, he's tagged almost every nebula between the line from Jaques to the Core, and the line moving away from Jaques toward the far side of the galaxy...
It's at the end of that line that I FINALLY found Gotan's Great Big Orange Ball; BEHOLD!
Phimboa ZE-A e3770 Nebula (Nickname "Gotan's Great Big Orange Ball") (Discovered By Commander Titler)
https://s9.postimg.io/m7s7tzshp/20160913012201_1.jpg
https://s9.postimg.io/qi6vpkxkv/20160913012213_1.jpg
https://s9.postimg.io/55zdrwdmn/20160816003528_1.jpg
It's at the end of that line that I FINALLY found Gotan's Great Big Orange Ball; BEHOLD!
Phimboa ZE-A e3770 Nebula (Nickname "Gotan's Great Big Orange Ball") (Discovered By Commander Titler)
https://s9.postimg.io/m7s7tzshp/20160913012201_1.jpg
https://s9.postimg.io/qi6vpkxkv/20160913012213_1.jpg
https://s9.postimg.io/55zdrwdmn/20160816003528_1.jpg
It's not a trick as such, you just look for tiny clouds on the Galaxy map as you scan along, these are the planetary nebula - you can most easily see them when you're on map view (not realistic) with all filters set so you can see no stars - they stand out more then.
Oh wait... that's a trick. Ignore me, I'm an idiot. [hehe]
Sorry for the very delayed response, I'm not on these forums often. There IS a trick, yes! Set your camera to the following zoom level and angle, approximately;
Disable all star types so nothing is visible. Now slowly move the camera up and down through the entire galactic plane looking for splashed of colour. They tend to appear from the edge of the galactic core and the inner arm inwards, but there are a few elsewhere; I got a lot on the way from Jaques back to the Bubble too, although almost all already claimed. If you aren't sure if you've got the distance and angle right, look for an already named one, such as the one I list above, and practice on it... zoom the camera out until you can see it from a good distance away, and at the angle above; you want to be able to see a huge swathe of black space and the galactic core/arms to offer black/white colour contrast to spot them against as they rise up and down.
You'll see 3 basic types; Orange ball as above, small blue/light blue smear and bigger blue/pink cloud, but get used to just looking for those colours. Anything which shows up is a nebula though, if you've disabled all visible star types. And then, it's just practice.
When you think you're sure you can't see any either above or below where you currently are looking, either rotate the camera to look in a different direction, or pull a few squares back and repeat. It takes a little bit of setting up, fortunately helped now by being able to bookmark systems in advance. You can see from my map above how far I had to travel for an un-named Orange, but over here you can see my last discoveries. Many of them are on the path between Jaques and the core, and Jaques and the bubble, but those areas are likely to be quickly claimed now too; top right of the travel triangle was 6 nebula high above the galactic plane I wanted to check, but all had been found already as it was on the way to the core. There were a number heading away looking for the Orange that hadn't been claimed, but Big_Bad_Lynx has a huge swathe of them as I mentioned... your best bet then is, on my EDSM map above, away to the left and right of the triangle path I took.
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I really wondered if I was being WAY too vague with that one
nah we all adore a Kia-ora
