Here's that NS/WD field.
Here's that NS/WD field. It's a LOOOONG way from the bubble, but there are literally MILLIONS of them. I could be here for months scanning them all, but I just don't have that kind of patience, so I'm happy to share with a select few. Over 1kLY thick, over 5kLY wide, and no idea how broad. Billions of cubic light years, probably millions of NSs and WDs. Come explore if you like, but please don't share it around. I'll make it public on the main E:D G+ group after I'm done with it and any of my friends who want to visit have had a go.
U can officially name the cluster, really we won't mind...
ReplyDeleteI think it's too big a structure to have a single name. It has a few dense and thin patches, like clusters. I'm blown away by how HUGE it is.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to stop off on my next Sgr A* trip. It's fairly well known that these neutron star fields exist. All you need to do to find one is go into map view, turn off all stars except neutrons and search for a big block of them. Works for other star types as well but they don't earn you the same credits. I managed to find a Herbig A/B field (although much sparser than the neutron fields). They may be interesting but they're not worth much. :-)
ReplyDeleteFound my first carbon star in this field, too. I've tried that map-fishing thing but I've never found anything useful.
ReplyDeleteJames Dominguez Ooh, you lucky so-and-so. I still haven't seen a carbon star!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I've never found a neutron field using the fishing method but people keep saying how easy it is so I just parrot what the experienced explorers say. :-)
I stumbled across this one because I was being lazy in the map. Typed in a star I was looking for, but only half the name. The map leapt 500 LY away, right next to a white dwarf. I got all excited and headed toward it. It wasn't until the next day that I realised the WD was in a field of MILLIONS of the bastards.
ReplyDeleteArgh, not a carbon star! i was fooled by the colour. It's an MS. Still cool, and still my first, but I was hoping for a CS. Must hunt around in this field for other gold spots...
ReplyDeleteHa! Carbon star 34 light years away. :P Next time you're out exploring, you really need to stop here. Amazingly rich area. The WDs, NSs and everything else are interspersed with Bs and Os orbited by huge hunks of metal. Very lucrative spot.
ReplyDeleteJust checking - you do know the WDs aren't really worth much don't you?
ReplyDeleteI do, but I'd never seen one in the wild, so I was excited to find them.
ReplyDeleteTicking off the exploration bucket list. Still no Wolf-Rayet!
ReplyDeleteActually, the E:D wiki says WDs are worth about 2/3 as much as a NS, and about 1/3 of an ELW. That's still a decent payout.
ReplyDeleteJames Dominguez Oh! Well, you learn something new every day. :-)
ReplyDelete22k average, they reckon, without DSS or first discovery bonus, so more like 30-35k. Not big bucks, but not bad at all.
ReplyDeleteAnyone got tips for finding a Wolf-Rayet? It's the one big gap in my bucket list.
ReplyDeleteChris Dibben 7.2 ly or kly? Because I'm 7 kly from Sol now, and if it's kly I could live with 200 ly of backtracking.
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