• 59 Virginis (Home of Alchemy Den) - Start

  • The beautiful home system of Alchemy Den, complete with an amazing sight of a ringed Earth like in binary orbit with a gas giant. This system has breathtaking views, tons of installations, and is home to our wonderful group. The start of the expedition will leave you breathless, and it will truly be a site to behold.

  • Beta Hydrae - 274.48 ly from Start

    Situated just 310 LYs from Sol, Beta Hydrae contains a binary blackhole / neutron star as well as a giant B star, making it an ideal candidate for localized scientific study (and plenty of screenshots).

  • Musca Dark Region HM-V c2-29 (Coalsack Nebula) - 279.66 ly from last POI

    The Coalsack Dark Nebula (or simply the Coalsack) is the most prominent dark nebula in the sky on Earth, easily visible to the naked eye as a dark patch silhouetted against the southern Milky Way. As such it has played a prominent role in navigation and mythology in the southern hemisphere on pre-spaceflight Earth. The Coalsack was important in Australian Aboriginal astronomy, and formed the head of the Emu in the sky. In Inca astronomy this nebula was called Yutu meaning a partridge-like southern bird or Tinamou. The first reported observation of the Coalsack by european explorers venturing south was by Vicente Yáñez Pinzón in 1499. It was named “il Canopo fosco” (the dark Canopus) by Amerigo Vespucci and was also called “Macula Magellani” (Magellan's Spot) or “Black Magellanic Cloud” in opposition to the Magellanic Clouds.

  • TV Muscae (Garden of Eden) - 269.68 ly from last POI

    Planet AB 3 b. Thanks to F class star this system has lots of volcanic bodies with just right temperature to support life. Fungal trees have been discovered on 8 of its bodies. On each of them only one location was search for to confirm the existence, but no doubt there are many undiscovered sites waiting to be found.

  • Vela Pulsar - 481.83 ly from last POI

    USE CAUTION WHEN VISITING THIS STAR

    The Vela Pulsar is a radio, optical, X-ray- and gamma-emitting pulsar associated with the Vela Supernova Remnant in the constellation of Vela. The spin of 11.195 times per second (i.e. a period of 89.33 milliseconds) was the shortest known at the time of discovery.

    The pulsar was discovered by astronomers at the University of Sydney in 1968, and was the direct evidence that supernovae form neutron stars. It was also studied in 2015 by a NASA balloon launched from Alice Springs, Australia. Perhaps most unusually, the emissions of Vela and the pulsar PSR B0329+54 were converted into audible sound by French composer Gérard Grisey and used in the piece 'Le noir de l'étoile'.

    The Vela Pulsar is in binary pair with a B-class star and also is found with a number of class V gas giants.

  • NOT REQUIRED | BD-17 3140 (Ghost Of Jupiter) - 835.87 ly from last POI

    Planetary Nebula approx. 1,300 LYs from Sol, along the Orion Spur.

  • CD-39 6137 (Eight Burst planetary nebula) - 961.00 ly ly from last POI

    Eight Burst Nebula (also known as NGC 3132 or the Southern Ring Nebula) is a small planetary nebulae in constellation Vela, 2100 light-years from Sol. The nebula is a striking blue color and the large number of ringed bodies in the system provide for excellent scenic views. For this reason it is also known as "Celestial Gem", and a tourist beacon was established here near the second planet.

  • NGC 4609 Sector VZ-O b23-1 (The Frontier Crater) - 2700.79 ly from last POI

    When viewed from the correct angle, this large double impact crater can bring up distant memories of a well-known icon, though none now can recall its precise origin.

• Statue of Liberty Sector LC-V C2-12 - 1788.63 ly from last POI

  • Small pinkish diffuse emission nebula with a 50 LY radius, situated along the Orion Spur.

  • X Carinae - 350.39 ly from last POI

    x Carinae (also V382 Carinae) is a yellow hypergiant in the constellation Carina. At 700 solar radii it is the 10th largest known star by radius and the brightest of the rare yellow hypergiant class when seen from Earth. The x Carinae system also contains two smaller stars and a single gas giant providing great views of the hypergiant at 3500 light-seconds.

  • NGC 6188 Sector LC-V c2-28 (Morgan's Rock) and (NGC 6188 Nebula) - 4310.91 ly from last POI

    Morgan's Rock is an asteroid base controlled by the Interstellar Mining Corporation, with 15,000 staff on site. The base is located inside the small NGC 6188 nebula. All services are available except for ship outfitting and a shipyard. The identity of 'Morgan' remains clouded in mystery...

    NGC 6188 is an emission nebula in the southern constellation Ara, located about four thousand light years coreward of Sol. It also has reflection nebulosity due to the associated open cluster, NGC 6193. It is an active, star forming nebula, with some recently formed stars that are only a few million years in age. These stars continue to sculpt the nebula and contribute to the glow with intense solar ultraviolet radiation. The recent star formation was probably triggered by supernova explosions from previous generations of massive stars within.

  • NOT REQUIRED | Syralia JT-V b7-0 (Gibb's Bridge) - 1874.27 ly from last POI

    Discovered in the days before planetary landings was possible, this system was highlighted as interesting candidate to study just HOW close a planet and its moon may orbit each other. Would it be possible to build a bridge from one to the other?

    After planetary landings became possible, a landing site for the Sagittarius-Carina Mission was scouted on a very high plateau topped with wavy dunes.

    Landing site : Canelé Plateau

    Orbital body : A 3 a

    Surface coordinates : -4.84 / -98.74

    Surface Gravity : 0,05g

  • Cat's Paw Sector IH-V c2-37 (Cat's Paw Nebula) - 1048.98 ly from last POI

    A distinctive red and orange nebula situated on the near side of the Sagittarius arm, approx. 5,500 LYs from Sol and almost directly inline between Sol and NGC 6357.

  • Cat's Paw Sector HR-W d1-31 (Red Storm Geysers) - 22.37 ly from last POI

    Field of active silicate vapour geysers. Inside the Cat's Paw nebula offers great view of the sky painted red.

    Orbital Body: 9 B A

    Coordinates: -4.1289 / -45.5329

  • Trifid Sector DH-K a9-6 (Trifid Nebula) - 1497.63 ly from last POI

    A distinctive red and orange nebula situated on the near side of the Sagittarius arm, approx. 5,500 LYs from Sol and almost directly inline between Sol and NGC 6357.

  • Trifid Sector IR-W d1-52 (Observation Post Epsilon) - 33.22 ly from last POI

    Observation Post Epsilon is located approximately 20 Ly outside the Trifid Nebula. The Observation post is military, run by the independent 101st Recon Company. The reasons behind the Observation post are obscure; who or what is this military organization watching? The base features all services except for outfitting and a shipyard. The system has a large variety of rocky bodies, many gas giants, and a bright A-class primary.

  • Bleia Dryiae HF-W b35-1 (Glowing Green Gas Giant) - 428.95 ly from last POI

    An unusually glowing green hydrogen-helium gas giant. As with the others of this type, the glow is probably caused by bioluminescence.

  • Lagoon Sector FW-W d1-122 (Attenborough's Watch) - 502.24 ly from last POI

    Located on the opposite side of the Lagoon Nebula from the earlier outpost of Amundsen Terminal, this asteroid base is run by the democratically controlled Lagoon Research Associates. The crew and staff of 2500 are engaged in scientific research of the water-based life of the gas giant which the base orbits. The asteroid appears to have been boosted out of the main asteroid belt for better observation conditions. The base is itself named after Sir David Frederick Attenborough, a decorated and influential naturalist of the 20th century. The base offers all services except ship outfitting and a shipyard.

  • Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10 (Amundsen Terminal) - 30.69 ly from last POI

    One of the Colonia Connection Highway outposts, constructed in October 3302. Located inside the Lagoon Nebula, this is the second of the deep-space outposts on the route from the bubble to Colonia. The outpost is named for explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen. Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions on Earth. He led the Antarctic expedition of 1910–12 which was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911. In 1926, he was the first expedition leader for the air expedition to the North Pole. Amundsen is recognized as the first person, without dispute, as having reached both poles.

• Herschel 36 (Lagoon Nebula) - 19.94 ly from last POI

  • A distinctive green and orange nebula situated on the near rim of the Norma arm, approx. 4,500 LYs from Sol in the constellation Sagittarius. It is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes on Earth.

    Herschel 36 is the primary star of the Lagoon Nebula. This hot O-type star emanates ultraviolet light, heating and ionizing gases on the surface of the nebula.

  • Thor's Eye - 270.99 ly from last POI

    Thor's Eye is the name given to this system containing a massive O-class star and a black hole. Some cartographers consider it to have been misnamed - the Norse God who lost an eye was Odin (not Thor).

    Thor's Eye is a common waypoint for travelers heading to the Lagoon Nebula, which is just 250 Ly toward galactic north. Thor's Eye is situated in the middle of open cluster NGC 6530, composed mainly of class-A and class-B stars and various stellar remnants (neutron stars and black holes). A blue-white supergiant can also be found nearby (HD 164865).

  • Traikaae CH-Y c10 (Labirinto) - 148.67 ly from last POI

    "In the Colonia Route, between Hillary Depot and Amundsen Terminal, I've discovered and untagged system with few Gas Giants. I proceeded to scan the only Water Life bearing world I detected with sounds, and its moons. To my surprise the first moon showed a very rugged surface, especially in the south polar regions. I proceeded to orbital cruise and I was amazed: canyons with vertical walls several kms deep formed an incredibly intricate maze that confluxed into a huge impact crater, several hundred kms wide, surrounded by 12 vertical walls. If this wasn't enough, the planet is dotted with vertical spikes that emerge from the valleys for many kms, being visible on orbit protruding from the horizon of the planet.

    Another distinguishing feature is that the planet has very wide cracks, and at the bottoms they are covered with forests of hundred meters high rock spikes, making this areas completely unlandable.

    I dismissed a fighter to inspect the surface closely and make some measurements, but the canyons are few hundred meters wide at the bottom, and keeping the connection with the mother-ship proved difficult, while making her follow the fighter inside one of this chasm would have meant destruction. For this reason my measurements are all guesstimates. For sure the height of these walls ranges in kilometers, and the maze they form is unseen from me.

    Since it is in the beginning of the Colonia Route, in a straight line between Hillary Depot and Amundsen Terminal, the pilot who's bringing an agile ship up or down the route, can have a lot of fun flying in the Labirinto, and also a lot of races could be held here. The low gravity allows extreme manoeuvring for agile ships!

    Labirinto means Maze, thus the name."

  • CSI-20-17462 (NGC 6445 planetary nebula) - 551.96 ly from last POI

    The NGC 6445 was discovered on May 28, 1786 by William Herschel is an 11th-magnitude planetary nebula in Sagittarius. It was described as ‘pretty bright, pretty small, round, gradually brighter middle, mottled but not resolved’. There is some confusion over the naming of this nebula. NGC 6445 is sometimes referred to as the ‘Box Nebula’, but the Box Nebula is located at host star CSI-12-17112. Other sources refer to the Box Nebula as NGC 6309.

    The nebula is 5000 light years from Sol and located between the Lagoon Nebula and Cinnabar Moth Nebula. The nebula is red-and-green, lit by neutron star CSI-20-17462 and two T-Tauri protostars. A single landable body provides rest and sight-seeing for the weary traveller.

  • Chraufao HQ-G d10-120 (Persephone's Hidden Gem) - 3912.61 ly from last POI

    A field of silicate vapour geysers lie on this small moon. This rocky body appears silver and grey on first glance with a slight red hue. However, once landed, fresh tire tracks reveal a vibrant pink soil just beneath the grey coating (source).

    Orbital Body: AB 1 A

    Coordinates: 2.5, -45.4

  • Crescent Sector GW-W c1-8 (Medusa's Rock) - 1455.65 ly from last POI

    Planet 1 of the system is a terraforming candidate with beautiful views of the nearby Crescent Nebula. Orbiting the planet is the asteroid base Medusa's Rock. It is currently owned by the faction "The Privileged". This faction is a dictatorship and the economy of the system is devoted to terraforming Crescent Sector GW-W c1-8 1. The nearby moon Crescent Sector GW-W c1-8 1 A is a pristine source of several raw materials, including vanadium, tellurium, niobium, and mercury. The asteroid base in the system provides several services, including Universal Cartographics, commodities, outfitting, repair facilities, and even ship livery facilities.

• Crescent Sector BQ-Y D26 (Crescent Nebula) - 7.06 ly from last POI

  • The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth. It was discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in 1792

  • KY Cygni - 238.96 ly from last POI

    KY Cygni is a red supergiant and one of the top 10 largest known stars by radius. Discovered in 1930, this star is not visible from Earth due to emitting a large amount of light in the infrared spectrum and the blocking effect of interstellar dust on the visible component. With a current radius 1062 times that of Sol, a ship moving at the speed of light will take more than 4.3 hours to make a complete pass around the star. Total luminosity is roughly 127,000 times greater than Sol. Attached photo is from 10,000 light-seconds (or 20 AU).

    KY Cygni is expected to run out of helium to burn in less than two million years, rapidly progress through burning heavier elements, and end in a supernova.

  • Star Of India - 3067.09 ly from last POI

    A large blue 09 Class V star, approx. 2,000 LYs 'west' of Sol in the heart of the Sadr Region.

    This massive star was named after the famous 'Star of India' sapphire, one of the largest gems of that type. The gem almost flawless and is unusual in that it has stars on both sides of the stone.

  • Sadr Region Sector GW-W c1-22 (Sadr Logistics Depot) - 249.24 ly ly from last POI

    Located inside the Sadr Region nebula, this asteroid base is positioned in the ring system of a gas giant. The station is run by the Sadr Operations Initiative, an independent democracy which seems to be based on local mining of the pristine rocky belt located here. The population is small at only 1500 souls. The station offers all services except for a ship yard and outfitting. The view from the station is excellent - the orange-yellow of the local gas cloud and good viewing of the nearby Pelican and North America nebulas.

• Veil West Sector DL-Y D68 (Funfair Geysers) - 467.11 ly ly from last POI

  • Field of water geyser, offering unique combination of colours thanks to its location in Veil West nebula.

    Star: D

    Planet: 4e

    Coords: 27.02, 80.59

    Part of the supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop, the 'West' Veil Nebula is a long blue and pink collection of gas. Due to the unique appearance, it has also been called "Witch's Broom", "Finger of God" and "Filamentary Nebula"

The Bounty Board

Introducing a first of it's kind, this year in New Year, New Discoveries, we are adding a Bounty Board to the expedition. Below, you will find things that we are dolling out bounties for within the expedition, for what would "New Discoveries" be without, well, New Discoveries!

If you happen to be the first to find a bounty, you will be given the honor of being placed on the bounty list as the bounty's Lead Pioneer along with the picture you've taken of the spot. Don't worry, if you aren't the first, you can still get a partial reward for finding it!

If a Bounty is marked as "undiscovered", it means the system has to be untouched with no one claiming it's discovery yet. If a bounty is marked "Green", that means it is still active. If it is marked "Purple", that means a discovery was made and future discoveries will be given partial rewards.

NYND waypoints and codex entries do not count. This system is honor based, so please dont google things for bounties.

• The Bounty Board
  • A Glowing Green Gas Giant - 200 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: Unknown

    Location: Unknown

    Picture: Unknown

  • Binary Water Worlds - 100 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: Bunzinator

    Location: NGC 4609 Sector ST-W c3-5

    Picture: Image Link

  • Binary Earth-Likes - 200 Luna bits

    Lead Pioneer: CMDR Tytyro / Ryryto

    Location: Swoilz AZ-Y C1-2

    Picture: Image Link

  • Ringed Earth-Like - 150 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: Arburich

    Location: PRU EURK HW-N D6-64

    Picture: Image Link

  • Undiscovered Biological Life - 75 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: Jack Borson

    Location: Synuefe UN-I C26-19 A 1 A

    Picture: Image Link

  • Undiscovered Proto Lagrange Cloud - 100 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: SecondDecayed

    Location: Pro Eurl TI-P b33-1

    Picture: Image Link

  • Undiscovered Colored Lagrange Cloud - 200 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: Unknown

    Location: Unknown

    Picture: Unknown

  • Helium Gas Giant - 50 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: JVMMs

    Location: PRAEA EUQ LL-Y D40

    Picture: Image Link

  • Binary Ammonia World - 150 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: JVMMs

    Location: PRAEA EUQ LL-Y D40

    Picture: Image Link

  • Ringed Ammonia World - 75 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: Orphan

    Location: Pro Eurl EV-O D6-5 10

    Picture: Image Link

  • Gas Giant within 100ls of Star - 100 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: Nindjako

    Location: COL 285 SECTOR DH-P B1-2

    Picture: Image Link

  • Landable Planet within 10ls of Star - 100 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: CMDR Incendiary Moose

    Location: Plio Eurl Pk-b C28-4

    Picture: Image Link

  • Anything Purple - 50 Luna Bits

    Lead Pioneer: Nindjako

    Location: Pencil Sector GW-W C1-46

    Picture: Image Link

  • Raxxla - Literally all of Alchemy Den

    Lead Pioneer: Unknown

    Location: Probably with Mal

    Picture: Unknown