Here is the videos of both of the mass jumps for Leg 3 of the Celebration of Early Astronomy 7 expedition from NGC 752 DLM 167a.
Mirror on YouTube if the video below doesn’t work for you: https://youtu.be/Y83-MR5qyPw
CEA 7 Leg 3
For Leg 3 of Celebration of Early Astronomy 7 we are moving over to the Veil Nebula West with two waypoints along the way to allow for a more freeform exploration leg for leg 3 before we begin with the longer two week legs.
Dates
Start Date: February 2, 2025
End Date: February 9, 2025
Distances
Basecamp Line: 1,552 Ly
Main Waypoints: 1,896.30 Ly
Map, (click for full size):
Basecamp: Veil West Sector KC-V c2-18
Main Waypoints
- Map References quick reference list, more details below
- Iris Sector EL-Y d22
- HIP 102082
- Alpha Cygni
- Veil West Sector KC-V c2-18
Main Waypoints Details
- Map Reference: Iris Sector EL-Y d22
- POI: Iris Nebula
- The Iris Nebula, also known as Caldwell 4 is a reflection nebula in the Cepheus constellation. The nebula is illuminated by the star HD 200775
FW Cephei nearby is a populated system with a station for turning in exploration data if you need to. - SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: HIP 102082
- POI: V Cygni
- A very large carbon star with only twice the mass of our sun, but nearly 200 times the size of our sun. It is located 271 parsecs from our own solar system. Additionally it is a Mira Variable star, which are pulsating stars characterized by very red colors, pulsation periods longer than 100 days, and amplitudes greater than one magnitude in infrared spectrum and 2.5 magnitude within the visible spectrum. The large visual amplitudes are not due to actual luminosity changes, but shifting of their output between the infrared and visual wavelengthsas that star changes temperature during the pulsations.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: Alpha Cygni
- POI: Deneb
- The brightest star in the Cygni constellation, and 19th brightest star in the night sky. It represents the tail of the swan in the Cygnus constellation. This star is the star ionizing the North America Nebula and Pelican Nebula. Was also featured multiple times in the science fiction series Star Trek, most notably in the first ever episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation as the location of Farpoint Station.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: Veil West Sector KC-V c2-18
- POI: Veil Nebula West
- Designated as NGC 6960, a nebula in the Cygnus constellation and constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop. It is the remnants of a supernova. It is also sometimes referred to as the Cirrus Nebula or the Filamentary Nebula.
Additional viewing site suggestion: Veil West Sector PD-S B4-2, puts it nearly in line with Barnard’s Loop for a spectacular view. - SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
Optional Waypoints Details
- Map Reference: HD 200775
- HD 200775 is the main star illuminating the Iris Nebula, it is a Herbig Be star in real life, although represented as a B star in game.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
CEA 7 Leg 2 Mass Jumps
Here is the video showing both of the mass jumps starting off Leg 2 of Celebration of Early Astronomy 7!
CEA 7 Leg 2
For leg 2 we will be visiting various sights along the western side of the human populated bubble.
Dates
Start Date: January 26, 2025
End Date: February 2, 2025
Distances
Basecamp Line: 1,768.04 Ly
Main Waypoints: 2,657.83 Ly
Map, (click for full size):
Basecamp: NGC 752 DLM 167a
Main Waypoints
- Map References quick reference list, more details below
- Segin
- HIP 3289
- California Sector BV-Y c7
- Menkib
- ASR 27
- NGC 752 DLM 167a
Main Waypoints Details
- Map Reference: Segin
- Segin, also known as Epsilon Cassiopeiae is one of the stars acting as a point for the Cassiopeiae constellation, one of the ends of the constellation. It is categorized as a B3 V star, although it displays the spectral properties of a Herbig Be star. The difference in spectrum is attributed to a shell of gas that has been thrown off by the star. It has a radius roughly 6x the size of our sun, 9x the mass, but 3000x the radiation. The Hipparcos mission determined due to it’s space velocity that it is very likely to be a member of the Casseiopeiae-Taurus Group, an OB association of co-moving stars.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: HIP 3289
- POI: LBN 623
- LBN 623 Nebula, also known as IC 59, is a dark purple emission nebula. It has also been called the Gamma Cassiopeiae nebula due to visual proximity of that bright star and the nebula as seen from old Earth. It is the nearest photodissociation region to our solar system. Photodissociation regions are regions of interstellar medium where far-ultraviolet photons strongly influence the gas chemistry and act as the most important source of heat. They occur in any region of interstellar gas that is dense and coldenough to remain neutral (electrically), but has too low of a density to prevent far-ultraviolet photons from penetrating.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: California Sector BV-Y c7
- POI: California Nebula
- The California Nebula, also known as NGC 1499 is an emission nebula in the Perseus constellation, named due to it’s resemblance to the outline of the US State of California. (granted in game it’s a generic nebula). It was discovered in 1884 by E. E. Barnard and is roughly 1000 lightyears from our own solar system. Its flourescence is due to the nearby energetic star Xi Persei, also known as Menkib, which is the next waypoint on the route.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: Menkib
- Menkib, also known as Xi Persei is a star in the Perseus constellation roughly 1,200 lightyears from our own solar system. It was officially named Menkib by the IAU due to it’s traditional arabic name Al Mankib., which meant “shoulder.” It is an O class blue giant roughly 263,000x more luminous than our sun across all wavelengths while being roughly 30x as massive as our sun. It is a member of the Perseus OB2 association of co-moving stars, but may be a runawau star since it is now separated by 200 parsecs from the association’s center with an unusually high radial velocity.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: ASR 27
- POI: NGC 1333
- NGC 1333 is a reflection nebula located in the Perseus constellation, along the border with Taurus and Aries, roughly 980 to 1,140 lightyears frm our solar system.. First discovered by Eduard Schönfeld in 1855. It is a young region of active star formation and one of the most studied stellar formation regions. The nebula region has a combined mass of approximately 450 solar masses, and contains roughly 150 stars iwth a median age of a million years, and combined mass near 100 stellar masses among those. A significant portion of the stars are in the pre-main sequence stage of their stage of evolution.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: NGC 752 DLM 167a
- POI: NGC 752
- NGC 752, also known as Caldwell 28 is an open cluster in the Andromeda constellation. It was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 and cataloged by her brother William Herschel in 1786. However, an object that matches details with NGC 752 was described by Giovanni Batista Hodierna in 1654. The cluster is roughly 1,400 lightyears from our own solar system and can be easily seen through binoculars or telescope, however may be naked eye visible in very dark skies.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
CEA7 Debut Mass Jumps
Here is videos of the debut mass jumps for Celebration of Early Astronomy 7!
CEA 7 Leg 1
For the first leg of Celebration of Early Astronomy 7 we set off from the Thethys system and as a warm-up tour some of the nearby sights to the human populated bubble, included the first exoplanet discovered around a main-sequence star, as well as various nebulae, a pulsar, and a nova!
Since we are staying near the bubble, no worries in case you accidentally forgot something before departing, or need to alter something on your ship build. We are basically going around the bubble counter-clockwise starting in the east. The furthest we get from Sol on this particular leg is 657 Ly, so will always be quite easy to pop back in to a nearby populated system.
Dates
Start Date: January 19, 2025
End Date: January 26, 2025
Distances
Basecamp Line: 710.60 Ly
Main Waypoints: 2,328.29 Ly
Map, (click for full size):
Basecamp: Nova Aquila No 3
Main Waypoints
- Map References quick reference list, more details below
- Thethys
- 51 Pegasi
- HIP 62270
- Sheron
- HR 6387
- Snake Sector PD-S b4-1
- PSR J1856-3754
- Nova Aquila No 3
Main Waypoints Details
- Map Reference: Thethys
- POI: GL 135 & AB Doradus Moving Group
- GL 135, known in 3310 as Thethys, is one of the stars in the AB Doradus Moving Group, a group of 30 stars that are moving through space together with similar age and composition due to being formed in the same stellar nursery. AB Doradus is the primary star of the AB Doradus moving group, hence the name. This particular moving group, being roughly 20 parsecs from Sol is the closest known co-moving group to Sol.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: 51 Pegasi
- POI: 51 Pegasi b
- 51 Pegasi b, officially named Dimidium, discovered in 1995 was the first exoplanet discovered orbiting a main-sequence star. (First exoplanets were discovererd in orbit of PSR J1300+1240 (which is also in-game))
It is the prototype planet for the class of planets called “hot Jupiters” due to their proximity to their parent stars. 51 Pegasi b orbits at 0.05 AU, closer to its parent star than Mercury does the sun.
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Didier Queloz, and Michel Mayor in part for their discovery of 51 Pegasi b.
The planet was officially named Dimidium after a public nomination and voting process by the IAU, the winning name Dimidium, meaning “half” in Latin refers to the planet’s mass, which is roughly half that of Jupiter. - SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: HIP 62270
- POI: Coalsack Nebula
- The Coalsack Nebula is a dark nebula, visible to the naked eye as obscuring parrt of the Milky Way in the Crux constellation region of the sky. It covers a rectangle about 7 degrees by 5 degrees in the sky, and extends partially into the Centaurus and Musca regions of the sky as well.
The first reported observation of it was by Vicente Yáñez Pinzón in 1499. - SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: Sheron
- POI: IC 4604, Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
- IC 4604, also known as the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is roughly 460 lightyears from our solar system centered in the sky around the star Rho Ophiuchi (albeit further from us than Rho Ophiuchi), and one of the closest star-froming regions to our solar system. It consists of the star-forming cloud L1688 and various filament clouds known as the Dark River clouds.
Additionally in this system Sheron, there is a megaship worth scanning with some lore logs related to humanity’s history with the Thargoids. - SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: 5 Rho Ophiuchi
- POI: Rho Ophiuchi
- Rho Ophicuhi, aka 5 Ophicuhi is a multi-star system in the Ophiuchus constellation. The main pair Rho Ophiuchi AB consists of two blue subgiants. Rho Ophiuchi A emits X-rays with strong variability, however the cause of these is not known. Leading hypothesis are a magnetically active surface spot, or a low mass companion it feeds material from that we haven’t been able to distinguish apart from it.
Additionally HD 147932, designated Rho Ophiuchi C is located roughly 17,000 AU (8.5 million lightseconds) from the AB pair (in-game it’s not that far, however this is due to that measurement being published in 2013 after galactic generation).
Further there is also the Rho Ophiuchi DE pair, which are not represented in-game due to publication in 2013 in the same observations as the distance measurement for Rho Ophicuhi C. - SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: HR 6387
- POI: Pipe Nebula
- The Pipe Nebula, aka Barnard 59 is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation shaped like a smoking pipe. It consists of two parts, the Pipe Bowl Nebula and the Pipe Stem Nebula. It is part of the larger Dark Horse Nebula.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: PSR J1856-3754
- POI: Coronet Pulsar
- The Coronet Pulsar, cataloged as RX J1856.5-3754 and PSRJ1856-3754 is the closest known neutron star to our own solar system. It was hypothesized for a time to be a “quark star” a still hypothetical star type called a quark star because of early measurements erroneously gauging it as having a surface temperature of 700,000 Celsius. Later measurements more accurately showed a surface temperature of 434,000 Celsius, allowing it to fit back within the models for neutron stars.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: Snake Sector PD-S b4-1
- POI: Snake Nebula
- The Snake Nebula, aka Barnard 72 is another dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation of the sky. It is a small but visible s-shaped dust alne near the Pipe Nebula. It is part of the larger Dark Horse Nebula.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: Nova Aquila No 3
- POI: Nova Aquila 1918
- V603 Aquilae, aka Nova Aquilae 1918 aka Nova Aquila No 3, was a bright nova observed in 1918. It was the brightest nova to appear since Kepler’s Supernova in 1604. It is a white dwarf in a close binary with its companion red dwarf orbiting each other every 3 hours and 20 mintues. (although in game it is inaccurately a neutron star).
Was first seen by Zygmunt Laskowski, and confirmed by Grace Cook on June 8th 1918, it reached peak magnitude of -0.5, and was briefly the third brightest object in the sky, only dimmer than Sirius and Canopus. This is the brightest nova in the era of telescopes.
The nova event itself is what occurs when the white dwarf has sucked enough material off of it’s companion star to fill it’s Roche Lobe. Once the Roche Lobe has filled, it explodes in a massive thermonuclear explosion, which forms a bright expanding shell. Another nova is expected in the imminent future from T Corona Borealis, scientist were expecting it in the latter half of 2024, but it has not occured yet as of writing this, but is expected quite literally, any day now. - SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
CEA 7 Leg 1 & 2 Updated
A major bug with the in-game plotter was introduced with the latest patch of Elite. It is causing routing in the Barnard’s Loop region to completely fail and require manual plotting when in there. (Not the usual issue with the permit locks around there.)
As a result, we’ve redesigned legs 1 and 2 of Celebration of Early Astronomy 7. We will instead start the expedition by going around the human populated bubble from the east in a counter-clockwise direction, visiting the various dark nebulae and other sights around there as we rejoin with the original route in NGC 752 DLM 167a on the “southwest” side of the bubble at the end of leg 2.
Please see the post https://theexpedition.info/2024-12-10/celebration-of-early-astronomy-7 for the full details.
Celebration of Early Astronomy 7
Dates: January 19, 2025 to March 23, 2025
Planned Map (Still subject to alterations to orange line) (click for full size):
Distance: 20,119.95 Ly
“The early 2000s, they were often the speculative setting of early science fiction works. Early imaginings of interstellar travel, first contact with aliens, apocalypses, pandemics, you name it, there was probably a movie or book set in the early 21st century of it. While humanity may not have invented interstellar travel by 2020 as many novels and films purported, they still discovered plenty gems of our galaxy by then.
Lucky for us in 3310 we do have interstellar travel and can visit these gems that humans on Earth in the early 21st century could only dream of visiting. So that is just what we will be setting out to do. This expedition will visit many of the noteworthy celestial objects discovered by the early 21st century, some of which even still are considered noteworthy even today in 3310.
We will be setting off from our faction’s home system Keltim, also known as Gliese 149 to the humans of 2020. From there we will be travelling our route eastward to V429 Carinae visiting old discoveries as well as finding new ones along the way!
— Patron Kezika T. Wylair, CEO of C.E.A. Psychiatric Institutions Ltd.
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Please fill out a sign-up form if you’re coming along!
Note: even if you’re not sure yet all your details, the form will give you an edit link once you submit so that you can come back and edit your submission in the future with any changes you make. Just make sure to save your link!
Sign-up form: https://theexpedition.info/Register
Roster: https://theexpedition.info/Roster
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Summary and Information
Dates: January 19, 2025 to March 23, 2025
Waypoint Count: 36
Distance: 20,119.95 Ly
Expedition Discord: https://theexpedition.info/Discord
For Celebration of Early Astronomy 7 we are heading to visit the first discovered pulsar LGM-1, short for “Little Green Men 1” because when it was first discovered the regularly repeating signal was thought to be transmissions from an alien civilization.
We will begin the expedition with a quick foray around the bubble from the “east” to “southwest” in a counter-clockwise direction, visiting various near bubble sights. Then we will set off for our final destination at LGM-1.
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Waypoints
Start: Thethys
End: LGM-1
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Current Waypoint List
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Leg 1 – 1/19 – 1/26
- Thethys – (GL 135)
- 51 Pegasi – (51 Pegasi b)
- HIP 62270 – (Coalsack Nebula)
- Sheron – (IC 4604)
- 5 Rho Ophiuchi – (Rho Ophiuchi)
- HR 6387 – (Pip and Stem Nebulae)
- PSR J1856-3754 – (Coronet Pulsar)
- Snake Sector PD-S b4-1 – (Snake Nebula)
- Nova Aquila No 3
Leg 2 – 1/26 – 2/2
- Segin
- HIP 3289 – (LBN 623)
- California Sector BV-Y c7 – (California Nebula)
- Menkib
- ASR 27 – (NGC 1333)
- NGC 752 DLM 167a – (NGC 752)
Leg 3 – 2/2 – 2/9
- HIP 102082 – (V Cygni)
- Alpha Cygni – (Deneb)
- Veil West Sector KC-V c2-18 – (Veil Nebula West)
Leg 4 – 2/9 – 2/23
- Sadr – (Gamma Cygni)
- Kepler-5
- KOI 3179
- KOI 1014
- KOI 116
- WR 136
- Crescent Sector GW-W c1-8 – (Crescent Nebula)
- KY Cygni
Leg 5 – 2/23 – 3/9
- IC 4996 DAM 9 – (IC 4996)
- V1820 Cygni – (NGC 6871)
- CSI+29-19529 – (NGC 6842)
- HD 191612 – (Cygnus OB 3 Association)
- V1357 Cygni
Leg 6 – 3/9 – 3/23+
- CSI+19-20105 – (NGC 6886)
- HD 343965
- LGM-1
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Each Leg will additionally have an announcement post when they start detailing any optional waypoints they may have added to them. Optional waypoints are subject to be added during the expedition up until the start of the leg.
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CEA 6 Leg 7 (Final Leg)
We now begin the final leg of our 6th Celebration of Early Astronomy expedition, with the final destination being V429 Carinae, the furthest east real star in the in-game galaxy. Since it can only be reached via carrier, the carriers will be moving to the Bloae Hypeia GN-R d5-0 system. The C.E.A. – Cerletti is already there and available to jump in anybody who wishes to arrive and begin their trip back to the bubble early.
Kami’s Lookout will be working it’s way there and will be the carrier for the final mass jump, which will take the form of a party aboard the carrier in which the carrier will perform the jump at the prescribed time.
Dates
Start Date: March 3, 2024
End Date: March 18, 2024
Distances
Basecamp Line: 8,690 Ly
Main Waypoints: 8,690 Ly
Optional Waypoints: 10,393 Ly
Map, (click for full size):
Basecamp: V429 Carinae
Main Waypoints
- Map References quick reference list, more details below
- V429 Carinae
- (Carrier will jump from Bloae Hypeia GN-R d5-0 in order to reach this system)
- V429 Carinae
Main Waypoints Details
- Map Reference: V429 Carinae
- WR 22, also known as V429 Carinae is a Wolf-Rayet star in the Carina constellation region of the sky. It is a bright X-ray source due to colliding solar winds with its less massive class O companion star (not depicted in game). It is an eclipsing binary that is temporarily eclipsed by its O class companion roughly every 80 days.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
Optional Waypoints
- Map References quick reference list, more details below
- Bleou Aed MS-U d2-0
- Prea Aick MO-Z d13-2
- Swauwry UY-S d3-5
- V429 Carinae
Optional Waypoints Details
- Map Reference: Bleou Aed MS-U d2-0
- POI: Argon Dream
- Listed as Argon Dream in the Galactic Mapping Project. Near the second star, a Class I gas giant with two rings can be found. It’s two inner moons roam the wide gap between them, their orbits enclosed by the second ring that has an outer radius of over 4,909,000 km. The third moon (B 6 c) is an ice world with an Argon atmosphere and two biological signals. It’s orbit is tilted by -47,64 degrees relative to the gas giant’s equator, offering a unique view of both rings and the shepherd moons from the surface.
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: Prea Aick MO-Z d13-2
- POI: King Midas
- Listed as King Mdias in the Galactic Mapping Project. A truly remarkable Ammonia World some 6400 LS from its parent star. This high density planet is huge, with a gigantic ring system (itself weighing in at nearly a trillion metric tons) and the planet itself looks like it is made of solid gold (its density is actually similar to that of gold!).
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: Swauwry UY-S d3-5
- POI: Theophrastus’s Conservatory
- Listed as Theophrastus’s Conservatory in the Galactic Mapping Project.
- Highlights of the system include two ringed water worlds, one ammonia world, one Earth-like world, and three Notable Stellar Phenomena. This arrangement of planets appears to have spurred some staggering diversity among an ancestral population of vacuum-dwelling life, which is the true draw of this system. Usually a star system will only support one type of dynamic NSP-based lifeform, occasionally two. However the conditions of this system have allowed for the growth and coexistence of three, with each NSP hosting a unique variety of Rhizome Pod (Candidum, Cobalteum, and Gypseeum). The rings of the water worlds each contain one, as well as a population in a Proto Lagrange Cloud around the secondary star.
- EDSM Link
CEA 6 Leg 6 (Discovery Leg 2)
Leg 6 is the second leg of discovery phase of the expedition. Looking to find new POIs and sights for submission to the Galactic Exploration Catalog.
From this point the expedition will focus on finding new sights and discoveries for submission into the Galactic Exploration Catalog, which can be found at https://edastro.com/gec
Legs 5, 6, and 7 will each be two weeks in length. Convening at certain locations along the way for mass jumps! Legs 5 and 6 there are no waypoints besides the basecamps themselves. For Leg 7, the final leg, there will be a few optional waypoints leading up to our final destination at V429 Carinae
Go get your name on something really awesome CMDRs!
Dates
Start Date: February 18, 2024
End Date: March 04, 2024
Distances
Basecamp Line: 7,452 Ly
Main Waypoints: 7,452 Ly
Optional Waypoints: 7,452 Ly
Map, (click for full size):
Basecamp: Preou Aip JY-U c2-0
Main Waypoints
- Map References quick reference list, more details below
- Preou Aip JY-U c2-0
Main Waypoints Details
- Map Reference: Preou Aip JY-U c2-0
- The D 1 planet features a stunning view of the star, while temperatures on the surface are still relatively safe. This is perhaps the closest one can ever get to disembarking on this type of body, at only 2.0 ls to the star. Not only is it a stunning sight to behold, but the planet’s orbit is also quite fast: achieving a full orbit around its parent takes only two hours.
- EDSM Link