CEA 6 Leg 3

CMDR Kezika

There are a few optional waypoints on this leg as well as the two main waypoints. The gaps between waypoints at times have a long distance between them so feel free to explore in those gaps and looks for any other cool points of interest and sights to see that may be suitable for submission to the Galactic Exploration Catalog!

Dates

Start Date: January 21, 2023
End Date: January 28, 2023

Distances

Basecamp Line: 4,506 Ly
Main Waypoints: 5,569 Ly
Optional Waypoints: 6,155 Ly

Map, (click for full size):

Basecamp: HD 92023

Main Waypoints

  • Map References quick reference list, more details below
    • GCRV 6432
    • HD 92023

Main Waypoints Details

  • Map Reference: GCRV 6432
    • POI: IC 2553
    • IC 2553 is a distant planetary nebula in the Carina constellation of the sky. The main star of this system is a Wolf-Rayet C star.
    • SIMBAD Link
    • EDSM Link
  • Map Reference: HD 92023
    • POI: HIP 51899
    • HIP 51899 is a giant star located in the Carina constellation region. It is an M class star (although shown in game as K for some reason), and one of the colder known main squence stars in the universe at a temperature between 2,400 and 3,700 Kelvin based on it’s M1II spectral type.
    • SIMBAD Link
    • EDSM Link

Optional Waypoints

  • Map References quick reference list, more details below
    • PCYC 17
    • DETWC Tr 14 J104348.8-593236
    • 206 G. Carinae
    • GCRV 6432
    • HD 92023

Optional Waypoints Details

  • Map Reference: PCYC 17
    • POI: Pan-Carina YSO Catalog
    • The PCYC catalog is a survey of 1,439 young stellar objects in the Carina complex. This is one star of many in this region that is listed in game via their PCYC catalog number. This star like many others of this catalog have only been cataloged by this specific survey.
    • SIMBAD Link
    • EDSM Link
  • Map Reference: DETWC Tr 14 J104348.8-593236
    • POI: Trumpler 14
    • DETWC Tr 14 J104348.8-593236 is a young star in the NGC 3372 cluster. It also appears to be the only DETWC catalog (De Gioia-Eastwood+Throop+Walker+Cudworth) star in the in-game galaxy. I’m adding it as an optional waypoint as a curiosity to see what is there. There are a fair few other real stars in the 2MASS and PCYC catalgs around this star system as well.
    • SIMBAD Link
    • EDSM Link
  • Map Reference: 206 G. Carinae
    • POI: HD 91533
    • This appears to be some sort of mix-up by the stellar forge with information. The main name this is listed as is 206 G. Carinae, however it lists the HIPP as 51623 and HD as 91533. HIP 51623/HD 91533 is a different star than G Carinae, and there is not a star known as 206 Carinae. (The game’s habit of sometimes smashing together a star’s Bayer and Flamsteed designations into one) Additionally GIP 51623 does not have an official Carinae based Flamsteed or Bayer designation at all.

      In any case, the stellar data besides the name does match with HIP 51623, which is a real star in the Alessi 5 open cluster. That said is seems to be the only star from that cluster represented in the in-game galaxy. It is a little under halfway through the distance of the leg.
    • SIMBAD Link
    • EDSM Link