Month: July 2026
CEA 8 Leg 6
Leg 6 of the expedition returns back on itself, covering much of the same area as the latter half of Leg 5, but angling slightly back and ending up at the NGC 1893 cluster. We encourage deeper exploration of this region during this leg to seek more POIs for this region that has not been well explored for submission to catalogs like GEC. Due to the limited existing POIs for this region this leg does not have many POIs arranged.
- Anchors
Dates
Start Date: July 19, 2026
End Date: July 26, 2026
Distances
Basecamp Line: 5,321.36 Ly
Main Waypoints: 5,329.52 Ly
Optional Waypoints: 5,329.85 Ly
Map, (click for full size):
Basecamp: NGC 1893 CF 43
Main Waypoints
- Map References quick reference list, more details below
- Hyueths HS-H d11-5
- NGC 1893 CF 43
Main Waypoints Details
- Map Reference: Hyueths HS-H d11-5
- POI: (NC) 2 ELW Binary
- This systems is the GMP POI known as “The Twins’ Garden”, it is described as such: Situated in a rather sparse region, with few habitable planets around, this system has a wide variety of worlds orbiting its two stars. The most striking are the two binary Earth-likes orbiting each other, but there is also a nearby ammonia world orbiting a planet as its moon. The more distant second star has two water worlds orbiting it, one which has an ammonia atmosphere: both are candidates for terraforming.
Additionally this system is home to the DSSA carrier named DLNV Leo’s Vision.
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: NGC 1893 CF 43
- POI: NGC 1893 Cluster
- NGC 1893 is an open cluster in the Auriga constellation region of the night sky as seen from Earth. Roughly 12,400 light years from our solar system (although 10,750 in game). It is located within an emission nebula IC 410, also known as the Tadpole Nebula.
The Tadpole Nebula is very close in the sky to the Flaming Star Nebula from Leg 1 of our expedition, however in distance much further with the Flaming Star Nebula being only 1,500 Ly from earth and Tadpole Nebula being roughly 12,400 Ly from Earth. They are often imaged together though due to being so close to each other in the sky from our perspective. - SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
Additional Waypoints
- Map References quick reference list, more details below
- Hyueths HS-H d11-5
- TYC 2394-144-1
- NGC 1893 CF 43
Optional Waypoints Details
- Map Reference: TYC 2394-144-1
- POI: NGC 1893 Cluster Start
- This system denotes the other end of the NGC 1893 cluster from TYC 2394-144-1
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
CEA 8 Leg 5 (Two Weeks)
We now launch into Leg 5, which will take us all the way to HD 39340, the furthest south real star in the in-game galaxy. Due to the sparseness of points of interest along this leg and the distance needed this leg is spread across two weeks to encourage deeper exploration of the region with the hopes that members can find new interesting POIs for submission to catalogs such as the GEC. There will be a midway basecamp the carriers will stop over at for the first week before continuing along.
As mentioned in the FAQ (https://theexpedition.info/faq) in order to reach HD 39340 you need to be able to make a 77.06 Ly gap along the route. That means the minimum base jump range you’ll need for your ship is 38.54 if you’re able to use Premium FSD Injection. Near the end of the leg we will arrange one of the carrier to perform shuttling service past that gap for those that need it.
- Anchors
Dates
Start Date: July 5, 2026
End Date: July 19, 2026
Distances
Basecamp Line: 8,790.79 Ly (4,395.36 Ly per week)
Main Waypoints: 9,856.27 Ly (4,928.14 Ly per week)
Optional Waypoints: 10,097.88 Ly (5,048.94 Ly per week)
Map, (click for full size):
Midway Basecamp: Eok Hypue ZO-Z b33-0
Final Basecamp: HD 39340
Main Waypoints
- Map References quick reference list, more details below
- Gongae QW-L c24-0
- Eok Hypue ZO-Z b33-0
- 3 Geminorum
- HD 39340
Main Waypoints Details
- Map Reference: Gongae QW-L c24-0
- POI: (NC) Dreamer Blush
- This is the Glowing Green Gas Giant designated as “Dreamer’s Blush” in the GEC.
- Summary: A magnificent ringed glowing green gas giant with deep purple clouds in the Kepler’s Crest region.
Description: A magnificent ringed glowing green gas giant with deep purple clouds in the Kepler’s Crest region. Its bright colours shine on the dark velvet of space of this inter-arm region. Land near Silicate Vapour Geysers on planet 2 b a for an astounding and colorful view. This scenery is known for renewing the inspiration and dreams of any tired explorer. - EDAstro Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: Eok Hypue ZO-Z b33-0
- POI: (NC) Colliding Rings
- This is a system with colliding rings between bodies 1 and 2 that was found using The Explorarium tool.
The rings of the two bodies will collide ever 5 hours, 49 minutes and 12 seconds due to their orbital alignments. Niamh Kaminari scouted the firsrt known confirmed collision of these rings at March 3rd 2026 at 03:05:09 UTC. The times for the month of July calculated out from that first known time can be found at this link: Eok Hypue ZO-Z b33-0 Collision Clock - EDSM Link
- Map Reference: 3 Geminorum
- Blue supergiant in the constellation Gemini. It was found to be an Alpha Cygni Variable star in 1998 and also given the designation PU Geminorum, and it varies by a few tenths of a magnitude on a period of 3.81 days. 3 Geminorum is a double star with it’s second star being about 2.5 magnitudes fainter.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
- Map Reference: HD 39340
- POI: Southernmost Catalog Star
- HD 39340 is a main sequence star in the Columba constellation region of the night sky. It is a Be Star, which is a non-supergiant B class main sequence star that had (or has had) Balmer Emission Lines, which is chemically peculiar for B class stars outside of supergiant B class stars.
- SIMBAD Link
- EDSM Link
Additional Waypoints
- Map References quick reference list, more details below
- Schadgae LD-K c8-0
- Gongae QW-L c24-0
- Eok Hypue ZO-Z b33-0
- 3 Geminorum
- HD 39340
Optional Waypoints Details
- Map Reference: Schadgae LD-K c8-0
- POI: (NC) Jumponium Refill Depot before gap
- Space will become sparse further ahead on the route as we go further south, this system contains Crystalline Shards with Yttrium on B 5 d for premium injections if you need a refill.
- Materials can be found on the planets as follows
- Yttrium
- B 1 c
- B 5 d
- Polonium
- B 2 a
- Antimony
- B 3 b
- Ruthenium
- B 3 c
- Yttrium
- EDSM Link
Eok Hypue ZO-Z b33-0 Collision Clock
These times are all the times for the month of July that the colliding rings in Eok Hypue ZO-Z b33-0 between bodies 1 and 2.
Other info
Rings of 2 orbit at -2.4242 degrees per minute.
7/1/2026 4:44:09 UTC
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