BD+41 4773 (Blue Snowball Nebula) [#9436842195]
This system is located at:
-5024.0625
/ -1663.0625
/ -1497.75
Galactic coordinates:
R: 5,500.021 / l: 106.600 / b: -17.600
Equatorial coordinates:
Right ascension: 23h 26m 5.683s /
Declination: 42° 32'56.027''
Reserve level: Pristine
Habitable zone:
Metal-rich body (21 to 72,862 ls), Earth-like world (1,147,000 to 1,720,288 ls), Water world (940,538 to 3,642,535 ls), Ammonia world (2,379,788 to 6,475,618 ls), Terraformable (893,371 to 1,782,556 ls)
Estimated value: 45,624 cr
This system was visited for the first time on EDSM by scatmanok on Aug 16, 2017, 10:50:34 PM.
It was named by the Galactic Mapping Project with the name of: Blue Snowball Nebula
97 ships passed through BD+41 4773 space, including 0 ship in the last 7 days.
0 ship passed through BD+41 4773 space in the last 24 hours.
First discovered by William Herschel in 1784, NGC 7662 (also known as the Blue Snowball) is a relatively easy to observe planetary nebula that has been popular with casual astronomers for nearly 1,500 years. Originally believed to be only 0.3 light years in diameter and 1,800 light years away from Sol, astronomical surveys in the 20th Century determined that it was more than twice as large and distant. In addition to the Wolf-Rayet star at its core, the nebula also features Class V and Class IV gas giants -- with a metal-rich moon orbiting the Class IV giant -- and a ringed lava world.
The nebula is in an area with low star density more than 1,600 light years below the galactic plane and, consequently, is only accessible via a neutron star-aided jump from PREIA EOCK KU-M D8-0 using a ship with a jump range of 62 light years or more -- and even then, it is currently a one-way trip.
This location was the destination of the Sudden Mystery Expedition that was a lead-up to the Distant Worlds 2 expedition. At the end of this short expedition, dozens of commanders who had arrived in the Blue Snowball Nebula destroyed their ships. Pieces of wreckage may still float among the asteroid belts....
Photography by roboteconomist.
