QY Canis Majoris (NGC 2362) [#2324161053]
This system is located at:
3902.15625
/ -446.15625
/ -2423.28125
Galactic coordinates:
R: 4,614.994 / l: 238.159 / b: -5.548
Equatorial coordinates:
Right ascension: 7h 18m 38.735s /
Declination: -24° 56'14.803''
Reserve level: Pristine
Habitable zone:
Metal-rich body (11 to 3,057 ls), Earth-like world (48,130 to 72,186 ls), Water world (39,466 to 152,846 ls), Ammonia world (99,859 to 271,726 ls), Terraformable (37,487 to 74,799 ls)
Estimated value: 6,607 cr
This system was visited for the first time on EDSM by Zach on Apr 3, 2016, 10:49:53 PM.
It was named by the Galactic Mapping Project with the name of: NGC 2362
69 ships passed through QY Canis Majoris space, including 0 ship in the last 7 days.
0 ship passed through QY Canis Majoris space in the last 24 hours.
NGC 2362 is an open cluster in the constellation Canis Major. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654. Its brightest star is Tau Canis Majoris, and therefore it is sometimes called the Tau Canis Majoris Cluster. NGC 2362 is a massive open cluster of more than 500 solar masses, but still relatively young being only 4–5 million years in age (source).
The cluster is visible from more than a thousand light years away, thanks to a string of very bright B stars at its core, one of which also has a black hole companion. It is approximately two hundred light years long but very narrow. The majority of the stars in the cluster are faint M dwarfs. The cluster lies far enough below the Galactic Plane and has sufficiently few stars in its vicinity that vessels with a jump range of less than 35LY may need to use FSD boosts to reach it. From within the cluster, the familiar nebulae around the Barnard's Loop region are just visible, as are several other nebulae South of Barnard's Loop, with the Seagull Nebula being most prominent (source).
