The Home system of the Buur Pit Squadron and the Buurian Protectorate Player Minor Faction, Wilson Port in Tewanta is the starting point for our expedition.

Optional Waypoint a1 Classified as a red supergiant of spectral type M1-2, Betelgeuse is one of the largest stars visible to the naked eye. If Betelgeuse were at the center of the Solar System, its surface would extend past the asteroid belt, engulfing the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and possibly Jupiter. However, there are several other red supergiants in the Milky Way that are larger, such as Mu Cephei and VY Canis Majoris. (Further reading)

Optional Waypoint b2 IC 2118 (also known as Witch Head Nebula due to its shape) is an extremely faint reflection nebula believed to be an ancient supernova remnant or gas cloud illuminated by nearby supergiant star Rigel in the constellation of Orion. It lies in the Eridanus constellation, about 900 light-years from Earth. (Further Reading)

The site of the recent “Enclave” Interstellar Initiative, the Witch Head Nebula now has a number of starports and planetary bases.

Waypoint 1 IC 418, also known as Spirograph Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the Milky Way Galaxy. The name derives from the intricate pattern of the nebula, which resembles a pattern which can be created using the Spirograph, a toy that produces geometric patterns (specifically, hypotrochoids and epitrochoids) on paper. IC 418 lies about 3600 light-years away and spans 0.3 light-years across.

The targeted system contains a Sanchez Class Science Vessel Megaship. There may also be planetary bio signs. Investigation required.

Optional Waypoint a2 A popular “Hooning” spot the planet of Pomeche 2c is covered in deep canyons and narrow gorges and honestly just looks plain weird.

Optional Waypoint b2 This pretty, cosmic cloud lies some 1,500 light-years away, it shape and color reminiscent of a blue robin's egg. It spans about 3 light-years, nested securely within the boundaries of the southern constellation Fornax. Recognized as a planetary nebula, NGC 1360 doesn't represent a beginning though. Instead it corresponds to a brief and final phase in the evolution of an aging star.

In-game the nebula is home to an O-Type / Blackhole binary pair.

Waypoint 2 Jan Hendrik Oort (April 1900 – 5 November 1992) was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and who was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. Oort determined that the Milky Way rotates and overturned the idea that the Sun was at its center. He also postulated the existence of the mysterious invisible dark matter in 1932, which is believed to make up roughly 84.5% of the total matter in the Universe and whose gravitational pull causes "the clustering of stars into galaxies and galaxies into connecting strings of galaxies"

In-Game the system contains Notable Stellar Phenomena.

Optional Waypoint a3 19 Tauri is a double star in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Pleiades open star cluster (M45). It consists of a binary pair designated 19 Tauri A together with a single star visual companion, 19 Tauri B. 'A's' two components are themselves designated 19 Tauri Aa (officially named Taygeta the traditional name for the entire system) and Ab. Based on parallax measurements obtained during the Hipparcos mission, 19 Tauri A is approximately 440 light-years from the Sun.

In-Game the system contains the spectacular station of “Titans Daughter”.

Optional Waypoint b3 Merope is a blue-white B-type subgiant with a mean apparent magnitude of +4.14. Richard Hinckley Allen described the star as lucid white and violet. It has a luminosity of 630 times that of the Sun and a surface temperature of 14,000 kelvins. Merope's mass is roughly 4.5 solar masses and has a radius more than 4 times as great as the Sun's. It is classified as a Beta Cephei type variable star and its brightness varies by 0.01 magnitudes. Surrounding Merope is the Merope Nebula (NGC 1435). (Further reading)

Planet 5c of the Merope system contains the first ever discovered Thargoid Barnacles. Found on Jan. 15, 3302 by CMDR Octo86.

Waypoint 3 Pleione is a binary star and the seventh-brightest star in the Pleiades star cluster (Messier 45). The star is located approximately 120 parsecs (390 light-years) from the Sun, appearing in the constellation of Taurus.

Within the rings of Pleione 4 resides the Squirrels Nest Bar. A large installation owned by Canonn Research. Hooning opportunities abound for the bold and those that evolutionary natural selection appears to have missed.

Optional Waypoint a4 The system contains a colossal science installation in orbit of planet 4c. One of the largest ever found in the game ...danger of hoonage.

Zeta Cassiopeiae is a variable star in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It has a blue-white hue and is classified as a B-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +3.66. It is approximately 590 light-years from the Sun.

Waypoint 4 The California Nebula (NGC 1499) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the US State of California on long exposure photographs. It is almost 2.5° long on the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness, it is extremely difficult to observe visually. (Further reading)

Visit California Sector BA-A e6, planet 4. Land at Mic Turner Base and see the barks mounds just outside the station perimeter. Science them. Hoon a bit.

Optional Waypoint a5 Beware!! - White Dwarf - use extreme caution. Audio logs are available to download from the megaship adrift in the system.

Optional Waypoint b5 Shapley 1 is an annular planetary nebula in the constellation of Norma with a magnitude of +12.6. As viewed from Earth, it is peculiar in that it seems to be a non-bipolar, torus-shaped planetary nebula. However, it is thought that this is due to the viewpoint of looking directly down on a binary system whose orbit is perpendicular to Earth. Discovered in 1936 by Harlow Shapley,] it is approximately 4900 light years from Earth, and is around 8700 years old. At the center of the nebula is a magnitude 14 white dwarf star. It has an angular diameter of 1.1 arc minutes, which makes it about one-third (.32) of a light year across.

Optional Waypoint c5 Beta Hydrae is a double star in the constellation of Hydra. Contains a Blackhole and Neutron Star binary pairing.

Waypoint 5 Planet A1A is a beautiful planet with some well lit canyons - popular hooning site!

Optional Waypoint a6 Planet A7 - HIGH G LANDING USE EXTREME CAUTION. Maybe try and replicate Rheeney's first high-g landing upside down. Speedbowling opportunity (irresponsible).

Optional Waypoint b6 The Coalsack Nebula (Southern Coalsack, or simply the Coalsack) is the most prominent dark nebula in the skies, being easily visible to the naked eye as a dark patch silhouetted against the southern Milky Way. It is located southeast of the constellation Crux at a distance of 180 parsecs (590 ly) away from Earth.

Optional Waypoint c6 Epsilon Indi (ε Indi, ε Ind) is a star system approximately 12 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Indus consisting of a K-type main-sequence star, Indi A, and two brown dwarfs, Indi Ba and Indi Bb, in a wide orbit around it. The brown dwarfs were discovered in 2003. Indi Ba is an early T dwarf (T1) and Indi Bb a late T dwarf (T6) separated by 0.6 arcseconds, with a projected distance of 1460 AU from their primary star. Indi A has one known planet, Indi Ab, with a mass of 2.7 Jupiter masses in a nearly circular orbit with a period of about 52 years. Indi Ab is the closest Jovian exoplanet. The Indi system provides a benchmark case for the study of the formation of gas giants and brown dwarfs.

The bizarre world of Mitterand Hollow… a moon of New Africa in the system. Famously circumnavigated by Primetime Casual, the planet’s orbit is actually a bug that Frontier decided not to fix. Always worth a visit.

Waypoint 6 The Highest known mountain peak in the galaxy, reaching around 50km into the sky. Mount Neverest used to be so high that it extended beyond the supercruise drop altitude of ships meaning you couldn’t land on it as your ship was still (technically) in space. Driving up it in an SRV resulted in your SRV floating off into space for the same reason. I believe these “features” have since been nerfed by Frontier (and by “nerfed” I of course mean “fixed”) and you can now land on the mountain and drive up it. We should go check ...we should definitely go check

It’s quite high.

Home again, home again. Jiggedy Jig.