A beautiful day in the dark
30 Oct 2024Romeo India Charlie
Byoi Thua MK-H b51-8, 7,470ly from Sol, en route to the Elysium ShoreWe left Blau Euq XF-A c14 behind after filling up our FC's tritium deposit. Our plan is simple: I scout ahead on the Phantom. If I find anything interesting, I contact the crew and they join me. If not, we meet 500ly later on a predefined system. Usually, there isn't much to see. I do plenty of exploration and the occasional exobiology touchdown but it is mostly work. But sometimes... sometimes... the great late CMDR Jameson looks upon us mere mortals and blesses us with something special. And on my 1,000ly path I found two marvelous bits of Milky Way awe.
The first one was Byoi Thua OQ-C c26-8, a system with a central two-star barycenter orbited by multiple planets and a brown dwarf itself orbited by its own small system. Close to the barycenter's I found a binary fast orbit system of two very similar planets.
Further away I found another close proximity, this time from a moon to a gas giant's ring.
But the best was yet to come. Another close proximity moon, to a fairly small planet and the planet itself at a short distance from the brown dwarf.
Scouting the moon was a fantastic ride.
The second system was Byoi Thua WW-A c27-19. While looking for icy rings I found this.
The planet closest to the main start is a gas giant with an inner ring and a group of wide outer rings. Between the inner and outer rings are multiple shepherd moons. The one closest to the inner ring is so close it almost touches it.
The moon further away has a high eccentricity so I took the opportunity to visit it an be amazed with this show.
Today was a beautiful day in the dark. Away from the bubble, closer to Jameson's spirit.