Outer Orion Spur Day... 3?
10 Oct 2020FiveStringJeff
My target on this leg of the journey has been Eta Carina. So imagine my chagrin when I figured out that the Eta Carinae system is not in the Eta Carina Nebula. Thankfully, I'm only about 1400 ly from the system, which is more or less on the way to the nebula, so I've adjusted my route.On the way, I found the most interesting system. I can't remember the name - somewhere in the Prua Dryou sector - I found a binary star with a binary HMC planet system. The planets are almost identical twins - obviously formed from the same original material.
I landed on one of the planets and drove around for a bit. There were fumaroles, but what I really wanted was a shot of the other planet. The binary star system was in view as well.
I've come across lots of gas giants. This black and white one struck me as particularly striking.
One of my other rest stops was on this moon, right on the edge of a thin ring.
Eta Carinae, here I come!