5,000ly Trip to 2 Nebulae, Trifid & Lagoon (Gallery, Annotated)
29 Nov 2019Vizz Curio
::CMDR Vizz Curio on Stardust Reckoner, on moon A 1 a of system NGC 6530 WFI 19335::::personal log::
A short chronicle of/after heading out from ShinDez on a 5,000+ lightyear journey, the longest continuous trek I've made to date.
My Krait Phantom, Stardust Reckoner, has just shy of 60ly jump range. She's a pleasure to fly, with a great view out the cockpit.
Destination: Core-ward, passing the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) to get to the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20). Return trip through the Lagoon Nebula proper.
Final distant star system: Trifid Sector GN-J b9-7.
The first neutron star to boost my FSD was also the brightest, even from witch space:
PSR J1752-2806
Neutron star Bleia Eohn RY-Y d1-24 had dense jet cones that moved so quickly I was afraid to fly into them. I met this beast on the return trip as well, with the same trepidation.
The light of a neutron star tints everything to bluish hues.
The inner area of the galaxy is bigger here already, maybe about 2,000 ly from home.
The Lagoon Nebula is dead ahead, and Hershel 36 is visible in its center.
A field of bright, white stars to my port side here. You don't get these kinds of views in the Bubble.
Passing the Lagoon nebula. So many brilliant stars.
Another cluster field of bright stars.
Got to my destination system! And this is for reference: repairing my FSD to 100% integrity after the 1-3% damage it takes each time it gets boosted by flying in the jet cones of a neutron star took about 800 resources for the one-way trip of roughly 24 neutron star supercharges.
Proof, using a familiar marker. Not that I grew up there nor have any cares about it, but everyone knows where the cradle of humanity is.
Lovely purples in the Trifid Nebula. I would love to have this vista in my daily life in space.
The Trifid Nebula is two-toned, one half is orange. This shot from a camera drone makes it looks like I'm being chased by a supernova explosion.
Hopefully my FSD supercruises through the systems here didn't disrupt the natural development of new stars.
Preparing for the return trip. Instead of going around the Lagoon Nebula (pictured here), I'll go through it.
A few supercharged jumps and I'm there. A swampy color mixture of reds and greens.
At the center of the Lagoon Nebula is Herschel 36 -- a very bright, very large, blue star.
Flying through the "clouds".
(Herschel 36)
I found a high-carbon, high-selenium planet in the Lagoon Nebula to set down for the night.
When I'm this far from home, from civilization, I feel the need to land and experience at least a modicum of gravity to sleep well.
Sure, I've put my ship into an FA off spin to simulate light gravity in my bunks at times. But traveling long distances I feel safer knowing I'm not adrift.
The Stardust Reckoner, on the moon A 1 a of system NGC 6530 WFI 19335.
Goodnight, Lagoon.
Where shall we go tomorrow? Farther? Home?
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