CMDR PAUSANIAS - THE SHIP OF THE MIND EXPEDITION - DAY 84
01 Nov 2020Pausanias
TRINARY SYSTEM, A MIS-SHAPED PLANET AND THE WOLF RAYETHi Cmdrs,
Well I made to the Wolf Rayet system I’ve been heading for!
On the way there I found a few more interesting items for you.
First off, this Trinary Star System, yes there’s loads of these about but this one caught my eye because of the way the second star is overlaying the third in the distance, the main star is to my left in this image.
Moving on I found this tiny planet. It can’t be very big because it took ONE probe to scan its entire surface. This is also a planet which hasn’t formed properly, it’s not a complete sphere, part of the right hand side can be seen to be missing in this image. I’ve noticed these before, they are always small if they are not formed fully. I decided to go down and check this one out as it had 3 Geological Sites on the surface, one on the dark side and two on the light side.
The Geological Sites weren’t that interesting, they were mainly inert rocky mounds, a small number of them had puffs of smoke coming out of them. I did manage to collect 4-5 minerals from the surface which I hadn’t got. I then noticed how low the Sun was so shot this image, looks like a nice evening was ahead on the planet.
Then, the pièce de résistance, the Wolf Rayet.
As I scanned this system a message zoomed off to the Codex. If I understand this correctly someone else has already found this Star, all I’ve done is confirmed it. This information will probably update when I get back to The Carl Sagan.
There was nothing else in the system, this was the only object. I’ve moved a safe distance away from the Star and shutdown all but essential systems for the night. It’s late so I’m turning in.
Total Carrier jump distance since 10th August: 33,000 ltyrs - (Personal note: 60 jumps on 27 Oct)
Total Ship jump so far: 55,583
Total planets Level 3 scanned: 20,901
Total exploration data: 545,000,000 credits
Total systems with my name on: 3249
The Cutter is now 24,446 ltyrs away from Sol!
Distance to Beagle Point: 52,863 ltyrs
The adventure continues . . .
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