Earth-likes

[impeteswain]

So, I'm taking the long way home from Colonia and I'd love to find an Earth-like on the way. I'm using the FSS on White-Yellows as that's what Sol is - any suggestions or recommendations as to how to improve my chances of finding one? Many thanks!

[Realm Walker]

lool for m stars. most habitable planets I have seen (in the bubble as well) orbit red dwarfs/m stars.
and if you find a waterworld, many close systems poses waterworlds too. And this rises your chance to find an earthlike world in the mix

[Greg]

EDDB website, Bodies page, planet type option...

[malorob]

goto this sector

Norma Expanse

have a look at hawkins gap when you get there nice outpost." hope you have a SRV"
as for what you are looking for there were plenty in that sector.
i lost count of how many earth likes and water i found out there.

and out of all the sectors i have explored Norma Expanse has been one of the better ones

[impeteswain]

Awesome, thanks all, I'll be more open-minded where I look

[malorob]

https://www.edsm.net/en/map/traffic

this is a traffic report it use to get updated every month,

i use to use it alot as it showed me where every one was going.
a great way to find places other have not been.

best of luck with your journey o7

[impeteswain]

Thanks Malorob, you too

[Sapyx]

Originally posted by Crunch:

lool for m stars. most habitable planets I have seen (in the bubble as well) orbit red dwarfs/m stars.

That's actually terrible advice. The Earth-likes orbiting Class M stars in the Bubble are all terraformed, and many are in "hand-crafted" systems specifically designed by FD; they rarely form "naturally" around such stars - you've got a less than 1 in 1000 chance of finding an Earth-like around red dwarfs. In my systematic survey of 800 Class M stars, I found 1 Earth-like, and that was around a Red Giant, not a dwarf.

Class F stars, on the other hand, have around a 1 in 60 chance of finding an ELW. They have a slightly higher chance than Class G (Sun-like) stars. Smaller Class A stars work even better, though the odds drop off sharply if the star gets above a certain size. My surveys of 800 A, F and G class stars found 18, 13 and 13 ELWs, respectively.

Most ELW-hunters use the star filter to filter out everything except A, F and (sometimes) G class stars, to increase their odds of a hit. Ignore the Class M stars.

[Agony_Aunt]

F type stats statisically have the highest amount of earthlikes and water worlds. G are second best.

IIRC, F types have something like a 20% chance of containing at least one ELW or WW. G types i think only have a 7% chance.

The greatest chance of finding Ammonia worlds is around M type stars.

[midnight]

"O, A, B, stars are more likely to have biological sites in the higher temperature range 0 -3
i.e B0 VAB,

F class have WW and ELW in the cooler range 7-9 i.e F8 VI,
G class look for hotter ones 0-3 i.e G2 VAB
K & M class, look for the hotter ones 0- 5 i.e K4 VB.

These are not hard rules you can fine ELW in alot of different star classes and temperature ranges, I have even found an ELW in a Neutron star system"

[Sapyx]

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

The greatest chance of finding Ammonia worlds is around M type stars.

I haven't found that to be the case, either. Yes, there are far more ammonia worlds than Earth-likes around M-class stars - I found 8 out of 800 in the Survey - but it's still far more likely to find ammonia worlds around hotter stars. My ammonia world hit rates for 800 A, F, G and K class stars were 20, 23, 19 and 15. So F stars are the best for Ammonia worlds as well as being good for Earth-likes.

For max profits, generally, stick to A-class and F-class stars. They have the highest hit rates for all the valuable planet classes: Earth-likes, terraformables, ammonia worlds and water worlds.

[malorob]

left today for another explore and found several ammonia worlds in M class

found a couple in the brown dwarf systems weather it was a glitch but they are there.

when i explore i just choose every star type. and i always take my explorer 7 ship"type 7"

[impeteswain]

Should have guessed there's no straightforward answer lol, I'll try A, F, G worlds and hope I get back to the bubble before Odyssey comes out! Thanks for all the advice

[Agony_Aunt]

Originally posted by Sapyx:

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

The greatest chance of finding Ammonia worlds is around M type stars.

I haven't found that to be the case, either. Yes, there are far more ammonia worlds than Earth-likes around M-class stars - I found 8 out of 800 in the Survey - but it's still far more likely to find ammonia worlds around hotter stars. My ammonia world hit rates for 800 A, F, G and K class stars were 20, 23, 19 and 15. So F stars are the best for Ammonia worlds as well as being good for Earth-likes.

For max profits, generally, stick to A-class and F-class stars. They have the highest hit rates for all the valuable planet classes: Earth-likes, terraformables, ammonia worlds and water worlds.

I didn't make those statements based on my own experience. I based them off stats gather by a guy some years ago who made a website with the stats on them. I helped him out with some proofreading of his text at the time.

[impeteswain]

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

Originally posted by Sapyx:

I didn't make those statements based on my own experience. I based them off stats gather by a guy some years ago who made a website with the stats on them. I helped him out with some proofreading of his text at the time.

I appreciate your taking time to offer advice :)

[impeteswain]

First Earth-like discovered at an F type!