Matching the starfield background to the galaxy map

[Excessive Paranoia]

So I know from reading that the starfield backdrop is generated based on your location and that supposedly most (if not all) of the stars you can see there are stars you can travel to. The problem I'm having is how to find may way on the galaxy map to stars or other phenomena that I find interesting in the backdrop. So far, the only two things I've been able to find for sure are nebula and the galactic core...

Thanks for any help

[CaptainKINGPIN]

not sure if others do it the same as i do; But if you use the nav panel to locate a nearby star that is in the same relative direction as the Stellar object you want to locate then open the Gal map and just head past the selected star until you find the nebula you see in the SkyBox

[Excessive Paranoia]

Originally posted by CaptainKINGPIN:

not sure if others do it the same as i do; But if you use the nav panel to locate a nearby star that is in the same relative direction as the Stellar object you want to locate then open the Gal map and just head past the selected star until you find the nebula you see in the SkyBox

This is much less of an issue with Nebula as it is with star clusters I'd like to explore. That said, even when I have a solid reference point like a nebula right next to where I want to go, I'm having a lot of trouble identifying which of the 50 - 100 stars on that approximate path is the correct one.

[CaptainKINGPIN]

Originally posted by Excessive Paranoia:

Originally posted by CaptainKINGPIN:

not sure if others do it the same as i do; But if you use the nav panel to locate a nearby star that is in the same relative direction as the Stellar object you want to locate then open the Gal map and just head past the selected star until you find the nebula you see in the SkyBox

This is much less of an issue with Nebula as it is with star clusters I'd like to explore. That said, even when I have a solid reference point like a nebula right next to where I want to go, I'm having a lot of trouble identifying which of the 50 - 100 stars on that approximate path is the correct one.

You could just head the direction of the cluster until you are upon it or close enough to figure out what it is.

Or head to different points and try and triangulate the cluster from its location relative to each of the points. Though that would time consuming and tideous

[Excessive Paranoia]

Originally posted by CaptainKINGPIN:

Originally posted by Excessive Paranoia:

This is much less of an issue with Nebula as it is with star clusters I'd like to explore. That said, even when I have a solid reference point like a nebula right next to where I want to go, I'm having a lot of trouble identifying which of the 50 - 100 stars on that approximate path is the correct one.

You could just head the direction of the cluster until you are upon it or close enough to figure out what it is.

Or head to different points and try and triangulate the cluster from its location relative to each of the points. Though that would time consuming and tideous

So far I've not gotten the first option to work because I've lost the target within a jump or two. I guess I could try trial and error, selecting a star in the galaxy map, going back to the cockpit and seeing how far off I am, rinse and repeat. This also seems pretty tedious though...

[Excessive Paranoia]

Originally posted by Excessive Paranoia:

Originally posted by CaptainKINGPIN:

You could just head the direction of the cluster until you are upon it or close enough to figure out what it is.

Or head to different points and try and triangulate the cluster from its location relative to each of the points. Though that would time consuming and tideous

So far I've not gotten the first option to work because I've lost the target within a jump or two. I guess I could try trial and error, selecting a star in the galaxy map, going back to the cockpit and seeing how far off I am, rinse and repeat. This also seems pretty tedious though...

So I've tried for an hour now to select a bright yellow star by selecting similar stars along my approximate visual heading and have not come up with anything even close to the one I'm looking at. I'd like to know from vets if this sort of navigation is even possible with stars / star clusters?

[Turd Ferguson]

either find a star you can target in the same direction and go to galmap and line up your current location with the marked system and extrapolate or fly towards the interesting thing and use the dotted line in the galmap to allign the direction and look ahead to find the interesting thing.

[Excessive Paranoia]

Originally posted by Turd Ferguson:

either find a star you can target in the same direction and go to galmap and line up your current location with the marked system and extrapolate or fly towards the interesting thing and use the dotted line in the galmap to allign the direction and look ahead to find the interesting thing.

So I've spent the last 30 min trying to follow this direction, but I'm still coming up short. I've got a group of stars in mind and while I can find stars approximately along the bearing, I've not been able to find any that actually seem to be part of the group.

Visual aid:

https://imgur.com/uxb85Mv

EDIT: I'm at LHS 20 in the image

The problem still seems to be that even though I have a pretty good idea of the direction I need to head, the fact that those stars could be anywhere from right next door to 1k light years away (or more) has me stuck. It really doesn't help that the galaxy map limits the number of stars it shows you to those in the immediate vicinity of the cursor (yes, I know if it showed you everything it would probably crash the game, but still) so I can't just align the galaxy map view and select the star I want. Would the correct approach in this case be to select something as close as possible to the correct bearing, fly there, and then see if I can still see the cluster in question, rinse and repeat?

[funkynutz]

Originally posted by Excessive Paranoia:

Visual aid:

https://imgur.com/uxb85Mv

EDIT: I'm at LHS 20 in the image

See the big red nebula? That means you're looking out towards witchead etc... The bright stars you've circled, could be Betelgeuse which is about 600-700Ly away, (DERP... it's locked in the image lol)... or it could be... Ern... There's another big star about 2000Ly out in the same direction... Forgot what it's called... Er... little help guys? Well known one... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ huge bright thing... I want to say Rigel, but if memory serves that's part of Orions belt, about 900Ly away? You know what... Try it:

RIGEL

In the meantime, I'll see if I can remember the name of the big smegger I'm trying to think of...

[funkynutz]

Or maybe it's VY Canis Majoris?

About 4500Ly away?

That smegger is HUGE.

[Turd Ferguson]

Originally posted by FunkynutZ:

Originally posted by Excessive Paranoia:

Visual aid:

https://imgur.com/uxb85Mv

EDIT: I'm at LHS 20 in the image

See the big red nebula? That means you're looking out towards witchead etc... The bright stars you've circled, could be Betelgeuse which is about 600-700Ly away, (DERP... it's locked in the image lol)... or it could be... Ern... There's another big star about 2000Ly out in the same direction... Forgot what it's called... Er... little help guys? Well known one... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ huge bright thing... I want to say Rigel, but if memory serves that's part of Orions belt, about 900Ly away? You know what... Try it:

RIGEL

In the meantime, I'll see if I can remember the name of the big smegger I'm trying to think of...

Rigel B is pretty huge. Not Betelgeuse huge but still pretty big.

also it could be that that the "cluster" isn't really a cluster amd the stars are hundreds of LY apart but from your vantage point looks like a cluster.

[funkynutz]

I'm convinced it's VY Canis Majoris in the picture now... I'll log in shortly and head over that way...

[Excessive Paranoia]

Originally posted by FunkynutZ:

Originally posted by Excessive Paranoia:

Visual aid:

https://imgur.com/uxb85Mv

EDIT: I'm at LHS 20 in the image

See the big red nebula? That means you're looking out towards witchead etc... The bright stars you've circled, could be Betelgeuse which is about 600-700Ly away, (DERP... it's locked in the image lol)... or it could be... Ern... There's another big star about 2000Ly out in the same direction... Forgot what it's called... Er... little help guys? Well known one... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ huge bright thing... I want to say Rigel, but if memory serves that's part of Orions belt, about 900Ly away? You know what... Try it:

RIGEL

In the meantime, I'll see if I can remember the name of the big smegger I'm trying to think of...

Originally posted by FunkynutZ:

Or maybe it's VY Canis Majoris?

About 4500Ly away?

That smegger is HUGE.

Negative on both accounts:

https://imgur.com/xZFNmTl
https://imgur.com/ZMGnHCY

Also, the ED galaxy isn't excatly accurate so VYCM is quite a bit closer than its supposed to be. With that said, this approach might work around the bubble, but if I'm out on the Sagittarius Arm and trying to do the same thing, there aren't going to be major POI's to try and select from. The more I try this, the more it feels like its not something that really works all that well.

[Excessive Paranoia]

Originally posted by Turd Ferguson:

Originally posted by FunkynutZ:

See the big red nebula? That means you're looking out towards witchead etc... The bright stars you've circled, could be Betelgeuse which is about 600-700Ly away, (DERP... it's locked in the image lol)... or it could be... Ern... There's another big star about 2000Ly out in the same direction... Forgot what it's called... Er... little help guys? Well known one... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ huge bright thing... I want to say Rigel, but if memory serves that's part of Orions belt, about 900Ly away? You know what... Try it:

RIGEL

In the meantime, I'll see if I can remember the name of the big smegger I'm trying to think of...

Rigel B is pretty huge. Not Betelgeuse huge but still pretty big.

also it could be that that the "cluster" isn't really a cluster amd the stars are hundreds of LY apart but from your vantage point looks like a cluster.

I'm aware that that might be the case, but it doesn't mean it might not be interesting to try to get there to find out.

[funkynutz]

Thor's Eye or Thor's Helmet? I have a feeling that's not quite the right direction... But check it.

[Excessive Paranoia]

Originally posted by FunkynutZ:

Thor's eye?

Literally in the opposite direction...