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*New list* Nebulae that are reachable only with jump mats!



You can use this list to find interesting destinations, or just to help you put a name to the stuff you see in the sky. Just select them on the galmap and then there will be a circle around them in the skybox.





The List of Planetary Nebula thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=141595

The Galactic Mapping Community Project thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=116450

The List of Earth-like planets v2 thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=168287

For all nebulae (and galaxies)

Click the Nebula Name for a link to a real image of the nebula

for a link to a of the nebula Click the Screenshot link for an in-game image





Consider installing an extension/addon that gives you a preview of image links when you hover your mouse over it



Visible from the bubble:



Nebulae (21)



Nebula Sky Charts



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Galaxies





Galaxies in Elite Discussion Thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=202295

Spoiler Irr - irregular galaxy

E# - elliptical galaxy

S# - spiral galaxy

SB# - spiral barred galaxy

dIrr - dwarf irregular galaxy

DIG - dwarf irregular galaxy

NGC - New General Catalogue

IC - Index Catalogue

ESO - European Southern Observatory catalogue

DDO - David Dunlap Observatory

UGC - Uppsala General Catalogue

MCG - Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies

M - Messier object

IRAS - Infrared Astronomical Satellite

KK - ?

ZWG - ?

PCG - Principal Galaxies Catalogue

UGCA - ?

AM - ?

WLM - Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte

Galaxy Sky Charts





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NOT Visible from the bubble:

Reachable Nebulae (110)



Reachable only with increased FSD range (2)











Unreachable Nebulae (8)





Other Nebulae (not found in game as far as I can tell)

This is a growing list of all the(i.e. not procedural) nebulae and galaxies found in game. We have found 141 nebulae and 32 external galaxies as of writing. The first table is the list of all nebulae visible in the sky from the bubble, with several sky charts (taken from Sol) indicating where they are. In the second table, the galaxies are listed, with links to real images, followed by sky charts of their locations in the sky taken from the game. The third table contains all othernebulae, and the last table contains theones. At the end is a list of some real Nebulae that are notably not in game. Distances are given, as well as if there is a central star to jump to for the smaller planetary nebulae. Every nebula has a real image and an in-game screen shot as well.Also, don't forget to check out:for more of the same, but including the procedural stuff too*Only applies to planetary nebulae - emission/reflection/diffuse nebulae generally have many central stars, and dark regions never have a central starAnd here is an amazing picture by CMDR Jovian Hull:Here is a panorama I made of the Milky Way while parked at Sol somewhere in Deep Space (right click and "Open Image in New Tab"):I have found 32 galaxies in total. I have done my best to try to identify them. I think I'm mostly accurate but could be wrong and am open to correction. For the 3 galaxies seen above the Milky Way in the western direction, I really struggled and I've made my best guesses, mainly based on the appearance rather than the position. I think the only galaxies that are at the correct distances on the galaxy map (based on parallax) are the Magellanic Clouds, I think the others are just put at infinite distance, even though some of them are quite a lot closer and should exhibit parallax.I took screenshots from the galaxy map and upped the brightness to make the galaxies more visible but some of them are really hard to see, and you will need to do the same to see them. Some I only found once I upped the brightness!The galaxy names in the table are hyperlinks to real images of them. The entry in the Direction column take you to my sky chart screenshot of the region of the sky they are in, with them labelled. Please add to this if you can!*Taken from Space Engine (not reliable, but probably good estimates)**Almost all distances taken from wikipedia. A few I had to find some papers or astronomy sites to get them from***Taken from Wikipedia - check source there****Physically paired galaxiesMore likely to be correct of the two possibilities (see sky chart)Less likely to be the correct one of the two possibilities (see sky chart)Abbreviations:The first is an example:Here are the charts:*Only applies to planetary nebulae - emission/reflection/diffuse nebulae generally have many central stars, and dark regions never have a central star*Only applies to planetary nebulae - emission/reflection/diffuse nebulae generally have many central stars, and dark regions never have a central star**exact distance subject to confirmation*Only applies to planetary nebulae - emission/reflection/diffuse nebulae generally have many central stars, and dark regions never have a central star