GCRV 715 (Blue Planetary Nebula) [#91436160114]
This system is located at:
4527.25
/ 409.6875
/ 2082.28125
Galactic coordinates:
R: 4,999.973 / l: 294.700 / b: 4.700
Equatorial coordinates:
Right ascension: 11h 50m 21.364s /
Declination: -57° 11'32.179''
Habitable zone:
Metal-rich body (16 to 138,198 ls), Earth-like world (2,175,516 to 3,262,873 ls), Water world (1,783,919 to 6,908,800 ls), Ammonia world (4,513,747 to 12,282,311 ls), Terraformable (1,694,458 to 3,380,976 ls)
Estimated value: 1,211 cr
This system was visited for the first time on EDSM by Bosko.
It was named by the Galactic Mapping Project with the name of: Blue Planetary Nebula
231 ships passed through GCRV 715 space, including 0 ship in the last 7 days.
0 ship passed through GCRV 715 space in the last 24 hours.
Also known as NGC 3918, the Blue Planetary Nebula was observed on old Earth by famous astronomer John Herschel. The nebula is the product of a Wolf-Rayet class star which is rapidly blowing away its' outer layers. The WR-class star now has only 60% of the mass of Sol, but 6.9 times the radius. Due to the fusion of heavy elements this body has a surface temperature over 145,000 K and emits tremendous amounts of ultraviolet light. It is the excitement of the gas by the ultraviolet radiation which causes the nebula to shine (source).
