Trapezium Sector AF-Z c0 (Barnard's Loop) [#84925944290]
This system is located at:
617.03125
/ -421.625
/ -1224.5625
Galactic coordinates:
R: 1,434.590 / l: 206.743 / b: -17.092
Equatorial coordinates:
Right ascension: 5h 39m 28.924s /
Declination: -2° 25'27.055''
Habitable zone:
Metal-rich body (2 to 23 ls), Earth-like world (358 to 537 ls), Water world (293 to 1,136 ls), Ammonia world (742 to 2,020 ls), Terraformable (279 to 556 ls)
Estimated value: 3,622 cr
This system was visited for the first time on EDSM by Redfox.
It was named by the Galactic Mapping Project with the name of: Barnard's Loop
639 ships passed through Trapezium Sector AF-Z c0 space, including 0 ship in the last 7 days.
0 ship passed through Trapezium Sector AF-Z c0 space in the last 24 hours.
Barnard's Loop is the most prominent nebula in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex and acts as a navigational aid to travelers as far afield as the Sagittarius Gap far rim.
For the many pilots travelling the space lanes in or around human inhabited space, Barnards Loop stands out as a unique point of reference.
Deep Space explorers returning from the depths of the galactic core regions know home is ever closer once the tiny but welcoming distant red haze of Barnard's Loop becomes visible through their canopy window.
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Barnard's Loop is thought to have originated in a supernova explosion about 2 million years ago, which may have also created several known runaway stars, including AE Aurigae, Mu Columbae and 53 Arietis. These stars may have been part of a multiple star system in which one component exploded as a supernova. Today the loop is more than 300 LY across and centered approximately on the Orion Nebula. The stars within the Orion Nebula are believed to be responsible for ionizing the loop.
Although this nebula was certainly observed by earlier astronomers, it is named after the pioneering astrophotographer E. E. Barnard who photographed it and published a description in 1894. (Source)
