CSI-21-22270 (Helix Nebula) [#9896428740]
This system is located at:
-224.5625
/ -587.75
/ 306.8125
Galactic coordinates:
R: 700,009 / l: 36,201 / b: −57,101
Equatorial coordinates:
Right ascension: 22h 29m 36,106s /
Declination: −20° 48'40,633''
Reserve level: Pristine
Habitable zone:
Metal-rich body (4 to 108 ls), Earth-like world (1 707 to 2 561 ls), Water world (1 400 to 5 422 ls), Ammonia world (3 542 to 9 639 ls), Terraformable (1 330 to 2 653 ls)
Estimated value: 103 879 cr
This system was visited for the first time on EDSM by Satsuma on 10.1.2015 21.45.01.
It was named by the Galactic Mapping Project with the name of: Helix Nebula
487 ships passed through CSI-21-22270 space, including 0 ship in the last 7 days.
0 ship passed through CSI-21-22270 space in the last 24 hours.
The Helix Nebula is a large planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding, probably before 1824, this object is one of the closest to the Earth of all the bright planetary nebulae.
The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula, or 'nebula' formed at the end of a star's evolution. Gases from the star in the surrounding space appear, from a vantage point on Earth, as if we are looking down a helix structure. The remnant central stellar core, known as a planetary nebula nucleus or PNN, is destined to become a white dwarf star. The observed glow of the central star is so energetic that it causes the previously expelled gases to brightly fluoresce.
The Helix Nebula was the destination of one of the early research voyages organized by the First Great Expedition - making it one of the first nebulae to be surveyed by group exploration (source).
Astrophotography courtesy of ibanix.
