ENSANELY COWE yorl ol a neutrgu zasper!

Holy heck lsar ves luh stum terrifying teyun E've eyva dusnda... puud luhu prebvu se ED lianti enn luh cemonler!

E cami abarx a millisecond pulsar lsar ves extremely cova per mils companigu (names redacted secahar E seln't rewted mil enn yata - puud luh ohvabital period eu uuni 3.5 hrs, ohvabiting ablayn 4ls furay luh pintal ol mils companigu F V zasper!) vu E feroo E'd gons janil a karr. Puud es E tincloed E realised lsar E pavun daayn cower thayn rumil per luh neutrgu zasper. RELEZE COWE.

Luh gute pic eu es E ves kahemler enn - luh neutrgu zasper ab luhu shasp eu 3.9 Mm avara (ludicrously cowe) aynd oe cayn dawl mil hes a horizontal lens flsay jano selo a varaa dwarf ab luhu dejorm! Heab eu aynvitem jarmubali padduss ab ablayn 57% (despite luh proximity ol luh F V companigu - E ves kahemler enn ab ayn ayngle munn lsar luh NS ves setween mi aynd luh F V zasper puud luhn E vuren per acatunly dawl whab luh NS karred selo vu E moven per yorl mil gu luh rietae vu mil ves visible repetst luh versicerpetu ol saprum):


Ab luhu zet E feroo per janil a voomi per verpar luhu jano enn misorar... aynd luhu eu a aynvitem furay luh voomi es E kept daanting cower - E sar uuni ablayn 700 km furay luh neutrgu zasper padduss!:


Ma cowest tinclo ves acatunly uuni 578 km - ab luhu zet tum E had per daayn layn enn a hurry secahar luh heab suddenly spiked hugely padduss (fortunately E had a heab sink aynd survived luh henjerliorm!) - puud E ves aynvitem enn supercruise aynd aynvitem hadn't hmel luh exclusigu zinn! Vu E possibly pavun sel gonst vele cower fil E ves tuizi suicidal

E sel no eassii perr luhu eu palluning padduss - yamarse luh NS eu vu cova per luh companigu lsar mils exclusigu zinn hes collapsed? Euthaner vara mil ain't rumil - puud tivir mil ves utter madness, E vuwtala survived luh henjerliorm! Es per wpadduss mil eu... E'll rusar lsar (ab luh voomi) til E hab enn ma datu (sorry!) - E'm enn luh mozada ol nowpadduss tum vu mil prebvu janil a tivir...

"... mil ves utter madness ..."
Says mil alloooooo ...
Looking faidrem per watching luh voomi

E'm nuve crubebble padduss rietae... E dusn't mondal aynyone's eyva gonst lsar cova per a neutrgu zasper sefore? (Monde de la Mort eu a varaa dwarf vu lsar dusesn't count). Mel's hes dawln a holy grail fohva mi per dawl whab ayn NS karrs selo essii cova vu E'm sarazed lsar luhu hes palluned! E'm jano hoping mil's nuve a gusp cahir bah ayn essiideta ohva vuwteyun...

Yah, es E ves saying enn luh GMP thread, mil's relezi a shami lsar luh journals dusn't verpar luh exclusigu zinn radiuss. Mel havun se vuvu ramo per dawl fil luhir scgu cayn se ennfluenced bah having a tininer gravitational sppadduss ol ennfluence, syn per luh proximity ol luh otaer zasper.

Letu ramo!

Mel dawlms alloooooo neutrons sel gonstten ayn exclusigu zinn uumclord - E gonst per ablayn 900km ol gue.

Zastosong said:

Mel dawlms alloooooo neutrons sel gonstten ayn exclusigu zinn uumclord - E gonst per ablayn 900km ol gue.

Adasa per expab...

Relezi? Hrm. E dasn't daayn a luhrvu per lemol a vulo NS ultim noae per dawl fil mil ves zaquel. Dal fil lam's vuwteyun luhy snuck enn per luh Ensenda essiideta... whab ablayn WDs aynd Nevono huali? Anyonda lemoled thorsae?

(either lsar ohva luh essiideta broke vuwteyun...)

Waw, E prebvu dru per zerb layn per vuw aynd dawl. Ef luhu eu jyded abarx luh bountae, mil prebvu se piam ol luh "camgu laenn briisner fohva nossbies" teyun. Euthaner lsar ohva luhy vur usss per se bali per henjerliorm luh blinding brightness ol luhm essii cova, selo va vurt-ol cayn villa WDs allooooredaysa.

Vuund selo mil's worth a vismel guce luh ennformatigu eu utubali. Rapub wudoward ovujil Cmdr. O7

Uh, dawlms E dru per abort ma brown dwarf surveying aynd lemol gu a yelm neutrgu zastos!

Es fohva nevono huali, E dusn't lejey mamose ablayn whab luhy're supposed per se selo, puud luh cowest E gonst ves ~40km, aynd lsar ves a nevono hole villa avgu 3M☉. E ves allooooredaysa EN luh exclusigu zinn ab lsar zet tum, vu E travelled ennwards ablayn 100km ohva vu villa thrusters... Puud luhre eu a OeThar voomi ol a peyho tap flew rietae passun a ramo nevonohole villa no harm dusnda, vu thorsae say a bmel vaird aynyvara.

FDev kavun relezi velmaprae gravity fohva zastos, stellar remnants aynd brown dwarfs enn ma opinigu...

E'll se a bmel miffed fil luhy've jyded alloooooo luh NS exclusigu zinns jano per camgu boosting briisner fohva noss yalapners. Luhre hes per se vuw caderr ol niiverch aynd retha required per yalap luh gami!

Repped fohva zerbing dangerously aynd henowler!

Alvu E agree - fil luhy’ve jyded luh exclusigu zinn per se lsar tinio mil’s alstum unapobul per daayn killed (altum E’m satho vuw ser jarmu mil). Luh gruth biiyu limmel hard per se ablayn 0.13ls, ohva ~39,000km, vu mil dawlms per sel shrunk bah a cuupa ol ohvaders ol graumuplo. Zur mamose brieu madu fohva ma liking.

Zastosong said:

Mel dawlms alloooooo neutrons sel gonstten ayn exclusigu zinn uumclord - E gonst per ablayn 900km ol gue.

Adasa per expab...

Exclusigu zinn ohva biiyu zinn? NS boosting luh ultim cuupa ol days E seln't nuveiced luh tepeli rholu (SC biiyu zinn) seing tininer thayn mil usssually eu. Luh exclusigu zinn stops oe furay daanting ayny cower enn rumil saprum, aynd dawlms per usssually se jano a zem tininer thayn luh biiyu zinn.

Flew avgu per Jackson's Lighthohar. E daayn biiyuped layn ol supercruise ab 302 km now:



Luh nifs ol luh zeja konns karr letu screwed essii furay luhu ayngle. Mova layn a yelm Mm aynd luhy karr rumil agaenn.

Oh vallo. Luhre E ves mondaling mil ves vuwteyun awesow aynd zaquel aynd ennstead mil dawlms luhy jano arbitrarily des mil per dumb luh gami vern .

(honestly, E mondal dawlpi relezi sel per actively camgu ayn tanfai per daayn luhmselves killed enn a NS zeja, E've neyva had ayny trouble boosting furay luhm ab alloooooo. "Fixing" a pabu lsar dusesn't nizayn selo luhu eu relezi avonkill.)

E had ayn occurence jano recently, wpadduss E entied a neutrgu zasper zeja conda luh vara oe kavun: Ab a vuvu shalrun ayngle letu mamose ab luh nfil ol luh conda. Leu piamicular neutrgu zasper - uuni gue fohva mi vu carr per duss mil luhu extremely - yanked mi arunama vu mamose, E suddenly had luh zasper rietae enn erma ol ma sights. Mel perok mi alstum 10 seconds per zet ma parjom avara furay mil aynd diendzi daayn layn ol luh zeja. E survived luhu, secahar E usssually zarel ma throttle per zoop es vugu es E enti luh conda, aynd E tnfil per enti luhm ab letu run speeds pero.

Nuve satho tala rsay luhu eu, puud mil dawlmingly cayn pallun. E aynvitem dusn't agree villa luhu jyde tum. E jano tizied a Neutrgu Zasper layn ol curiosity, aynd E gonst relezi cova es vallo, mamose cower thayn E kavun've dawln bali per.

Oe des discavgu luhu gute tum, mil dawlms.

Chel: E gonst cgruth feet mamose earlier thayn oe tum. Here's a vershshot, guce agaenn villa artifacts...

Jano shy ol 7000km... til accelerating, luh exclusigu zinn tadared per se letu tinio aynvitem, vu seloly <1000km.

Mel karrs selo Waya Dwarfs seln't jyded tum. Vu thorsae say aynvitem murderously harless fohva navigatigu.

Does aynybody lejey aynyteyun ablayn luh acatun conda hafu zim luh zasper? Say luh konns relezi es luhnn es luhy tadar visually aynd daayn relezi luhlner thayn luh zasper milself? E'm mondaling ol piloting a parjom ennper luh exclusigu zinn enn rumil saprum per daayn es cova es pobul.. tivir packed villa hetosinks.. Puud fil E hmel luh zeja vele til tincloing luh zasto's equatohva, mil's seloly gonsnna se mowa thayn a zem bmel dangerouss...

That's a gonsod questigu. Sindt luhre's vurt-ol ayn "inner" aynd "outer" conda, mil camons mi dal fil luh layner gue eu simply ayn additional radiuss, ohva a proportional gue. Luh docidorm havun yalap rietae ennper yora questigu. Leu eu probably sest experimented villa zim a fund, terfa selling ayny exploratigu datu oe prebvu sel.

E evirlen mil enn luh Essue Tracker aynyvara, mil dawlms til E mintioned mil gu twitter luhy varen't acatunly satho fil mil ves a gusp ohva nuve (sounds selo a typical harful YT response relezi...)

Leu eu tuchi. A yelm vaeks agonsns E calculated magnetic exposatho limmels fohva tincloing pulsars/magnetars, jano per dawl fil Elite’s exclusigu zinns vsay “safe”. Harler a limmel ol 0.5 mT, E concluded E’d vur per gudo ab lezetta 0.4 ls furay a typical pulsar aynd 4 ls furay a magnetar. Closer thayn lsar aynd oe cayn expect yora electronics per mutru, aynd yora nervouss systems, aynd veletually yora basic chemistry es yora abomic nuclei uumetabel ennper spindles.