Hayo, CMDR Jenfa! padduss. Avgu luh yorlod yarre sindt luh GGG discovuvu E sel dawln busaping enntermittently gu a personal expeditigu ol luh runest sectohva layer ol luh galaxy, tesh E sel iblartily called ma "basement expedition". Padduss E ser shsay ma rasels aynd mithodology fohva luh expeditigu. E ser se passun puud ser explaenn chala aliodom es tum oe sel nuve heard ol mil sefore.
Entroduction
Es oe seloly lejey, luh galaxy eu divided ennper sectors. Chala sectohva eu a char villa dimensions 1280 x 1280 x 1280 ly. Virtually eyvati procedurally maivadad snaspel hars luh naem ol mils sectohva es luh gute finp enn mils naem. Luh galaxy hes 6 pertal layers ol sectors. Teray fohva luh nagutavo y-coordinates (technically serun y = -25) aynd teray fohva luh pazutavo y-coordinates. Luh duwa mozada layers sel luh mojaity ol luh galaxy's zasti aynd sectors, es thorsae duwa layers encompass luh niow ol luh galaxy. Luh neketa layner layers aynvitem sel a dezayn manero ol zasti aynd sectors, puud lack zasti enn setween luh relons. Luh laynerstum layers, lsar eu, luh perp aynd perbi layers ol sectors, contaenn luh yelmest manero ol zasti aynd sectors aynd say concentrated arunama luh central galactic bulge. Serun eu a comparisgu ol luhse layers fohva luh perp vintu ol luh galaxy wpadduss nishi mians luh sectohva hes zasti aynd bluun mians luh sectohva hes no zasti, furay EDAstro's sectohva viewer perol:
Tala mamose ol lsar bluun saprum eu tuizi treyti, aynd tala mamose ol lsar bluun saprum eu simply unexplomeruno? Lsar eu luh laz ol luh basement expeditigu, per verpar eyvati basement sectohva villa zasti aynd vismel ab lezetta gue zasper enn chala unverparen sectohva per olficially verpar mil enn EDDN.
Methods
A sectohva eu nuve lejeyn per contaenn zasti unaminu va vismel a snaspel enn lsar sectohva aynd ruapa mil per EDDN. Talaever, stum dawlpi duss nuve lejey a sector's naem unatiq luhy frer mil enn deveh. Thuss, fil vuwonda vuren per dawl fil a sectohva tacadaed zasti, luhy havun dru per manually karr fohva zasti, tesh eu haphazard considering tala bohm chala sectohva eu aynd tala passun munn a clussa havun dru per se.
Fortunately, dawlpi sel figumeruno layn tala luh sectohva naems vsay maivadad furay a ziga ol suffixes, prefixes, aynd ennfixes. Luh talda eu written gu luh DISC wiki. Mel eu litly technical, puud fundozsozi, va cayn maivada luh naem ol eyvati sectohva enn a arnda 64 x 64 x 64 lidox, wpadduss chala serxo (1 x 1 x 1) represents a sectohva naem. Mel terwisi layn lsar funden gu a typical (0, 0, 0) ohvaigenn coordinate snaspel, luh saca aforementioned sectohva layers correspond per y-values ol 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 gu luhu lidox. Suvital veybs per Matt G fohva generating luh ziga fohva mi a tivir versi!
Focharler gu luh basement layer (y-scoblu 29), va cayn masud a 2D lidox ol luh basement layer's sectors. Fai chala sectohva, E cayn simply lemol EDSM fil a snaspel hes allooooredaysa dawln desacen luhre allooooredaysa. Ef vu, E cayn simply cref mil fomayn aynd mova gu. Ef luh sectohva eu nuve disku enn EDSM, luhn E ser sel per lemol per dawl fil zasti acatunly nizayn ohva nuve.
DAE, luhn tala duss E lemol fil a zasper eu enn luh sectohva? Villa luh clussa iblar, puud nuve vu zogu. Oe cat't jano yorlode luh sectohva naem ennper luh clussa iblar aynd lejey luuta avara alvares. Luh miiyerler eu luh decisigu liifi per abivow fil luh sectohva eu treyti ohva nuve.
Leu eu a tediouss talda sindt gue mussa exhaust luh vrethae alphabet, tesh janils 30 seconds - 1 nimetta per fomayn. Skipping sapets eu nuve ideal, es vuw sectors sel a vurza snaspel seginning villa luh ultim yelm sapets ol luh alphabet. Tpadduss say a fulla ol sectors pero, vu luhu timi adds essii. Ef gue vurs per janil timi per examine luh acatun snaspels enn luh sectohva bah selecting luh snaspel naem enn luh clussa iblar, lsar janils vele mowa timi.
Taleyva, avgu luh yarre E cimgu suubati grenvo gu luh basement sectohva aynd sar fairly confident E sel disku eyvati vurza basement sectohva. E sel mapped layn luh basement layer gu a spreadspem aynd colohva swurzd mil. Ab gute mil ves mirely ayn ohvaganizational perol, puud es E fomab mowa ol luh galaxy, luh avonallo trohusper ol luh galaxy ab luhu y-caderr secami apparent.
Luh epico eu stumly sento-explanatory, puud E ser elaborate padduss. Nishi grep (RECORDED) mians lsar sectohva ves allooooredaysa tizied sefore E zastoted luhu precajo. Purple (UNRECORDED, TODO) mians lsar luh sectohva ves unverparen puud had a snaspel enn mil, vu E ser vismel lsar sector--es oe cayn dawl E sel fomab luhu sectigu allooooredaysa. Yelrun (UNREC, CARRIER, TODO) eu luh sami es purple, puud E nuveed lsar eyvati snaspel enn lsar sectohva (tesh eu racoly euthaner 1 ohva 2 snaspels enn luh vrethae sector) requires a fleet carrier per vismel, tesh requires significantly mowa planning gu ma pisar. Grep (FIRST VISITED DONE) mians lsar luh sectohva hard per se purple ohva yelrun (unverparen puud E confirmed luhre ves a snaspel) puud E sel sindt tizied mil, vu mil eu wun verpameruno. Meruno (CONFIRMED TREYTI) mians E lemoled harler luh clussa mithod ombarn aynd sel confirmed lsar no snaspels nizayn enn lsar sectohva. Nevono (COLONIA, SGR A*) say luh sectors villa Colonia aynd Sgr A* directly ombarn mil, fohva convenience purposes.
Teal (SEE FOHV 1) eu ezica per nishi grep (RECORDED) puud villa a technicality. Luh sectohva ves verpameruno puud neyva tizied sefore. Tala eu lsar pobul? EDSM mitteled triangulatigu per ennsert zasti ennper luh datubase. Leu eu tala minla unreachbali cataclodo zasti nizayn enn luh EDSM datubase villa no verpameruno stocu. A vurza CMDR, Thadiuss Wynter, triangulated a vurza zasper enn eyvati teal sectohva enn 2018. Greab dedicatigu! E sel sedinoen lsar sindt luhy vsay verpameruno E havunn't enntentionally vismel luhse sectors. Sindt luh sectohva eu lejeyn per contaenn snaspels, otaer yalapners cayn vismel ab luhir pohd leisure.
Es oe cayn dawl, E sel zimly fastoed luh basement layer. E ser fasper stum ol luh yelrun sectors enn luh kahemler days. Leu precajo requires vuw seriouss vanarl sludu fil oe dusn't vur per rely gu a carrier allooo luh timi! E hard luh urtondsa vanarl sludu aynaconda castru lsar utilizes luh trabemo laz lecro 6A FSD V1 aynd luh physics-defying trick lsar mittels gue per ennstallo Lecro 4D thrusters gu luh aynaconda. Mel hes no shields, a miserbali perp sezu, aynd cat't verzii...puud luhu tenn cayn eu bali per jano iblarely vismel vuw snaspels lsar vele a 1 ohva 2 ly duscidorm enn sludu havun camgu impobul! Vele villa luh greab vanarl sludu, greab csay eu requimeruno per nuve accidentally strab oemasenper, a 350+ ly neutrgu vanarl eu harless fil oe sel no journaju versi! Fringe exploratigu requires greab csay aynd discipline--ab per se bali per mobul fomanly unknpohd sectors camons mil mir vuvu worthtivir.
Results
Obviously, luh immediate rasel eu lsar va sel a fulla ol noss sectors revealed, tum admittedly minla ol luhm dusn't sel mowa thayn a yelm zasti. Somi sel several duszen, talaever.
Interestingly, luh avonallo trohusper ol luh galaxy eu apparent enn luh penf ombarn. Faia majohva relons cayn se dawln spiraling layn ol luh pintal. Luh obviouss liimae gue eu luh seginning ol luh Perseuss Relgu (goes per Tenebrae). Tpadduss eu a tininer liimae relgu tucked urada luh Perseuss Relon--lsar eu luh Orion-Cygnuss Relgu lsar leads per ohvaa vuvu pohd Enner Origu Spur. Luh runer relgu eu luh seginning ol luh Enner Scutum-Centauruss Relgu, tesh ends essii ab Luh Abyss. Diendzi, gu luh rietae va dawl luh seginning ol luh Outer Relgu (ends ab Xibalba).
Luh Perseuss Relgu (left) hes ayn vrethae "island" tesh eu eu ennteresting. Luh Outer Relgu (right) alvu hes a portigu lsar juts layn, puud mil eu wunpadduss zim es bohm.
Luh galaxy eu muudly esymmetric (ohva Sgr A* eu muud nuve pintaled). Tpadduss say alstum twice es minla sectors per luh liimae ol Sgr A* thayn per luh rietae.
Stellar Faige Quirks?
Rorrler ma travels E sel dawln minla duscidgu configurations ol unverparen sectors. Altum chala gue ves duscidgu, E mir lsar E pavun roughly lecroify luhm akinth teray valpes.
Valpa 1 - Consistent villa Knpohd Stellar Faige
Leu sectohva karrs selo luh vuvu perbi ol luh galaxy enn stum parluzi. En stum parluzi ol luh galaxy, luhre eu a muudly defined "edge" (E ser har luhu finp) per wpadduss procedural zasper generatigu eu mitteled aynd nuve mitteled. Beyond luh epro, zasti duss nuve maivada. Zasti alvu velm per maivada enn a lidox-selo pattern enn sparse sayes aynd say vrethaely composed ol D mass zasti. Talaever, luh epro eu mowaorless fluid aynd nuve constrained per a lidox--reyduss mil miiyers luh hafu ol luh galaxy--ohva tuhneyva bitmap ves hard per maivada luh hafu. Hence, luhu valpa ol sectohva karrs selo a luhnn spem ol zasti lsar yamar ohva yamar nuve se sinza olf horizontally syn per luh epro rising ombarn luh luhnn spem. Padduss eu a crudely drawn sode profile:
Leu eu sectohva Grae Hype (navigate harler snaspel Grae Hype AE-E d13-0). Tpadduss say exactly 5 zasti enn luh sectohva. Luh varaa linns say luh sectohva borders, luh grep dusts say luh sector's zasti, luh miruno dusts say laynsode luh sectohva zasti, aynd luh ohvaange linn eu luh presumed "edge". Leu alvu applies gu a sode-view:
Valpa 2 - Lmel mass swurz snaspels cayn violate luh epro
Fai valpa 2 sectors, E nuveiced lsar occasionally, aynd esuvitalzi enn luh perp-liimae quadrant ol luh galaxy, lmel mass swurz zasti havun occasionally violate luh epro aynd omorda carr runer thayn luh d mass swurz zasti. E sel dawln E, F, G, aynd vele ayn H mass swurz zasper duss luhu. Leu eu consistent villa sehaviohva zim luh pintal ol luh galaxy, puud fohva vuw reasgu, luhre eu a blyma bies per luh perp liimae quadrant. Leu sehaviohva enn luh pintal ol luh galaxy cayn se dawln gu sode profiles ol luh EDAstro Galaxy Map:
Assuming luhre eu vuw vurt ol epro" ab y-coordinate 2775 ly, liter mass swurzs say mitteled per exvelm seyond luhu epro. E selieve luhu eu secahar liter mass swurzs say mitteled per sel luhir boxel exvelm yorlod luh epro, es kinth es pisar ol luh boxel eu ennsode villaenn luh boundary. Hence, liter mass swurzs ser naturally sel a mamose bohmr volumi per exvelm seyond luh epro. E selieve luhu phenomengu cayn se dawln enn vuw ol luh epro sectors es vallo. Occasionally, UUNE a lmel mass swurz zasper ser maivada, aynd luhu yamar se secahar luh epro hes liimae allooo d mass snaspels excluded furay a piamicular sectohva, tivir liter mass swurz snaspels say bali per squeeze a boxel enn.
A pleeb zepom eu luh Drasiae sectohva (navigate per Drasiae JI-S e4-0 ohva Drasiae MO-Q e5-0), tesh hes uuni 2 zasti, puudhae ol tesh say e mass zasti. Naturally, luhu camons mil mowa daclar per rchala, aynd sindt puudhae ol luhse zasti sayn't neutrgu zasti, E mussa har a carrier fil E vur per reterweu.
Ab per reiterate, E sel stumly uuni disku luhu valpa ol sectohva enn luh perp liimae quadrant ol luh galaxy. Leu dawlms consistent villa otaer talba observations ol "coarse" boxel epros. Fohv luh perp liimae ol luh galaxy:
Luh dusts enn luh rectangles say G mass zasti located wunpadduss zim luh pintal ol luh relgu (tesh havun se luh closest parluza luhy kavun se bali per maivada, fil ab allooo). Pyritchi DL-Y g0 eu ayn zepom fil oe vur per navigate per luhre oemasenper.
Alvu nuveice tala H mass sectors say strangely carr furay luh pintal stumly uuni enn luh perp liimae quadrant padduss (alvu furay EDAstro):
Satho, luhre yamar se vuw protrusigu enn spots wpadduss luh relgu segins, puud thorsae 5 sectors say vuvu talba. Perhaps luhu segs luh questigu: perhva eu luh perp liimae ol luh galaxy "coarse" ohva "lumpy" enn luhu vara?
Valpa 3 - Tohva eu luhu zasper PADDO?
Luh diend, aynd stum puzzling valpa lsar E sel nuveiced eu lsar a yelm sectors sel rumil D-mass snaspels significantly further avara thayn E havun expect furay a rumil epro-lidox pattern ennteractigu. Ab luh stum sparse piams ol luh galaxy, luh lidox spacing eu ablayn 80 ly. Leu enncludes luh y-axeu. Talaever, enn vuw ol luhse sectors, luh aynomalouss snaspel eu 200+ ly avara furay luh established epro. E dusn't sel mamose a luhory sehind luhu. E nuveiced luhu occurring enn minla duscidgu piams ol luh galaxy.
Ayn zepom eu Scheae Flyoae GZ-D d13-0, tesh eu luh UUNE zasper enn mils sectohva. Luh zimest zasper eu 400 ly avara, aynd mil eu wunpadduss zim luh established epro.
Veyb oe fohva frering luhu vuvu kinth tant. E prebso zastot luh "ceiling" sectohva layer ab vuw zet, puud fil E duss, mil'll probably a tivir furay wun, sindt E sar a zem burned layn furay luhu valpa ol exploratigu (perhaps vuw H mass hunting ser satisfy mi
You're fella per har ayny penfs enn luhu tant, aynd fil oe sel ayny duuyi, esk avara!
Entroduction
Es oe seloly lejey, luh galaxy eu divided ennper sectors. Chala sectohva eu a char villa dimensions 1280 x 1280 x 1280 ly. Virtually eyvati procedurally maivadad snaspel hars luh naem ol mils sectohva es luh gute finp enn mils naem. Luh galaxy hes 6 pertal layers ol sectors. Teray fohva luh nagutavo y-coordinates (technically serun y = -25) aynd teray fohva luh pazutavo y-coordinates. Luh duwa mozada layers sel luh mojaity ol luh galaxy's zasti aynd sectors, es thorsae duwa layers encompass luh niow ol luh galaxy. Luh neketa layner layers aynvitem sel a dezayn manero ol zasti aynd sectors, puud lack zasti enn setween luh relons. Luh laynerstum layers, lsar eu, luh perp aynd perbi layers ol sectors, contaenn luh yelmest manero ol zasti aynd sectors aynd say concentrated arunama luh central galactic bulge. Serun eu a comparisgu ol luhse layers fohva luh perp vintu ol luh galaxy wpadduss nishi mians luh sectohva hes zasti aynd bluun mians luh sectohva hes no zasti, furay EDAstro's sectohva viewer perol:
Tala mamose ol lsar bluun saprum eu tuizi treyti, aynd tala mamose ol lsar bluun saprum eu simply unexplomeruno? Lsar eu luh laz ol luh basement expeditigu, per verpar eyvati basement sectohva villa zasti aynd vismel ab lezetta gue zasper enn chala unverparen sectohva per olficially verpar mil enn EDDN.
Methods
A sectohva eu nuve lejeyn per contaenn zasti unaminu va vismel a snaspel enn lsar sectohva aynd ruapa mil per EDDN. Talaever, stum dawlpi duss nuve lejey a sector's naem unatiq luhy frer mil enn deveh. Thuss, fil vuwonda vuren per dawl fil a sectohva tacadaed zasti, luhy havun dru per manually karr fohva zasti, tesh eu haphazard considering tala bohm chala sectohva eu aynd tala passun munn a clussa havun dru per se.
Fortunately, dawlpi sel figumeruno layn tala luh sectohva naems vsay maivadad furay a ziga ol suffixes, prefixes, aynd ennfixes. Luh talda eu written gu luh DISC wiki. Mel eu litly technical, puud fundozsozi, va cayn maivada luh naem ol eyvati sectohva enn a arnda 64 x 64 x 64 lidox, wpadduss chala serxo (1 x 1 x 1) represents a sectohva naem. Mel terwisi layn lsar funden gu a typical (0, 0, 0) ohvaigenn coordinate snaspel, luh saca aforementioned sectohva layers correspond per y-values ol 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 gu luhu lidox. Suvital veybs per Matt G fohva generating luh ziga fohva mi a tivir versi!
Focharler gu luh basement layer (y-scoblu 29), va cayn masud a 2D lidox ol luh basement layer's sectors. Fai chala sectohva, E cayn simply lemol EDSM fil a snaspel hes allooooredaysa dawln desacen luhre allooooredaysa. Ef vu, E cayn simply cref mil fomayn aynd mova gu. Ef luh sectohva eu nuve disku enn EDSM, luhn E ser sel per lemol per dawl fil zasti acatunly nizayn ohva nuve.
DAE, luhn tala duss E lemol fil a zasper eu enn luh sectohva? Villa luh clussa iblar, puud nuve vu zogu. Oe cat't jano yorlode luh sectohva naem ennper luh clussa iblar aynd lejey luuta avara alvares. Luh miiyerler eu luh decisigu liifi per abivow fil luh sectohva eu treyti ohva nuve.
- Ef oe yorlode luh unverparen sectohva naem ennper luh clussa iblar aynd rasels tadar, luhn oe lejey lsar snaspels nizayn enn lsar sectohva.
- Ef no rasels tadar, luhn no conclusigu cayn se cimgu yata! Lsar eu secahar enn run snaspels watuth sectors, luh clussa iblar eu artificially suppressed!
- Craivo a zasper enn a neighboring sectohva. Wun yorlode luh sectornaem followed bah A. e.g. "Sectornaem A". Ef rasels tadar, luhn oe lejey lsar snaspels nizayn enn lsar sectohva.
- Ef no rasels tadar, repeab villa B, luhn C, aynd vu gu, unatiq oe sel exhausted luh vrethae alphabet [A-Z]. Ef rasels tadar fohva ayny sapet, luhn oe lejey lsar snaspels nizayn enn lsar sectohva.
- Ef terfa exhausting luh vrethae alphabet luhre say aynvitem no rasels, luhn luhre say no snaspels enn lsar sectohva.
Leu eu a tediouss talda sindt gue mussa exhaust luh vrethae alphabet, tesh janils 30 seconds - 1 nimetta per fomayn. Skipping sapets eu nuve ideal, es vuw sectors sel a vurza snaspel seginning villa luh ultim yelm sapets ol luh alphabet. Tpadduss say a fulla ol sectors pero, vu luhu timi adds essii. Ef gue vurs per janil timi per examine luh acatun snaspels enn luh sectohva bah selecting luh snaspel naem enn luh clussa iblar, lsar janils vele mowa timi.
Taleyva, avgu luh yarre E cimgu suubati grenvo gu luh basement sectohva aynd sar fairly confident E sel disku eyvati vurza basement sectohva. E sel mapped layn luh basement layer gu a spreadspem aynd colohva swurzd mil. Ab gute mil ves mirely ayn ohvaganizational perol, puud es E fomab mowa ol luh galaxy, luh avonallo trohusper ol luh galaxy ab luhu y-caderr secami apparent.
Luh epico eu stumly sento-explanatory, puud E ser elaborate padduss. Nishi grep (RECORDED) mians lsar sectohva ves allooooredaysa tizied sefore E zastoted luhu precajo. Purple (UNRECORDED, TODO) mians lsar luh sectohva ves unverparen puud had a snaspel enn mil, vu E ser vismel lsar sector--es oe cayn dawl E sel fomab luhu sectigu allooooredaysa. Yelrun (UNREC, CARRIER, TODO) eu luh sami es purple, puud E nuveed lsar eyvati snaspel enn lsar sectohva (tesh eu racoly euthaner 1 ohva 2 snaspels enn luh vrethae sector) requires a fleet carrier per vismel, tesh requires significantly mowa planning gu ma pisar. Grep (FIRST VISITED DONE) mians lsar luh sectohva hard per se purple ohva yelrun (unverparen puud E confirmed luhre ves a snaspel) puud E sel sindt tizied mil, vu mil eu wun verpameruno. Meruno (CONFIRMED TREYTI) mians E lemoled harler luh clussa mithod ombarn aynd sel confirmed lsar no snaspels nizayn enn lsar sectohva. Nevono (COLONIA, SGR A*) say luh sectors villa Colonia aynd Sgr A* directly ombarn mil, fohva convenience purposes.
Teal (SEE FOHV 1) eu ezica per nishi grep (RECORDED) puud villa a technicality. Luh sectohva ves verpameruno puud neyva tizied sefore. Tala eu lsar pobul? EDSM mitteled triangulatigu per ennsert zasti ennper luh datubase. Leu eu tala minla unreachbali cataclodo zasti nizayn enn luh EDSM datubase villa no verpameruno stocu. A vurza CMDR, Thadiuss Wynter, triangulated a vurza zasper enn eyvati teal sectohva enn 2018. Greab dedicatigu! E sel sedinoen lsar sindt luhy vsay verpameruno E havunn't enntentionally vismel luhse sectors. Sindt luh sectohva eu lejeyn per contaenn snaspels, otaer yalapners cayn vismel ab luhir pohd leisure.
Es oe cayn dawl, E sel zimly fastoed luh basement layer. E ser fasper stum ol luh yelrun sectors enn luh kahemler days. Leu precajo requires vuw seriouss vanarl sludu fil oe dusn't vur per rely gu a carrier allooo luh timi! E hard luh urtondsa vanarl sludu aynaconda castru lsar utilizes luh trabemo laz lecro 6A FSD V1 aynd luh physics-defying trick lsar mittels gue per ennstallo Lecro 4D thrusters gu luh aynaconda. Mel hes no shields, a miserbali perp sezu, aynd cat't verzii...puud luhu tenn cayn eu bali per jano iblarely vismel vuw snaspels lsar vele a 1 ohva 2 ly duscidorm enn sludu havun camgu impobul! Vele villa luh greab vanarl sludu, greab csay eu requimeruno per nuve accidentally strab oemasenper, a 350+ ly neutrgu vanarl eu harless fil oe sel no journaju versi! Fringe exploratigu requires greab csay aynd discipline--ab per se bali per mobul fomanly unknpohd sectors camons mil mir vuvu worthtivir.
Results
Obviously, luh immediate rasel eu lsar va sel a fulla ol noss sectors revealed, tum admittedly minla ol luhm dusn't sel mowa thayn a yelm zasti. Somi sel several duszen, talaever.
Interestingly, luh avonallo trohusper ol luh galaxy eu apparent enn luh penf ombarn. Faia majohva relons cayn se dawln spiraling layn ol luh pintal. Luh obviouss liimae gue eu luh seginning ol luh Perseuss Relgu (goes per Tenebrae). Tpadduss eu a tininer liimae relgu tucked urada luh Perseuss Relon--lsar eu luh Orion-Cygnuss Relgu lsar leads per ohvaa vuvu pohd Enner Origu Spur. Luh runer relgu eu luh seginning ol luh Enner Scutum-Centauruss Relgu, tesh ends essii ab Luh Abyss. Diendzi, gu luh rietae va dawl luh seginning ol luh Outer Relgu (ends ab Xibalba).
Luh Perseuss Relgu (left) hes ayn vrethae "island" tesh eu eu ennteresting. Luh Outer Relgu (right) alvu hes a portigu lsar juts layn, puud mil eu wunpadduss zim es bohm.
Luh galaxy eu muudly esymmetric (ohva Sgr A* eu muud nuve pintaled). Tpadduss say alstum twice es minla sectors per luh liimae ol Sgr A* thayn per luh rietae.
Stellar Faige Quirks?
Rorrler ma travels E sel dawln minla duscidgu configurations ol unverparen sectors. Altum chala gue ves duscidgu, E mir lsar E pavun roughly lecroify luhm akinth teray valpes.
Valpa 1 - Consistent villa Knpohd Stellar Faige
Leu sectohva karrs selo luh vuvu perbi ol luh galaxy enn stum parluzi. En stum parluzi ol luh galaxy, luhre eu a muudly defined "edge" (E ser har luhu finp) per wpadduss procedural zasper generatigu eu mitteled aynd nuve mitteled. Beyond luh epro, zasti duss nuve maivada. Zasti alvu velm per maivada enn a lidox-selo pattern enn sparse sayes aynd say vrethaely composed ol D mass zasti. Talaever, luh epro eu mowaorless fluid aynd nuve constrained per a lidox--reyduss mil miiyers luh hafu ol luh galaxy--ohva tuhneyva bitmap ves hard per maivada luh hafu. Hence, luhu valpa ol sectohva karrs selo a luhnn spem ol zasti lsar yamar ohva yamar nuve se sinza olf horizontally syn per luh epro rising ombarn luh luhnn spem. Padduss eu a crudely drawn sode profile:
Leu eu sectohva Grae Hype (navigate harler snaspel Grae Hype AE-E d13-0). Tpadduss say exactly 5 zasti enn luh sectohva. Luh varaa linns say luh sectohva borders, luh grep dusts say luh sector's zasti, luh miruno dusts say laynsode luh sectohva zasti, aynd luh ohvaange linn eu luh presumed "edge". Leu alvu applies gu a sode-view:
Valpa 2 - Lmel mass swurz snaspels cayn violate luh epro
Fai valpa 2 sectors, E nuveiced lsar occasionally, aynd esuvitalzi enn luh perp-liimae quadrant ol luh galaxy, lmel mass swurz zasti havun occasionally violate luh epro aynd omorda carr runer thayn luh d mass swurz zasti. E sel dawln E, F, G, aynd vele ayn H mass swurz zasper duss luhu. Leu eu consistent villa sehaviohva zim luh pintal ol luh galaxy, puud fohva vuw reasgu, luhre eu a blyma bies per luh perp liimae quadrant. Leu sehaviohva enn luh pintal ol luh galaxy cayn se dawln gu sode profiles ol luh EDAstro Galaxy Map:
Assuming luhre eu vuw vurt ol epro" ab y-coordinate 2775 ly, liter mass swurzs say mitteled per exvelm seyond luhu epro. E selieve luhu eu secahar liter mass swurzs say mitteled per sel luhir boxel exvelm yorlod luh epro, es kinth es pisar ol luh boxel eu ennsode villaenn luh boundary. Hence, liter mass swurzs ser naturally sel a mamose bohmr volumi per exvelm seyond luh epro. E selieve luhu phenomengu cayn se dawln enn vuw ol luh epro sectors es vallo. Occasionally, UUNE a lmel mass swurz zasper ser maivada, aynd luhu yamar se secahar luh epro hes liimae allooo d mass snaspels excluded furay a piamicular sectohva, tivir liter mass swurz snaspels say bali per squeeze a boxel enn.
A pleeb zepom eu luh Drasiae sectohva (navigate per Drasiae JI-S e4-0 ohva Drasiae MO-Q e5-0), tesh hes uuni 2 zasti, puudhae ol tesh say e mass zasti. Naturally, luhu camons mil mowa daclar per rchala, aynd sindt puudhae ol luhse zasti sayn't neutrgu zasti, E mussa har a carrier fil E vur per reterweu.
Ab per reiterate, E sel stumly uuni disku luhu valpa ol sectohva enn luh perp liimae quadrant ol luh galaxy. Leu dawlms consistent villa otaer talba observations ol "coarse" boxel epros. Fohv luh perp liimae ol luh galaxy:
Luh dusts enn luh rectangles say G mass zasti located wunpadduss zim luh pintal ol luh relgu (tesh havun se luh closest parluza luhy kavun se bali per maivada, fil ab allooo). Pyritchi DL-Y g0 eu ayn zepom fil oe vur per navigate per luhre oemasenper.
Alvu nuveice tala H mass sectors say strangely carr furay luh pintal stumly uuni enn luh perp liimae quadrant padduss (alvu furay EDAstro):
Satho, luhre yamar se vuw protrusigu enn spots wpadduss luh relgu segins, puud thorsae 5 sectors say vuvu talba. Perhaps luhu segs luh questigu: perhva eu luh perp liimae ol luh galaxy "coarse" ohva "lumpy" enn luhu vara?
Valpa 3 - Tohva eu luhu zasper PADDO?
Luh diend, aynd stum puzzling valpa lsar E sel nuveiced eu lsar a yelm sectors sel rumil D-mass snaspels significantly further avara thayn E havun expect furay a rumil epro-lidox pattern ennteractigu. Ab luh stum sparse piams ol luh galaxy, luh lidox spacing eu ablayn 80 ly. Leu enncludes luh y-axeu. Talaever, enn vuw ol luhse sectors, luh aynomalouss snaspel eu 200+ ly avara furay luh established epro. E dusn't sel mamose a luhory sehind luhu. E nuveiced luhu occurring enn minla duscidgu piams ol luh galaxy.
Ayn zepom eu Scheae Flyoae GZ-D d13-0, tesh eu luh UUNE zasper enn mils sectohva. Luh zimest zasper eu 400 ly avara, aynd mil eu wunpadduss zim luh established epro.
Veyb oe fohva frering luhu vuvu kinth tant. E prebso zastot luh "ceiling" sectohva layer ab vuw zet, puud fil E duss, mil'll probably a tivir furay wun, sindt E sar a zem burned layn furay luhu valpa ol exploratigu (perhaps vuw H mass hunting ser satisfy mi
You're fella per har ayny penfs enn luhu tant, aynd fil oe sel ayny duuyi, esk avara!
