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Revision for The Minions of Morpheus planetary nebula

Previous Revision, by Just Bear Li [2025-06-14 20:20:19]Selected revision, by CMDR Marx [2025-06-14 20:27:42]
DISCOVERER
SKAFRESKAFRE
NAME
The Minions of MorpheusThe Minions of Morpheus planetary nebula
SYSTEMNAME
Blia Aod QE-Q e5-0Blia Aod QE-Q e5-0
CATEGORY
NebulaeNebulae
CATEGORY 2
REGION
Mare SomniaMare Somnia
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
CALLSIGN
SUMMARY
A planetary nebula around a black hole with 78 satellite and companion bodies.A planetary nebula around a black hole with 78 satellite and companion bodies.
DESCRIPTION

In the depths of Mare Somnia, the Sea of Dreams, sleeps Morpheus, forever cloaked in an impenetrable event horizon, enveloped in a luminous blue robe, and attended by an entourage of 78 minions: giants and dwarfs, planets and stars.

This is a planetary nebula surrounding a stellar mass black hole (only 2.9 solar masses) in a region of the galaxy where nebulae are almost absent.

The Black Hole

Notable among Morpheus' acolytes is body AB 3 g, with a valuable mix of exobiology that includes Osseus Pellebantus, Tussock Triticum, and Clypeus Lacrimam, one of four life-bearing bodies in the system.

AB 3 g

50,000 light seconds distant, a class F companion hosts an extensive planetary system that includes a moon C 10 b that is closely and rapidly orbited by a moon of its own, whose pock-marked surface provide fine views of its parent and grandparent planets.

C 10 b and C 10 b a

C 10 and C 10 b from C 10 b a

In all, there are 75 planets in the system, of which 57 are landable.

The system was first discovered in 3302 by Commander Skafre, but then forgotten for 9 years until its recent rediscovery.

In the depths of Mare Somnia, the Sea of Dreams, sleeps Morpheus, forever cloaked in an impenetrable event horizon, enveloped in a luminous blue robe, and attended by an entourage of 78 minions: giants and dwarfs, planets and stars.

This is a planetary nebula surrounding a low stellar mass black hole (only 2.9 solar masses), in a region of the galaxy where nebulae are almost entirely absent.

The Black Hole

Notable among Morpheus's acolytes is body AB 3 g, a thin carbon dioxide atmospheric moon with some valuable flora on its surface: Osseus Pellebantus, Tussock Triticum, and Clypeus Lacrimam.

AB 3 g

The third star of the system, a class F white star 47,000 light seconds away, hosts an extensive planetary system of its own. The most notable one is the C 10 b moon, which is closely and rapidly orbited by a moon of its own. This nested moon's pock-marked surface provide fine views of its parent and grandparent planets.

C 10 b and C 10 b a

C 10 and C 10 b from C 10 b a

In all, there are 75 planets in the system, of which 57 are landable.

The system was first discovered in 3302 by Commander Skafre, but then forgotten for 9 years until its recent rediscovery.

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