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 - Galactic Exploration Catalog - 
Revision for Hades Edge

Previous Revision, by PhoenixBlue [2025-09-28 18:28:17]Selected revision, by CMDR Marx [2025-09-28 18:28:31]
DISCOVERER
KhorloKhorlo
NAME
Hades EdgeHades Edge
SYSTEMNAME
HD 49368HD 49368
CATEGORY
Stellar FeaturesStellar Features
CATEGORY 2
HistoricalHistorical
REGION
Sanguineous RimSanguineous Rim
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
CALLSIGN
SUMMARY
Two ringed planets orbiting close to a giant carbon star, which dominates their skies. Heatsink launchers often required for landing.Two ringed planets orbiting close to a giant carbon star, which dominates their skies. Heatsink launchers often required for landing.
DESCRIPTION

HD 49368 is an S-class giant star, a former red giant with a carbon-oxygen core. It is 8.2 billion years old, about twice as massive as Sol with 175 times the radius. As a result, it dominates the horizon of its three nearest planets.

The first two planets were nicknamed Obolus and Danake in 3302 by CMDR Erimus Kamzel. Danake was used as the first base camp during the Distant Stars Expedition of early 3303. The third planet orbits the barycenter of the two ringed worlds.

Ships attempting to land on these worlds in 3303 required heatsink launchers. Kamzel demonstrated one such planetary approach in October of that year: Hades Edge video. Today, ships with exceptional thermal profiles, such as the Dolphin or the Mandalay, can make a safe landing without needing to dump heatsinks. However, surface temperatures over 800 K will quickly dissuade any visitors from setting out on foot for more than a few seconds.

HD 49368 also contains two class Y brown dwarf stars, three helium-rich gas giants, and an assortment of rocky planets and moons. Body 4 a orbits within about 500 km of its parent gas giant's outer ring, allowing for an impressive view of the rocky ring from the moon's poles.

HD 49368 is an S-class giant star, a former red giant with a corona mostly made up of carbon and oxygen, with a strong zirconium oxide band in its spectrum. It is 8.2 billion years old, about twice as massive as Sol with 175 times the radius. As a result, it dominates the horizon of its three nearest planets.

The first two planets were nicknamed Obolus and Danake in 3302 by CMDR Erimus Kamzel. Danake was used as the first base camp during the Distant Stars Expedition of early 3303. The third planet orbits the barycenter of the two ringed worlds.

Ships attempting to land on these worlds in 3303 required heatsink launchers. Kamzel demonstrated one such planetary approach in October of that year: Hades Edge video. Today, ships with exceptional thermal profiles, such as the Dolphin or the Mandalay, can make a safe landing without needing to dump heatsinks. However, surface temperatures over 800 K will quickly dissuade any visitors from setting out on foot for more than a few seconds.

HD 49368 also contains two class Y brown dwarf stars, three helium-rich gas giants, and an assortment of rocky planets and moons. Body 4 a orbits within about 500 km of its parent gas giant's outer ring, allowing for an impressive view of the rocky ring from the moon's poles.

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