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Is there any point scanning beyond a system's outermost orbit?
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Chimpy B
The Philosophy Of Two
#1 - 2012-09-12 12:18:56 UTC
Title says it all really - are there ever any cosmic signatures to be found outside of the outermost orbit of a system? E.g. is the largest orbit is 16 AU, is there any point scanning out to 32 AU? Or are all the sites enclosed within the size of the system?
Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#2 - 2012-09-12 12:49:14 UTC
if i remember well there are sites far out but that is just my memory about some CCp dude saying that long time ago.

maybe some explorer can give u more info is it worth it at all.

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Calisto Thellere
#3 - 2012-09-12 13:43:00 UTC
As a full time explorer, i've not found a sig yet that laid outside of the outer most planet in a system. Maybe a tiny bit, but only within the small area surrounding the actual outermost planet/gate.
Sir John Halsey
#4 - 2012-09-12 14:34:28 UTC
As far as i know, sigs are at max. 4AU around planets.
TheGunslinger42
All Web Investigations
#5 - 2012-09-12 15:09:57 UTC
Sigs only spawn within a 4au radius around planets.
Piugattuk
Litla Sundlaugin
#6 - 2012-09-12 15:24:45 UTC
the only thing you could look for beyond the system is a ship hidden in a safe spot but why anyone would is nuts in hi sec but you never know.
Doddy
Excidium.
#7 - 2012-09-12 15:26:30 UTC
Sigs are all within 4AU of a celestial. I am not certain but i think that also includes gates that are out on thier own.
Chimpy B
The Philosophy Of Two
#8 - 2012-09-12 15:28:47 UTC
Thanks for all the info.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#9 - 2012-09-12 17:01:37 UTC
Sir John Halsey wrote:
As far as i know, sigs are at max. 4AU around planets.


Well... not quite. Wormholes can appear up to ~5.5 AU out. But at that point you know for sure you have a wormhole.
Jack Miton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#10 - 2012-09-12 17:44:43 UTC
You need to scan 8au around all planets in all directions, nowhere else.

(and yes, it's 8au, not 4au...)

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Nimrod vanHall
Van Mij Belastingvrij
#11 - 2012-09-12 22:32:14 UTC
Listen to jack he knows
Scoto Timta
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2012-09-13 15:37:50 UTC
4 AU for profession sites. 8 AU for wormholes (though I personally have yet to see a wh beyond about 6 AU).
Bugsy VanHalen
Society of lost Souls
#13 - 2012-09-13 17:18:25 UTC
Well rule of thumb is most sigs spawn within 4 AU of a planet, but occasionally they can be a little futher, especially in small systems. scan 8 AU radius around each and you won't miss much.

I did how ever one time scan down a sig way outside and above the ring of the last planet. It was when I was new at exploring, and if memory serves was in a small system only about 20AU across. The sig was also a K162 wormhole so not actually spawned in that system but an exit from a W-space system. Don't know if that makes a difference. Perhaps an experienced WH player can comment on whether exits often spawn on the outer edges of the destination system.

I have not found a sig outside since, but have not really looked.

I have frequently found sites several AU above or below the flat grid your probes spawn on, so always set at least one probe above and below if you don't want to miss anything.
Elli M0o
Doomheim
#14 - 2012-09-17 16:57:58 UTC
Sometime ago CCP reduced the maximum space of any system to be 20 AU from the outermost planet (to remove ridiculously deeeeep safespots). So if you are looking for ships then you have to cover that area.

For sites, its 8AU around planets.
Nayl Mkoll
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#15 - 2012-09-19 11:44:29 UTC
Bugsy VanHalen wrote:

I have not found a sig outside since, but have not really looked.

I have frequently found sites several AU above or below the flat grid your probes spawn on, so always set at least one probe above and below if you don't want to miss anything.


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Vojk
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2012-09-20 22:29:23 UTC
4au for anything other than WHs.

WHs can spawn out as far as 8au from celestials AFAIK.
Kaylee Rei
Ascendant Brokerage Bureau Anonymous
#17 - 2012-10-05 07:29:10 UTC
I remember reading this post when I was recreationally scanning down drones in incursion systems. If you pursue this endeavor, incursion sites will spawn outside the normal spawn locations for cosmic sites. These are good spots to bookmark and use for offgrid boosters.

So if you're looking to scan down those boosters to test their tank or if you like to scoop drones, you'll need freescan all usable space.

Back to scooping drones. :)

- KR
duch crystal
Dark-Rising
Wrecking Machine.
#18 - 2012-10-05 11:21:52 UTC  |  Edited by: duch crystal
Sir John Halsey wrote:
As far as i know, sigs are at max. 4AU around planets.


what he said, and yes i only tried in KS

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