The Sun's hood

[Azélor]

I played Stellaris because of the latest patch and of course, it gave me the urge to make a space map.
The problem is that I did not have any specific goal.
I wanted to make a space map showing the stars and their planets.
But then I wanted to have realistic planet placement and decided to use the Sun neighbourhood as a starting point.
I think I chose the most practical way to display the information in 2D. Most space-maps don't show the planets and stars like this.
Stellar objects closer to the main star appear right above. Objects further are placed progressively following a clockwise rotation.

Problem 2: Most planets have not been found yet and we have very little information on the others.
For example: the Sun has 8 planets (sorry Pluto) but the average is closer to 1 or 2. A lot are missing.
So I did guess the types of some planets.
It is an optimistic map yet still realistic.

Problem 3: where to send the colony ship?
Consider that Helios 2 (fastest object humanity ever made) at max speed would take around 20 000 years to reach Proxima Centauri and that a manned spacecraft would take even longer...
It would be easier to terraform Mars and even Venus.

sun hood.png

Unrelated
I also did a few planets for fun:
(the top one is a brown dwarf)
It is inspired by Kurzgesagt but I tried to give it a different look.

planets test.png

Btw, I ended my Stellaris game before the end because it always drags on to a crawl.
I played a pacifist religious turtle-like democratic theocracy... in a federation with a zealous pacifist