Downlow

Downlow is forward operating base on Lyria in the Stanton system. It sits at 7.4 degrees suedlich latitude and -13.2 degrees longitude, 1.1 km above ground.

Day and night on Lyria

A full day on Lyria lasts 6 hours 26 minutes, and roughly half of that is daylight. In Stanton and Pyro every body lies in one plane with no axial tilt — so there are no seasons, and the daylight phase is the same length everywhere. The directory below works out in real time when the sun is up at Downlow.

Approach

The nearest quantum point on Lyria is Elsewhere. From there it is 28.2 km on the shortest route (great circle) or 28.2 km on a fixed compass heading of 39.8 degrees. At 250 m/s and 2 km altitude that works out to roughly 2 minutes of flight time. The great circle is shorter but needs constant correction; on the rhumb line you hold one heading.

Orbital markers

Distances from Downlow to the six orbital markers. It works the other way round too: read those numbers off your HUD and you can work out exactly where you are.

Mining on Lyria

Ship mining on Lyria turns up: Iron, Copper, Laranite, Quantanium. The deposits were gathered by players; CIG adjusts the rates with every patch.

Sun position now

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