Sketto Rock

Sketto Rock is landmark on Magda in the Stanton system. It sits at 8.5 degrees noerdlich latitude and 172.2 degrees longitude.

Day and night on Magda

A full day on Magda lasts 1 hour 56 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 Sketto Rock.

Approach

The nearest quantum point on Magda is HDMS-Perlman. From there it is 369.8 km on the shortest route (great circle) or 370.0 km on a fixed compass heading of 62.8 degrees. At 250 m/s and 2 km altitude that works out to roughly 25 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 Sketto Rock 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 Magda

Ship mining on Magda turns up: Aluminium, Titanium, Aslarite, Quantanium. The deposits were gathered by players; CIG adjusts the rates with every patch.

Sun position now

All locations in Stanton and Pyro · Sketto Rock on the Star Citizen Wiki