Thimblerig

Thimblerig is forward operating base on Ita in the Stanton system. It sits at 36.6 degrees suedlich latitude and -145.7 degrees longitude.

Day and night on Ita

A full day on Ita lasts 4 hours 51 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 Thimblerig.

Approach

The nearest quantum point on Ita is HDMS-Ryder. From there it is 305.3 km on the shortest route (great circle) or 305.4 km on a fixed compass heading of 202.6 degrees. At 250 m/s and 2 km altitude that works out to roughly 20 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 Thimblerig 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 Ita

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

Sun position now

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