I spot a faraway comet from IVA

[king of nowhere]

As I was approachins sarnus, I want into IVA view from a cupola to gaze at the planet as it grows bigger. It's something I do sometimes. I was very surprised when I saw a small streak of light moving; I realized it was a comet (the comet, as for some reason they stopped spawning after the first one)

 

 

I reloaded back to confirm if it was the one I was already tracking, and since I was there I could start looking at it from the moment it became visible.

For a while I thought it must be a new, unidentified comet (is it even possible that the game will throw in a comet like this?) because it was on the wrong side of the sun, but eventually I realized the simplest explanation: my iva view was upside down

I had no idea you could see comets like that. Asteroid are not visible until they come in physical range. and especially i had no idea you could see then so far

maybe i should try to get a better viewing spot from up close

[The Aziz]

You can see comets from really large distances because their tails are a) REALLY, REALLY long, and b) they're only attached to the object as some sort of particle system or whatever. No physics needed. Also, the tail starts to appear somewhere between Dres and Duna.

Respect for going for direct transfer to Sarnus though, hope you used some gravity assists to get a capture.

Edited August 19, 2021 by The Aziz