Thread should serve for interesting tips & informations for exploration.
Needed equipment:
Scanners:
- Basic: 500ls
- Intermediate: 1000ls
- Advanced (AS): unlimited range
Note: To use AS: assign to fire group and then keep pressed fire till scanner_ bar reach maximum (few seconds). You can use it also in SC. Once is system scanned, you can see all planetary bodies in system map.
Additional equipment is Detailed_Surface_Scanner (DSS). DSS SIGNIFICANTLY increases the value of whatever you discover, but you need to get closer and scan object. Scan starts automatically once you get within a certain range. That range depends on the size/mass of the object - from 'small' rock around 70 LS to 'huge' Sun it is several thousand LS.
What is worth close scan? ... picture below could be a guide.