44 Boötis

This is one of the 5 starting systems from the Elite Dangerous Alpha build, so has been in the game since the beginning.

The star system contains 3 G-type stars and a Brown Dwarf "Mayer" I Bootis D.  The system is 41.6 light years from Sol.

The primary G Type star is orbited by the planet Chango - an earth-like world with large oceans.  Chango's major export is Fish.  The oceans are populated by lots of transplanted earth species including whales and dolphins.  The human population live on floating islands which follow the migratory fish shoals.

I Boötis B & C are a contact binary, orbiting each other with a period of 6.43 hours.  It is a stunning sight to see the double suns.

One Elite Commander filmed the stars in a time lapse and this video clearly shows the orbital rotation.  This is how they appear in the Premium Beta release.

I hope that in future builds of the game will depict matter transference between the pair.

Finally we have I Boötis D, a brown dwarf star Maher with its large companion planet Dustball.  A brown dwarf is a large gas giant which didn't quite have enough mass to start the stellar fusion process and become a star in its own right, but still retains generates heat into the infra-red.  This is why Maher gives off such an eary red glow.

44 Bootis aka I Boötis - such an interesting star system!