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Buoy Base Galaxy is accessible from the Kitchen observation dome. You need 30 Stars to enter.

[edit] Star 1: The Floating Fortress

[edit] Star 2 (Hidden Green): The Secret of Buoy Base

This is one of the three Green Stars, which you need to collect to unlock the Trial Galaxies.

Enter Star 1. Go through pipe.