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Custom star in custom galaxy appearing in the center or outside of the galaxy

11 Jun 2023 14:55

Star "Ilumina"
{

RA       20.365  
Dec     -40.1640
Dist     9200000
Class          "G2 V"
Luminosity      1.05
LumBol          1.1
MassSol         1.05
RadSol          1.12
Teff            5722

Age             5.72

InertiaMoment   0.045579
Oblateness      0.038429
RotationPeriod  20.93
RotationEpoch   0
Obliquity       100.28
EqAscendNode    84.984

AlbedoBond      0.3
AlbedoGeom      0.36
Brightness      1
BrightnessReal  1
Color          (0.673 0.739 1.000)

Surface
{
SurfStyle       0.23607
Randomize      (-0.443, 0.639, 0.336)
colorDistMagn   0
colorDistFreq   0
detailScale     32768
tropicLatitude  0.7
icecapLatitude  1
climatePole     0.41522
climateTropic   0.11218
mareFreq        113.14
mareDensity     0.0052916
erosion         1
montesMagn      0.03
montesFreq      537
dunesMagn       0.5
hillsMagn       0.03
hillsFreq       7780.5
canyonsMagn     0.28826
cracksOctaves   5
BumpHeight      903.96
BumpOffset      903.96
SpecBrightWater 0
SpecBrightIce   0
RoughnessWater  0.35
RoughnessIce    0.45
SpecularScale   1
RoughnessBias   0.5
Hapke           0.5
SpotBright      1.9239
SpotWidth       0.05
DayAmbient      0.07
}

NoOcean         true

NoClouds        true

NoLava          true

Atmosphere
{
Model          "Sun"
Height          10000
Density         0
Pressure        1
Bright          10
Opacity         0
SkyLight        0
Hue             0
Saturation      1
}

NoAurora        true

NoRings         true

NoAccretionDisk true

Corona
{
Radius      9.9337e+06
Period      0.029934
Brightness  0.5
RayDensity  4.6035
RayCurv     21.713
}

NoCometTail     true

Orbit
{
RefPlane        "Static"
Period          0
SemiMajorAxis   0
Eccentricity    0
Inclination     100.284082
AscendingNode   84.9844648
ArgOfPericenter 0
MeanAnomaly     0
}
}


And the galaxy's code:
Galaxy "Rambunksious/Rambo/Rembo/Rembonksia/RA2"
{
Type    "SBc"     // Though the Iuma sometimes classify it as a Spra Bar Two galaxy(SB2), or the Hubble Class SBbc
RA       20.365  
Dec     -40.1643 
Dist     9.223542e6 
Radius   30100   
AbsMagn -20.6   
Quat    ( -0.9269889 0.2641924 0.03661448 0.2637298 )

}
 
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Re: Custom star in custom galaxy appearing in the center or outside of the galaxy

12 Jun 2023 03:25

With the current engine, there's a limit due to precision calculations on how far outside from the Milky Way a star can be placed. Farthest distance without incurring in stars "jumping" around their scripted position, and generally not being in their intended positions, is the distance of Magellanic Clouds, about 65 kiloparsec, so it's not possible to place a star at 9 megaparsec.
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Re: Custom star in custom galaxy appearing in the center or outside of the galaxy

12 Jun 2023 13:21

I've seen mods with stars in Triangulum and Andromeda, past the limit.
 
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Re: Custom star in custom galaxy appearing in the center or outside of the galaxy

12 Jun 2023 16:35

As far as I know, they all suffer from the same precision issue, and the stars "jump" around their assigned position, even considering that Andromeda galaxy, for example, is less than 800 kiloparsec from Earth. I should have been more precise. You *can* place a star at 9 million parsec. But you won't have much control on its position, because of precision limitation on how the engine can place catalog stars and planets.
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Re: Custom star in custom galaxy appearing in the center or outside of the galaxy

16 Jun 2023 03:35

Is 9 million parsecs a big number? I have never done that before
 
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Re: Custom star in custom galaxy appearing in the center or outside of the galaxy

22 Jun 2023 09:06

Is 9 million parsecs a big number? I have never done that before

9 million parsecs is 29.4 million light years. (There are 3.26 ly to a parsec.) And that's a little more than 10 times the distance to the Andromeda galaxy. Distant in comparison to nearby galaxies, though not that far compared to the size of the observable universe.
 
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Re: Custom star in custom galaxy appearing in the center or outside of the galaxy

11 Feb 2025 01:18

Is 9 million parsecs a big number? I have never done that before

9 million parsecs is 29.4 million light years. (There are 3.26 ly to a parsec.) And that's a little more than 10 times the distance to the Andromeda galaxy. Distant in comparison to nearby galaxies, though not that far compared to the size of the observable universe.
Oh wow
 
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Re: Custom star in custom galaxy appearing in the center or outside of the galaxy

21 Mar 2025 04:40

Is 9 million parsecs a big number? I have never done that before
9 million parsecs can be considered a record number at the present time that no one has broken, I am quite surprised by this number. Good good!
 
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Re: Custom star in custom galaxy appearing in the center or outside of the galaxy

21 Mar 2025 04:43

Star "Ilumina"
{

RA       20.365  
Dec     -40.1640
Dist     9200000
Class          "G2 V"
Luminosity      1.05
LumBol          1.1
MassSol         1.05
RadSol          1.12
Teff            5722

Age             5.72

InertiaMoment   0.045579
Oblateness      0.038429
RotationPeriod  20.93
RotationEpoch   0
Obliquity       100.28
EqAscendNode    84.984

AlbedoBond      0.3
AlbedoGeom      0.36
Brightness      1
BrightnessReal  1
Color          (0.673 0.739 1.000)

Surface
{
SurfStyle       0.23607
Randomize      (-0.443, 0.639, 0.336)
colorDistMagn   0
colorDistFreq   0
detailScale     32768
tropicLatitude  0.7
icecapLatitude  1
climatePole     0.41522
climateTropic   0.11218
mareFreq        113.14
mareDensity     0.0052916
erosion         1
montesMagn      0.03
montesFreq      537
dunesMagn       0.5
hillsMagn       0.03
hillsFreq       7780.5
canyonsMagn     0.28826
cracksOctaves   5
BumpHeight      903.96
BumpOffset      903.96
SpecBrightWater 0
SpecBrightIce   0
RoughnessWater  0.35
RoughnessIce    0.45
SpecularScale   1
RoughnessBias   0.5
Hapke           0.5
SpotBright      1.9239
SpotWidth       0.05
DayAmbient      0.07
}

NoOcean         true

NoClouds        true

NoLava          true

Atmosphere
{
Model          "Sun"
Height          10000
Density         0
Pressure        1
Bright          10
Opacity         0
SkyLight        0
Hue             0
Saturation      1
}

NoAurora        true

NoRings         true

NoAccretionDisk true

Corona
{
Radius      9.9337e+06
Period      0.029934
Brightness  0.5
RayDensity  4.6035
RayCurv     21.713
}

NoCometTail     true

Orbit
{
RefPlane        "Static"
Period          0
SemiMajorAxis   0
Eccentricity    0
Inclination     100.284082
AscendingNode   84.9844648
ArgOfPericenter 0
MeanAnomaly     0
}
}


And the galaxy's code:
Galaxy "Rambunksious/Rambo/Rembo/Rembonksia/RA2"
{Block Blast
Type    "SBc"     // Though the Iuma sometimes classify it as a Spra Bar Two galaxy(SB2), or the Hubble Class SBbc
RA       20.365  
Dec     -40.1643 
Dist     9.223542e6 
Radius   30100   
AbsMagn -20.6   
Quat    ( -0.9269889 0.2641924 0.03661448 0.2637298 )

}
Systematize the data you collect from which sources?

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