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SN 1987A (with sprites)

Posted: 16.10.2020, 00:42
by Gurren Lagann
Yesterday (as of the time I made this post), user Duglis asked about an addon including SN 1987A. Now that dream has been made a reality, and with sprites!

SN 1987A and Sanduleak -69 202
The closest recorded supernova since the invention of telescopes
SN 1987A.png
The main nebula

SN 1987A Blob.png
The "blob", which delayed the discovery of the neutron star to December 2019

Sanduleak -69 202.png
Sanduleak -69 202, as a neutron star


Special thanks to:
Duglis - For posting the idea, and motivating me to make this addon
LukeCEL - For the nebula-making tutorial, and helping me (directly or indirectly) with issues of the mesh
pedro_jg - For confirming the correct orientation of the rings
Tziamtzis et al. 2010 - For measuring the orientation of SN 1987A
Cigan et al. 2019 - For finding the neutron star remnant and measuring the "blob" obscuring it

Download:
SN 1987A.zip
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Posted: 16.10.2020, 05:54
by Duglis
This is terrific. Thank You from all of us!!

Sincerely, Douglas

Posted: 16.10.2020, 22:14
by Trolligi 112477
Let's go
Can't wait to see this ingame! Good job Gurren! :clap: :clap: :clap: :smile:

Posted: 18.11.2020, 14:07
by Rufus T Firefly
greetings , nice job !

There is a little issue with this addon ( not really a problem ) ,
and i would like to ask if anyone else has experienced this.
On my Mac there's always a red pixel visible at the SN's position , even from millions of lightyears away.
I've never seen this on any other addon.

Any ideas how this can be adjusted ?
Roland

Posted: 18.11.2020, 15:28
by SevenSpheres
Rufus T Firefly, this is a known bug with sprite nebulae in Celestia 1.6.x. It's been fixed in Celestia 1.7.0.

Posted: 19.11.2020, 09:24
by Rufus T Firefly
ok , thanks