Close binaries / Fast rotating Stars...
Posted: 10.04.2002, 10:52
All know that in theroy fast rotating stars take on that egg shape due to fast rotation of the star...well I know how to make these possible in Celestia...
Mind you this example is just that...This star really is not a fast rotating star causing the egg shape that others do...
http://cybermindtraveller.freewebspace.com/pics/oblate.jpg
What I would like to see is a way to merge the atmosphere better with oblate stars/planets so that I can give this a better illumination...
btw, no coding was involved...this is a planet overlapping its star to give the appearence of an 'egg-shaped' star...
The other idea I had with deformed binary stars much like the hypothetical Ursa Major whos binary twins are so close gravity distorts thier spherical shapes...much like two eggs beside each other...These I could not do do to the fact I had to use a model (3ds) and there is not enough support for all of the material additives...I would like to see self-illumination added sometime in the future...that way I can bring this to life...
So this is the first step in a much anticipated view on deformed and binary stars!
Mind you this example is just that...This star really is not a fast rotating star causing the egg shape that others do...
http://cybermindtraveller.freewebspace.com/pics/oblate.jpg
What I would like to see is a way to merge the atmosphere better with oblate stars/planets so that I can give this a better illumination...
btw, no coding was involved...this is a planet overlapping its star to give the appearence of an 'egg-shaped' star...
The other idea I had with deformed binary stars much like the hypothetical Ursa Major whos binary twins are so close gravity distorts thier spherical shapes...much like two eggs beside each other...These I could not do do to the fact I had to use a model (3ds) and there is not enough support for all of the material additives...I would like to see self-illumination added sometime in the future...that way I can bring this to life...
So this is the first step in a much anticipated view on deformed and binary stars!