Plotting stars inside other galaxies

[Willow]

I was wondering if someone could tell me if it's possible to plot stars inside another galaxy, eg the Triangulum Galaxy, using .stc files and how to go about it?

Thanks!

W

[t00fri]

I was wondering if someone could tell me if it's possible to plot stars inside another galaxy, eg the Triangulum Galaxy, using .stc files and how to go about it?

Thanks!

W

Certainly. Look here for some illustrative examples

http://forum.celestialmatters.org/viewt ... 10&start=0

The first examples concern stars orbiting the central black hole in the core (Sgr A*) of our own galaxy. Further on in my thread,

http://forum.celestialmatters.org/viewt ... 0&start=13

I discussed orbiting stars in M 31 (Andromeda galaxy).

Depending on the speed of your line, you might have to download some of my video examples before playing them locally.

Enjoy,
Fridger

[Reiko]

What I do is place myself in the galaxy of choice and then use this script http://celestiaproject.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12209 to get my coordinates.
Then I take those coordinates and plug them into the globular cluster generator found here viewtopic.php?t=1320

Now you have thousands of stars in another galaxy.