Red Giant star textures

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Red Giant star textures

Post #1by Joey P. » 03.11.2019, 02:11

Does anyone have good textures suited towards red giant and supergiant stars, especially detailed ones (which include convection bubbles, etc.)? Thanks.
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Post #2by FarGetaNik » 03.11.2019, 09:45

I made a texture for every spectral type including M stars. I mostly had main sequence stars in mind but depending on what you're after maybe you might find my texture usefull:

https://www.deviantart.com/fargetanik/art/Star-Texture-Map-4k-Spectral-Type-M-814462913

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Post #3by SevenSpheres » 03.11.2019, 16:48

You can download a 3D overlay for Betelgeuse here (addon package 8). I'm not sure how accurate it is.
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Post #4by Joey P. » 08.11.2019, 03:40

There isn't a download link for the Betelgeuse addon. It just straight up opens Celestia.

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Update: I was able to find the download link; thanks!

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That addon, however, is based on outdated measurements of Betelgeuse's size (905 million km as opposed to 1 billion km), so the convection bubbles do not completely cover the star's surface.
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Post #5by Joey P. » 20.11.2019, 23:09

Celestia 1.6.1-ED uses deep red giant textures for Mira, Rasalgethi, Betelgeuse, Mu Cephei, and VY Canis Majoris. There is also an addon on the motherlode that turns Gliese 581 g into Krypton, the home planet of Superman, as well as giving the star a red color.
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Post #6by MrSpace43 » 10.05.2020, 00:15

Maybe have you tried this link which instantly downloads the addon that includes Betelgeuse that SevenSpheres was talking about?
http://www.orionsarm.com/fm_store/OAAddons8.zip
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Post #7by SevenSpheres » 10.05.2020, 01:39

MrSpace43 wrote:Maybe have you tried this link which instantly downloads the addon that includes Betelgeuse that SevenSpheres was talking about?

Yes, he did:

Joey P. wrote:Update: I was able to find the download link; thanks!
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Post #8by MrSpace43 » 10.05.2020, 01:41

oh ok
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