Improved renderings of elliptical galaxies

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Improved renderings of elliptical galaxies

Post #1by LukeCEL » 04.01.2019, 21:43

Hi everyone (and developers). I was wondering if Celestia could render elliptical galaxies more realistically than it does now. Currently, they are drawn similarly to irregular galaxies. But they look more like this:

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They have a more white to golden color, and have a very smooth brightness profile that is accurately described using de Vaucouleurs' law. Any thoughts?
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Post #2by onetwothree » 05.01.2019, 15:13

Dunno, need to dig through the code
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Post #3by Dalibor » 18.05.2022, 09:41

SOMETHING LIKE THAT
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Post #4by trappistplanets » 18.05.2022, 15:19

any way to improve rendering of other galaxy types, like i want more for spiral galaxy types and known galaxy collisions
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Post #5by SevenSpheres » 18.05.2022, 16:41

Dalibor wrote:SOMETHING LIKE THAT

Looks like this was rendered using Luke's elliptical galaxies addon.

trappistplanets wrote:any way to improve rendering of other galaxy types, like i want more for spiral galaxy types and known galaxy collisions

It would be possible, but more difficult than improving the rendering of elliptical galaxies.
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best galaxies

Post #6by Dalibor » 19.05.2022, 06:22

everything is formed little by little
I did use Luke's but I added mine's touch
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Post #7by trappistplanets » 19.05.2022, 10:55

Dalibor wrote:I did use Luke's but I added mine's touch
Dalibor, these are absolutly rad, any download link so i can get them?
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expetacular galaxy

Post #8by Dalibor » 19.05.2022, 16:46

Correction of stars that are not on the way to the magellan cloud and galaxies images

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Dalibor wrote:Correction of stars that are not on the way to the magellan cloud and galaxies images
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