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How to prevent stars from becoming binaries?

How to prevent stars from becoming binaries?

Date: Thursday, 17.11.2016, 12:09 | Message # 1

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I made a Wolf-Rayet star and now there's a much brighter O star orbiting with it. I tried making a barycenter but now the catalog entry is duplicated. Any suggestions?

Date: Thursday, 17.11.2016, 14:10 | Message # 2

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arbelrocks,
You must give the 'StarBarycenter' a different name.

For example:

Code

StarBarycenter "MyStar System"
{
    RA      xx xx xx
    Dec     xx xx xx
    Dist    xxxx
}

Code

Star "MyStar"
{
    ParentBody  "MyStar System"

    ....
    ....

}

And you need two scripts!

The script for the 'StarBarycenter' belongs in the folder 'addons\catalogs\stars' and the script for the 'Star' belongs in the folder 'addons\catalogs\planets'

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Date: Friday, 18.11.2016, 01:52 | Message # 3

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Quote JackDole (

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arbelrocks,
You must give the 'StarBarycenter' a different name.

For example:
Code

StarBarycenter "MyStar System"
{
    RA      xx xx xx
    Dec     xx xx xx
    Dist    xxxx
}

Code

Star "MyStar"
{
    ParentBody  "MyStar System"

    ....
    ....

}

And you need two scripts!

The script for the 'StarBarycenter' belongs in the folder 'addons\catalogs\stars' and the script for the 'Star' belongs in the folder 'addons\catalogs\planets'

Yes, but what should I call it? I am making an entry for a star that exists in real life.

Date: Friday, 18.11.2016, 15:55 | Message # 4

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Yes, but what should I call it? I am making an entry for a star that exists in real life.

Okay, here's an example.

The 'StarBarycenter':

Code

// Name: R136a2_BC.sc
// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R136a2

// Put this file in 'addons\catalogs\stars'

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
StarBarycenter    "R136a2 barycenter"
{
    RA          05 38 42.40
    Dec         -69 06 02.88
    Dist        50000
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The 'Star':

Code

// Name: R136a2.sc
// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R136a2

// Put this file in 'addons\catalogs\planets'
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Star    "R136a2/MH 511/RMC 136a2/HSH95 5/BAT99 109/CHH92 2"
{
    ParentBody "R136a2 barycenter"
    Class       "WN5"       //"WN5h"

    MassSol     195
    RadSol      23.4

    AppMagn     12.34
    Luminosity  4266000

    Temperature 53000

    Age         0.0003
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The data for the star I have from Wikipedia. R136a2

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How to prevent stars from becoming binaries?

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