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There are a few pulsars in Exoplanet, they just aren't animated currently, but it is planned.Do you have any other apps in progress? perhaps ExoGalaxy explorer?
I wanna looks at some pulsars!
Do a name search for "PSR".
PSR 1257 was actually the first system discovered with planets.03-21-12 07:57 PM -
Those binary systems are hard work. I had to read scientific papers to get the raw stats for them, particularly the cataclysmic binaries.
A cataclysmic binary is usually a neutron star of some kind (smaller than Earth, but a similar mass as our star), and a "more regular" star, like a red dwarf, which is much larger than it's companion, but with a much smaller mass. They orbit each other really closely, and the neutron star's gravity will "suck" matter from it's companion causing huge radiation bursts, hence the cataclysm. I hope to animate these one day too, but it'll be a bit of work.Last edited by Neil B; 03-21-12 at 09:19 PM. Reason: Corrected neutron star size
03-21-12 09:15 PM - that would be amazing!!
Those binary systems are hard work. I had to read scientific papers to get the raw stats for them, particularly the cataclysmic binaries.
A cataclysmic binary is usually a neutron star of some kind (smaller than Earth, but a similar mass as our star), and a "more regular" star, like a red dwarf, which is much larger than it's companion, but with a much smaller mass. They orbit each other really closely, and the neutron star's gravity will "suck" matter from it's companion causing huge radiation bursts, hence the cataclysm. I hope to animate these one day too, but it'll be a bit of work.03-22-12 05:03 PM
