Galaxy model
Design your own galaxy ! :-)
For pedagogic / scientific diffusion purposes. Is not a rigorous astrophysical model.
F5 in galaxy_model.m or galaxy_model; in console to run the program and plot the figure.
A lot of parameters -curvature, number of arms, number of stars and many others- are available in the file header to tune the shape of the model.
Since these parameters are quite sensitive, my advice is to first test them individually -one by one- to understand their influence.
For some out of range parameter values, you may encounter this warning in Matlab console :
> Warning: Using only the real component of complex data.
> In getRealData (line 52)
> In scatter3 (line 59)
> In spiral_galaxy_model (line 115)
In this kind of case, just go back to some reference example parameter set, and do again your parameter tuning, one by one.
Questions, support, feedback : nicolas.douillet (at) free.fr
Cite As
Nicolas Douillet (2024). Galaxy model (https://github.com/NicolasDouillet/galaxy_model/releases/tag/v2.6), GitHub. Retrieved .
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Version | Published | Release Notes | |
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2.6 | See release notes for this release on GitHub: https://github.com/NicolasDouillet/galaxy_model/releases/tag/v2.6 |
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2.5 | Added one parameter set example for elliptic galaxy type |
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2.4 | Updated file name in description |
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2.3 | Fixed colormap figure bug |
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2.2 | Name, cover img, typo |
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2.1 | Profile view option + typo |
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2.0 | Model improvement with some extra parameters (distribution, Markers, colors, etc), profile view, parameter set examples, description. |
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1.0.0 |