Celestia/Tutorials/Galaxies
This is how to create a galaxy. Galaxies are very big objects of the universe and you can create them in celestia this tutorial shows you how to create a galaxy in celestia.
But first, you need a .dsc file. To do this you need to make a plain text file .txt into a dsc file .dsc
The basics
[edit | edit source]Name
The name of your galaxy.
Galaxy "Alcyoneus"
Type
The type of your galaxy
Type "E4"
RA and Dec
You should know what these are right? Ra and dec are in hours for Galaxies
RA 24.26925892
Dec -75.27826963
Radius
The radius of the galaxy.
Radius 2.56e5
AbsMag
The absolute magnitude of your galaxy.
AbsMag 17.16
Distance
How far away your galaxy is from earth.
Distance 3.56e9
Additional features
[edit | edit source]Axis(only for spiral galaxies)
Changes the axis of the galaxy.
Axis [0.1 0.2 0.3]
Angle(only for spiral galaxies)
Changes the angle of the galaxy.
Angle 20
Infourl
Adds an url to the galaxy
Infourl[Website.link]
Example
[edit | edit source]Here is an example of the galaxy Alcyoneus.
Galaxy "Alcyoneus { Type "E4" RA 22.3852992
Dec 14.39628872
Distance 3.56e9
Radius 2.52e5
}
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