rww@esl.UUCP (Richard W. Webb) (11/29/88)
Greeting, Greeting, Star Buffs,
We all know about the Main Sequence, and how different stars
have different colors. What I would like to know is this:
What RGB (red, green, blue) intensity values should I use for
a star of a given spectral class?
O stars are "blue-white" while M stars are "reddish." I would
like to be a bit more precise than this. Possibly, I could
guess at a mapping from spectral class to temperature, and then use
the blackbody color curve (CIE chromaticity as a function of
temperature) to produce a color for each spectral type. I would
much rather lookup in a table the RGB values for each spectral type.
If anyone has done something like this and can send me a table like
this, I would greatly appreciate it. However, any pointers or
references to similar material would also be appreciated.
Please Email, I will post a summary of the responses. I am
doing this for my own modification to the "starchart" program that
was made available a few months ago.
Thank you very much for any help you can provide.
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