mwood@ut-ngp.UUCP (Matt A. Wood) (12/19/87)
I'm currenly working on numerical models of white dwarf stars for my thesis. It has occured to me that it might be useful (and definately attractive) to generate color images on my Amiga, using as input my model output, the equation of state tables, etc. I've got a program which will read in a file of binary ints and display the results dictated by a user-defined color table (many thanks to Butler Hine, who wrote the program), but I do not have a single *nice* color table (the jumps between the colors are too drastic). If anyone has already tackled this problem and can send me some 32-value color tables (or post), I would be more than grateful. Once I generate the images, I plan to grab them from the screen as IFF images. If there's sufficient interest, I'll post the images so you can see an Amiga's view of white dwarf evolution. Thanks much for your help! Matt A. Wood matt@astro.as.utexas.edu
erd@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Ethan R. Dicks) (12/20/87)
In article <7052@ut-ngp.UUCP> mwood@ut-ngp.UUCP (Matt A. Wood) writes: >I'm currenly working on numerical models of white dwarf stars for >my thesis. It has occured to me that it might be useful (and >definately attractive) to generate color images on my Amiga, using >as input my model output, the equation of state tables, etc. I would love to see such a program. In a similar vein, does anyone have a LARGE machine readable database of luminous bodies, including location (relative to ANY point in space), spectral class, mass, and other such detailed information? I am trying to write a galactic navigation trainer (much like "Project Halley", but 3D movement and galactic boundaries) If anyone has any leads on such a file (like the _original_ Yale Catalog - 250 bytes/star) I would be very grateful. Thanks, -ethan > Matt A. Wood > matt@astro.as.utexas.edu > -- Ethan R. Dicks | ###### This signifies that the poster is a member in 2433 N. Fourth St| ## good sitting of Inertia House: Bodies at rest. Columbus OH 43202| ## (614) 262-0461 | ###### "You get it, you're closer."