Stellar Collisions and Cosmic Catastrophes

Scientific Visualizations


Collision of Unequal Mass Stars

Simulation and Visualization by Joshua Barnes, University of Hawaii

Simulation and Visualization Details

Images

 
Overall View
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Midplane Slice View
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Description
Two stars approaching
The initial collision
Material is flung off of each star
The ensuing collision and merging
The two stars spiral together as they merge
The merged stars

Movies

 
Overall View MPEG movie
1537 frames
512 x 386 resolution
7.4 MB download
Midplane Slice View MPEG movie
1537 frames
512 x 386 resolution
7.4 MB download
Combined View MPEG movie
1537 frames
480 x 272 resolution
7.4 MB download


Copyright & Credits

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Last modified: May 19, 2000