Galaxy model

A function to compute and display a galaxy point cloud (spiral or elliptic), with some tunable parameters (shape, number of arms, etc...)
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Mise à jour 18 août 2020

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

Citation pour cette source

Nicolas Douillet (2024). Galaxy model (https://github.com/NicolasDouillet/galaxy_model/releases/tag/v2.6), GitHub. Récupéré le .

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Créé avec R2019b
Compatible avec toutes les versions
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Version Publié le Notes de version
2.6

See release notes for this release on GitHub: https://github.com/NicolasDouillet/galaxy_model/releases/tag/v2.6

2.5

Added one parameter set example for elliptic galaxy type

2.4

Updated file name in description

2.3

Fixed colormap figure bug

2.2

Name, cover img, typo

2.1

Profile view option + typo

2.0

Model improvement with some extra parameters (distribution, Markers, colors, etc), profile view, parameter set examples, description.

1.0.0

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