I just want to bring this back, with better ideas...
Don't you think it would be good to have a variable star preset. Then you choose what type it is and ranomizes (within classification) a star.
Like:
Intrisic
Delta Cep
W Vir
RR Lyr
Delta Sct
SX Pho
Beta Cep
PV Tel
Omicron Cet (Mira)
Semi-regular
slow irregulars
RV Tau
Alpha Cygni (Deneb)
pulsating white dwarves
?Herbig Ae/Ab???
FU Ori
Wolf-Rayet
Flare
Luminous blue
Gamma Cas
R CoB
RS CVn
Supernovae
Novae (It spawns a star and a white dwarf sucking up outer gasses)
Dwarf Novae
Z And
Extrinsic
ROTATING
-Non-spherical
- Stellar Spots
--FK CMb (Extremely fast rotationg stars)
--BY Dra
-Magnetic Fields
--Alpha2 CVn
--SX Ari
--Optically varible pulsars
BINARY
Algol
Beta Lyr
W UMa (Did you know the stars are EXTREMELY (1% of all stars) popular!)
These are from wikipedia
Topic: Variable Stars (Read 5371 times)
