2012/5/1 Kristen Aw <[email protected]>: > So, from afar, a comet would have a coma and tails. But what about when they > are zoomed into? I guess it would have an irregular potato shape like > Hartley, but as it releases gas/dust, should we be able the material coming > out from vents, as the nucleus rotates...?
So, you need (since some level of zoom) render coma like current implementation for switch to textures for solar system objects. You can use spheroid as generic shape of comet core because 1) not for all comets have models with their shape and 2) renderer of OBJ files not very simple task and not this feature not in Stellarium's core. > And also, should we be able to calculate if the observer sees an antitail > (due to parallax), and whether the dust tail is viewed head on (it would be > seen as a fan on a plane) or directly from the side (it would be seen as a > straight line)? Yes, it must be calculated. -- With best regards, Alexander ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel
