Dynamical Evolution of a Star Cluster
This visualization uses the N-body code NBODY6 to track the stellar dynamics and stellar evolution of a 5000-star cluster from near-birth to an age of about 800 Myr. The early "flashes" are my attempts to represent supernovae. The dynamical and stellar evolution calculations were performed using NBODY6. I uploaded a nearly identical version without the flashes here: • Dynamical Evolution of a Star Cluster (no ...
Disclaimer: Stellar radii are not fully realistic (primarily because of the very large difference between dwarf and giant radii). Also the colors are slightly exaggerated.
Movie by Aaron M. Geller using IDL; dynamical calculation with stellar evolution performed using the NBODY6 code.