1AlbertChen/nbody

Animated n-body simulation with VPython

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N-Body Simulation

This is an n-body simulation visualizer written with C and Python. It implements the Barnes-Hut Algorithm to simulate an open or globular star cluster.

Demo

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Globular Cluster

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Open Cluster

Real Star Clusters in the Universe

Globular Cluster

Globular Cluster

Open Cluster

Open Cluster

How to Run

To run the simulation, simply run the .sh files for open or globular clusters.

Syetem requirements:

GCC (In the .sh files it's gcc-7 but you can change that to your version)

Python (python3 in the .sh file but you can change that too)

Linux Shell or Linux

Contributors

1AlbertChen

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