QSOL-IMC / STELLAR MOTION LAB

GALAXY

Starting field…Source ↗

LIVE OBSERVATION

Grand design spiral

Differential rotation
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INCLINATION 38°
DISC / BULGE / HALO— FPS
Drag to orbit · scroll to zoom · space to pause
LOGICAL STARS16,777,2162²⁴ indexed field
RENDERED STARSrepresentative sample / frame
PARTICLE BUFFERsample + orbital-rate buffers

Rotation curve

UFF empirical v4
━ Selected model┄ Baryons○ UFF demo input ± error
At 8 kpc Orbit period Model time 0 Myr

UFF demonstration data · fixed parameters, no fit. Shaded ends extend the supplied component speeds beyond 0.5–12 kpc.

Compare the six demo rows
Radius (kpc)Demo ± error (km/s)Model (km/s)
0.540 ± 5
1.065 ± 5
2.090 ± 4
5.0115 ± 4
8.0130 ± 6
12.0135 ± 7

Preparing the deterministic star field.

About this galaxy

The UFF modes use gas, disc and bulge component curves to calculate circular speeds, with a selectable halo or acceleration law and an optional central mass. Those speeds drive the stars’ orbits. The original visual mode retains its adjustable shear.

The star distribution remains an authored disc, bulge and halo. Morphology controls change that display geometry; mass-to-light controls change the dynamics. Logical stars describe a sampled population. Only the rendered count is drawn.

UFF’s demo table is an included example, not an identified observational catalogue. Source equations and model definitions ↗