Re: [Stellarium-pubdevel] gsoc 2012

[Reaves, T. <tr...@si...>]

http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/stellarium

has a link to a form now.



On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Alexander Wolf <ale...@gm...>wrote:

> Hello!
>
> 2012/3/19 mukund tripathi <mu...@gm...>:
> > Can i get the mail contact for Mr. Timothy Reaves so that i can get in
> > touch with him for the Realistic comet rendering project . I am
> > interested in pursuing the project and want to know about the
> > deliverable and expectations from me if i get a chance for the same so
> > that i can start preparing for my application .
>
> His email - treaves (@) silverfieldstech.com
>
> For this task you need knowledge about OpenGL, geometry and astronomy.
> Right now Stellarium displays comets like rocky body (as asteroids)
> without his tails. This correct display for comets who has long
> distance from Sun. But when comet moved near the Sun it have a two
> tails - dust and gaseous.
>
> You need calculate direction, size and brightness for this tails for
> each comets and render it on the Stellarium's sky. Mathematical model
> for comet tails you can found via NASA ADS.
>
> For starting points for understanding comet tails and its simple model
> you can read this:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_tail
> http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1961ApJ...133.1091B
>
> --
> With best regards, Alexander
>
>
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