Binary star system

▸ Loading sample systems: Algol · Sirius A+B · cataclysmic variable · contact…

▸ Placing the two stars on orbits around the shared barycenter

▸ Building Roche lobes & the L1 Lagrange point

▸ Enabling the mass-transfer stream & accretion disk (Coriolis)…

▸ Calibrating the eclipsing light curve

▸ Ready — Online. ✅

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👁️ Algol

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Temperature (gainer/donor)—

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Brightness—

Magnitude drop—

Eclipse status

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Light curve — total brightness over time (dip = eclipse) brightness