Can anyone else confirm this star class bug ?
- Thread starter mpfj
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I do wonder if this is actually a bug on not. I have been searching out and have found over 150 Procedural Supergiant stars and the Supergiant variants all seem to show as one class higher than the normal variant.
Red stars are normally M, and Red Supergiants show as K in GalMap
Yellow White are normally G, and Yellow White Supergiants show as F in GalMap
Blue White stars are normally A, and Blue White Supergiants show as B in GalMap
In the case above, GalMap shows it as a Blue Supergiant, yet in the logs, it will show as a Blue-White super giant. This is consistent with what I have seen across all supergiants for a long time now.
Red stars are normally M, and Red Supergiants show as K in GalMap
Yellow White are normally G, and Yellow White Supergiants show as F in GalMap
Blue White stars are normally A, and Blue White Supergiants show as B in GalMap
In the case above, GalMap shows it as a Blue Supergiant, yet in the logs, it will show as a Blue-White super giant. This is consistent with what I have seen across all supergiants for a long time now.
Yep, I remember seeing this in my first blue-supergiant.
As I said, galmap shows super giants as one class higher than the normal variant. It does not do this with the regular giant variants. It is consistent, which makes me wonder if it is actually intended. As to why it would be intended, I have no idea, as I don't think size would change the spectral calss.
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I think the problem is System Map shows both class A and B supergiants as Class A. The Galaxy Map displays the class correctly. People get confused because class A supergiants are extremely rare and i guess very few people have ever seen one of them.
Talk about rare.. your screenshot has a proper A Supergiant as a secondary star. I think I've found one secondary A.
As for Galmap vs System view, yeah. That has vexed me for over a year. I have it automatically corrected by a spreadsheet formula now, but it's still incredibly annoying. It's not like they're difficult to pick out on the map, but the fact that they put the wrong class in the journal causes a lot of confusion (within the very narrow circle of people who actually care)
System View also lumps F and G supergiants, and refers to red supergiants as a K. (Well, the journal definitely lists it as a K. I'll have to look next time I'm on to see if System View does as well)
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Quite literally a cool find I have never seen an O9 type star.As this must be a less luminous O type did it look like a regular B Star?
I have done quite a bit of digging into the procgen supergiants, have found over 200 of them, and have a few of the GalMap A Blue White supergiants, and many of the more common B class ones...
But this one here is pretty cool...
An O, Wolf Rayet, and an A Supergiant...
But this one here is pretty cool...
An O, Wolf Rayet, and an A Supergiant...
Dont remember, tbh. It was some time ago and i was so impressed by the secondary star that payed little attention to the main one. By coincidence atm i am again in that area only few thousands ly away so i may stop there to have look.
And here is a Wolf Rayet, A Super Giant, O, and a Herbig...
Interesting. Every time I encounter a Herbig, the test of the system are listed as T Tauri, regardless of what they look like.