File:Alpha Centauri Relative Sizes.svg
Bitmap rendering of almost identical program: Image:Alpha_Centauri_relative_sizes.png
SVG development
Source code
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македонски
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PostScript code
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prologues := 3;
verbatimtex
\font\foo=cmss9 at 10pt
\foo
etex
sunrad=0.3in;
alpharad = 1.227*sunrad;
betarad = 0.865*sunrad;
proximarad = 0.145*sunrad;
gap = 0.8*sunrad;
pair sunpos, alphapos, betapos, proximapos;
sunpos = (0 + gap + sunrad, 1.9*sunrad);
alphapos = sunpos + (sunrad + gap + alpharad, 0);
betapos = alphapos + (alpharad + gap + betarad, 0);
proximapos = betapos + (betarad + gap + proximarad, 0);
beginfig(1);
fill unitsquare xscaled ((xpart proximapos) + proximarad + gap)
yscaled (2 * (ypart sunpos));
fill fullcircle scaled (2*sunrad) shifted sunpos
withcolor (1,0.960,0.949); % Color is fff1ed
label.bot(btex Sun etex, sunpos - (0, sunrad)) withcolor white;
fill fullcircle scaled (2*alpharad)
shifted alphapos
withcolor (1,0.960,0.949);
label.bot(btex $\alpha$ Centauri A etex, alphapos - (0, alpharad))
withcolor white;
fill fullcircle scaled (2*betarad)
shifted betapos
withcolor (1,0.878,0.737); % ffe0bc
label.bot(btex $\alpha$ Centauri B etex, betapos - (0, betarad))
withcolor white;
fill fullcircle scaled (2*proximarad)
shifted proximapos
withcolor (1,0.752,0.411); % ffcc6f
label.bot(btex Proxima etex, proximapos - (0, proximarad))
withcolor white;
endfig;
end;
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References
- I took the star colors from [1], which indicates they're only approximate. Apparently there are inherent difficulties in representing a star's color on a computer monitor.
- I took the star radii from [2].
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