Eclipsing Binary Simulator (EBS) - Home Page

<P><I>(if your browser displays this text, it is not capable of displaying frames.)</I> <p> <ul> EBS is an astronomy application to visualise the orbit and synthetic light curve of binary star systems. It is made for educational purposes and for having fun. <B>Main features</B><BR><BR> <LI>Elliptical orbits<BR> <LI>Star selection by MLR-parameters or spectral class<BR> <LI>Light curve plotting<BR> <LI>2D and 3D orthographic view of binary system<BR> <LI>Export light curve and orthographic view to bitmap<BR> <LI>Exporting light curve to data file<BR> <BR><BR> <B>Authors</B><BR><BR> <LI>Programming : Jeroen Geertzen<BR> <LI>Math : Yigal Herstein, Jeroen Geertzen<BR> <BR><BR> <B>Screen shots</B> (click to see magnification in new window)<BR><BR> <TABLE BORDER=1 WIDTH=80%> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><A HREF="ss_full.jpg" TARGET="_new"><IMG SRC="ss_full_thumb.gif"></A> </TD> <TD VALIGN="top"><B>Overall view</B>: main window, orthographic view, light curve and parameter panels.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><A HREF="ss_ortho.jpg" TARGET="_new"><IMG SRC="ss_ortho_thumb.gif"></A> </A> </TD> <TD VALIGN="top"><B>Orthographic view</B> of binary system in XYZ space with orbit traces</TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BR><BR> <B>System requirements</B><BR><BR> <LI>MS Windows 98 or higher.<BR> <LI>Screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels or higher.<BR> <BR><BR> <B>Download</B><BR><BR> <LI><A HREF="ebs1.zip">ebs1.zip</A> (zipped, 359 KB)<BR> <BR><BR> <B>Installation</B><BR><BR> <LI>Extract zip archive to a directory<BR> <LI>Execute ebs.exe<BR> <BR><BR> <B>Websites about eclipsing binary stars:</B><BR><BR> <LI>Robert Wilson : <A HREF="http://binaries.boulder.swri.edu/binaries/papers/rew_iappp_94/" TARGET="_new">Understanding binary stars via light curves</A><BR> <LI>Dan Bruton : <A HREF="http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/binstar.html" TARGET="_new">Eclipsing Binary Stars</A><BR> <BR><BR> <B>Contact</B><BR><BR> Comments, bug reports and feature suggestions are welcome and can be send to: <img src="em.png">. </ul>