SpaceEngine

SpaceEngine

The Milky Way Overhaul
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Update: 18 May @ 3:52pm

v 7.1.1

-Updated to SE 0.990.48.2065

Update: 9 May @ 7:52pm

v 7.1

I made several adjustments to the texture to fix some inaccuracies. Huge thanks to LBV 2012-26 for guiding me through the process. Some of the most notable changes you may first notice are:

-Thinner and sparser spiral arms, especially for the least prominent ones (like the Orion spur, the Norma arm, and the Carina-Sagittarius arm).

-Fixed position of the Orion spur and neighbor arms. I based their placement on the location of several known objects in the galaxy. My main reference for this was this map made by Pablo Carlos Budassi: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milky_way_map.png

-Slight rotation change on the galactic bar and more prominent 3kpc arms.

-General improvements on texture quality.

In a future version, I might try to add the twist present in the galactic plane, but until then, I have to find a workaround for this without changing procedural generation.

Update: 11 Apr @ 11:37pm

v 7.0

In addition to updating to the latest public version of SE (0.990.48.2055), a full redo of the texture was made, focusing on fixing the wrong placement of the arms in relation to the Solar System (Thanks to LBV 2012-26 for pointing that out). This iteration is primarily based on the artistic impression of Stefan Payne-Wardenaar, which uses data from GAIA's telescope. You can look more of this at: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/01/The_best_Milky_Way_map_by_Gaia

Update: 4 Mar @ 11:32pm

v 6.0.3

-Updated to SE 0.990.48.2050

Update: 8 Jul, 2024 @ 12:22am

v 6.0.2

-Updated to SE 0.990.48.2028

Update: 14 Jun, 2024 @ 1:40am

v 6.0.1

-Minor tweaks to the texture and general coloration of the galaxy.

-Updated to SE 0.990.48.2024

Update: 19 Apr, 2024 @ 7:36pm

v 6

-Updated to SE 0.990.47.2015

-Improved texture for a more accurate representation of the Milky Way as a barred spiral galaxy.

Update: 26 Apr, 2023 @ 9:22pm

Update: 26 Apr, 2023 @ 9:02pm

v 5.1.1

-Updated to SE 0.990.46.1955

Update: 2 Apr, 2023 @ 8:44pm

v 5.1

-Updated to SE 0.990.46.1950

-Small texture changes near the core and spiral arms.

-Improved texture edges.

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