Starlite Starbrite | Update 28.2

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[h3]Update 28.2[/h3]
Stars have new Absolute and Apparent Magnitude properties, which measure their brightness from different distances. This minor update also includes improvements to black hole collisions, object trails, and bug fixes.

[h4]Stellar Magnitudes[/h4]
Stars now have both Apparent and Absolute Magnitude properties, which are measures of the brightness of a star, under Properties > Temperature. Learn more in our new Stellar Magnitudes guide: Guides > Science > Stellar Magnitudes.



[h4]More Highlights[/h4]

• Colliding black holes now compute the correct Schwarzschild radius
  
  
  

  
  

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• Trails for objects are no longer broken and jagged when an object is set as the trail center
  
  
  

  
  

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• Starlight color on nearby objects now updates in real-time
  
  
  

  
  

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• Human scale objects are now simply heated by stars and supernovae to better reflect their temperature in space
  
  
  

  
  

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• Created a new guide about object oblateness and its effect on gravitational fields under: Guides > Science > Non-Spherical Gravitational Fields

This update includes 3+ additions and 13+ fixes and improvements.

Check out the full list of What's New in Update 28.2

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