Solar Flare

Added detail to various types of stars such as flares, Roche lobe, tidal bulge, and mass transfer. Flares are a periodic effect based on star type. In close binary systems, such as between a compact object and star, the stars radius may overflow a boundary referred to as the Roche lobe. If the overflow occurs then the star will loss mass to the other object in an event known as mass transfer. The Roche lobe is now calculated for all stars and will affect appearance and may present a mass transfer effect. Tidal bulge is also calculated for all binary stars and may affect star shape. Some examples of these effects are seen in Algol (90 ly), as well as binary stars close to compact objects such as neutron stars or black holes (such as Cygnus X-3). Note that flares and mass xfer effects are faster than real time.

Improvements:

• Red Dwarfs - Big flares but none less than 55 deg N/S as latest research suggests (Proxima Cent).

• White Dwarfs - Solid surface texture since they only have residual heat, no fusion (Sirius B).

• Brown Dwarfs - Color and texture for L, T, and Y types (Luhman 16).

• Low Density Giant Stars - No surface just haze (Betegeuse)

• Other Main Seq. - Texture and flares, mass transfer, shape.

• Neutron Stars - Doppler effected jets, accretion, distortion if warranted.

• Blake holes - Jets are now doppler affected based on viewing angle.

Bug Fixes:

• Bug where small objects would get closer to you when zooming out.

• Neptune color was corrected to be closer to natural color.