IL Lupi
Simulate IL Lupi (4U 1543−475), an active soft X-ray transient. Watch a 9.4-solar-mass black hole and an A-type dwarf star orbit their mutual center of mass every 26.8 hours.
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KV Ursae Majoris
Explore KV Ursae Majoris (XTE J1118+480), a high-latitude galactic black hole binary. Track a 7.5-solar-mass black hole orbiting with a diminutive red dwarf companion every 4.1 hours.
LMC X-1
Journey to the Large Magellanic Cloud to observe LMC X-1. Watch a 10.9-solar-mass black hole orbit an enormous 32-solar-mass O-type giant star every 3.9 days in realistic 3D.
M33 X-7
Witness M33 X-7 in the Triangulum Galaxy, one of the most massive known stellar black hole systems. A 15.7-solar-mass black hole eclipses a colossal 70-solar-mass O giant star every 3.5 days.
Omega Centauri BH-2
Explore oMEGACat BH-2, a rare stellar-mass black hole inside globular cluster Omega Centauri. Track its sweeping 94-year eccentric orbit with a main-sequence turnoff star in 3D.
QZ Vulpeculae
Simulate QZ Vulpeculae (GS 2000+25), an X-ray transient where a 7.2-solar-mass black hole strips material from a closely orbiting K-dwarf companion in a rapid 8.3-hour cycle.
SS 433
Witness SS 433, the legendary galactic microquasar. Watch an 8-solar-mass black hole and a massive A supergiant interact on a 13.1-day orbit, driving relativistic precessing jets.
V Puppis
Explore the intriguing triple system of V Puppis, where a candidate 10.4-solar-mass black hole traces a wide 5.5-year orbit around a blistering inner pair of eclipsing B-type stars.
V1033 Scorpii
Simulate microquasar V1033 Scorpii (GRO J1655−40). Watch a 6-solar-mass black hole and an expanding F subgiant perform a frantic 2.6-day mutual orbit under intense mutual gravity.
V1487 Aquilae
Experience GRS 1915+105 (V1487 Aquilae), the famed relativistic microquasar. Trace a 10.1-solar-mass black hole orbiting an expanded red giant companion star on a 33.8-day cycle.
V381 Normae
Explore V381 Normae (XTE J1550−564), a powerful galactic microquasar. Watch a 9.1-solar-mass black hole tug on an orange K subgiant star during a rapid 1.54-day orbital dance.
V518 Persei
Explore V518 Persei (GRO J0422+32), one of the lowest-mass black hole candidates known. Track a 4-solar-mass compact object and its red dwarf donor star on a 5.1-hour orbit.
V616 Monocerotis
Discover V616 Monocerotis (A0620−00), one of Earth's closest stellar-mass black holes. Watch a 6.6-solar-mass black hole orbit an orange dwarf star every 7.75 hours in Newtonian 3D.
V821 Arae
Simulate V821 Arae (GX 339−4), a prominent low-mass X-ray binary. Watch a 9-solar-mass black hole gravitationally capture material from an orbiting companion star on a 1.76-day path.
XTE J1650-500
Experience XTE J1650−500, home to one of the lightest stellar-mass black holes cataloged. Trace a 5-solar-mass black hole and its companion K dwarf circling every 7.7 hours in 3D.
Major Galaxies of the Local Group
Simulate the major galaxies of the Local Group in 3D: track the Milky Way, Andromeda (M31), Triangulum (M33), and the Magellanic Clouds on their cosmic gravitational trajectories.
Spiral Galaxy with Globular Clusters
Witness a massive spiral galaxy encircled by a swarm of five globular clusters. Trace their wide, inclined halo orbits through the outer galactic gravitational field in 3D.
Elliptical Galaxy
Observe a giant elliptical galaxy composed of hundreds of thousands of ancient red and orange stars, moving on random, collisionless orbits in a smooth gravitational spheroid.