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08Trail history — a star's past stacking as afterimages

Lay previous frames down with alpha and orbits accrete into soft lines — a visualization layer showing that structures like tidal tails and spiral arms are accumulations of orbits, not a single snapshot.

Best forHero backgrounds, generative art

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Trail history — a star's past stacking as afterimages
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08 Trail history — a star's past stacking as afterimages — Measured area 32.485% · moving frames 23/23Original by GODRICH · SCSS and React ship in the zip · N Body Simulation, 9 Ways (Galaxy, No Library)

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N Body Simulation, 9 Ways (Galaxy, No Library) - preview of all 9 demosN Body Simulation, 9 Ways (Galaxy, No Library)No library, no WebGL — integrate Newtonian gravity on every star, every frame, and two galaxies shear past, throwing tid See all demos in this post

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