Foldable paper cube of star cluster simulations

For educational purposes we present three-dimensional folding models of two simulations of open star clusters: the Pleiades (left) and the Hyades (right). Click on the figures to download the PostScript files (6 megabytes each).



Or download the smaller GIF images of the Pleiades cube and the Hyades cube.


The Hyades and Pleiades are open star clusters near the Sun. We simulated these clusters using the combination of Kira and SeBa within the Starlab software environment. Calculations were performed on the GRAPE-4 at Tokyo university.

The images are produced according to the methods described in the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems