GalaxSee Help Index

GalaxSee Tutorial

How to get started, how to design a galaxy, and how the options under Galaxy Setup and Model Settings work together to create your custom simulations.

Menu Item Descriptions

Lists the function of every item in the GalaxSee menus.

Creating Galaxies in a Text Document

Instructions for creating a galaxy of your choice, star by star, by entering the data into a text document.

Rotation and Flattening Lesson Plan

A sample lesson plan that shows how GalaxSee can be used to learn about the effects of gravity on a rotating body of stars.

GalaxSee Test Drive

A list of tasks that GalaxSee should be able to perform, intended to put GalaxSee through its paces for testing purposes. We include it here because it gives a quick, fairly comprehensive run through the operational aspects of GalaxSee's capabilities.

 

For information on downloading the lastest version of GalaxSee and its help documents, see the GalaxSee information page at the Shodor Foundation.