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When to Use Algol Eclipsing Binary 3D Explorer - Best Sessions and Limits
Open the Algol Eclipsing Binary 3D Explorer when you need an eclipsing-binary and light-curve lesson with published magnitude, period, mass, and radius figures - without a photometry lab.
An eclipse light-curve lesson
A lesson starts when you scrub the phase slider through 0% (deep primary eclipse) and 50% (shallow secondary eclipse), or press Play orbit to watch both automatically while the light curve plots the brightness dip and the facts panel keeps the published figures.
Sessions this explorer does not fit
Sessions this page does not fit are general orbital-dynamics or barycenter lessons without an eclipse. Use the Binary Star System 3D Explorer for that. Walk the controls in the step-by-step guide.
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