Nebula Pillar Sculptor: Interstellar Dust Evaporation Simulator

PRESET: Horsehead Silhouette (B33)

STELLAR SOURCE: Sigma Orionis (O/B Giant)

FLOW VECTORS: 12,500 Gas/Dust Ions

Astronomical Presets

Radiative Dynamics

Core Density (n₀) 100,000 cm⁻³

Stellar UV Flux (G₀) 5,000 Habing

Star Distance (d) 3.50 pc

Dust-to-Gas Ratio (Z_d) 0.010

Evaporation Time Stream

Astrophysics Diagnostics

Ionization Front Velocity

12.4 km/s

Mass Loss Rate

1.80e-4 M☉/yr

Core Optical Depth (τ)

45.2

Pillar Survival Lifetime

500,000 yr

Pillar Evaporation Telemetry:
Ionization Front: 12.4 km/s | Evaporation Rate: 0.000180 M☉/yr | Optical Depth τ: 45.2 | Pillar Lifetime: 500000 yr

Telemetry & Capture Export