Request Black hole with stars as planets, and planets as moons (mini-galaxy)

[Sorpenderin]

i was wondering if anyone could make new stars wich orbit a black hole. i mean adding stars wich would be configured as planets. then those stars will have planets wich would be called moons. can anyone make a galaxy like this?

 

[RisingFury]

Yes, that is possible, but the stars will not produce any light, because Orbiter is incapable of doing that.

As I recall, there are already some binary star systems on OrbitHangar:
http://www.orbithangar.com/

 

[Izack]

IIRC '[ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4040"]Star Trek Universe[/ame]' addon does this. It's a bit...weird, though. You'll see what I mean if you try it.

 

[jedidia]

The two major problems are scale and lighting. You'd only get light from the center of the system, the stars wouldn't emit any light. The problem with scale is that you'd have to shrink stuff together a bit. It works and has been done for some add-on, as the aforementioned star treck.

Depending on how many stars you want there's a third problem, which is performance. But if you keep the amount sensible and don't mind compressed distances and odd lighting, there's no problem whatsoever. You can even give the planets moons, as orbiter supports moons of moons.