[Mesa-users] Need help in using MESA to model variable stars

[Francis Timmes]

hi zuhoor,

> On Jul 8, 2023, at 9:29 AM, Zuhoor Elahi via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone
> Hope you all are doing good.
>  I’m a graduate student.
> I’ve been given a task to model a class of variable stars, but I don’t know where to start. Also, I don’t know how to use MESA.
> I’ve gone through the opal opacity tables, Fortran subroutines, etc. but I don’t know how to use those things to model a star.
> Can anybody please help me in this regard?

it is not necessary to know such things in order to use mesa.

a low-barrier entry point is mesa-web at 

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/static.php?ref=mesa-web#Using_MESA-Web

and/or follow the tutorial at 

https://docs.mesastar.org/en/release-r23.05.1/using_mesa.html

fxt





> I’ve a little knowledge of using/programming in EXCEL VBA. Can anybody please tell me the best way of learning Fortran?
> Any help in this regarded will be highly appreciated.
> Thanks all.
>  Sincerely,
> Zuhoor
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