The Star - Based on the short story by H. G. Wells

A mysterious star enters the solar system, bringing devastating changes to Earth in the summer of 1891. As scientists track its approach, they realize the unprecedented threat it poses to human civilization. Based on the classic H. G. Wells short story with his themes of humanity confronting cosmic forces beyond our control. This film represents an innovative blend of traditional and AI filmmaking, with 90% of the visuals created using generative AI technology. For those interested, the Star's physical elements and path were modelled to give a close approximation to what is described in Wells' short story, while injecting more realism based on what we currently know about stars (or, in this case, Brown Dwarfs). The Star's physical parameters are given here: Mass: 70 Jupiter masses (0.067 solar) Below hydrogen fusion limit Radius ~0.088 solar radii ~61,000 km Surface Temperature ~2100K Peak emission at 1.4 microns Total Luminosity ~0.00012 solar (6.7E-11 vis) Most energy in infrared Visual Absolute Magnitude (10pc) +30.2 Only visible light component Bolometric Absolute Mag. (10pc) +16 Total energy across spectrum Infrared Absolute Mag. (10pc) +17 Dominant energy band and the distance and brightness/effects: Distance AU Vis. Mag. Bol. Mag. 30 (Neptune) +6.0 -8.2 Detectable IR, minimal heating 20 (Uranus) +5.2 -9.0 Minor IR effects 10 (Saturn) +3.7 -10.5 Notable IR detection 5 (Jupiter) +2.2 -12.0 Beginning of heating effects 2 +0.24 -13.9 Significant heating 1 -1.4 -15.6 Strong heating effects 0.6 -2.4 -16.6 Intense thermal effects 0.3 -4.0 -18.2 ~1/3 solar heating Tags: #sciencefiction #hgwells #ai #climatedisaster #astronomicalobject #star #victorian #adaptation #shortstory #solarsystem #klingai #A11pl3Z #oumuamua