The snapshot files contain the following lines of data: nbods # number of particles ndim # dimensionality [=3] tnow # simulation time pmass(1) # particle masses ... pmass(nbods) x(1),y(1),z(1) # particle positions ... x(nbods),y(nbods),z(nbods) vx(1),vy(1),vz(1) # particle velocities ... vx(nbods),vy(nbods),vz(nbods) eps(1) # gravitational smoothing lengths ... eps(nbods) pot(1) # gravitational potential ... pot(nbods) For each block of particle data, the order and number of particles in each component are: disk1 (M101's disk: 800,000 particles) halo1 (M101's dark halo: 200,000 particles) disk2 (N5474's disk: 100,000 particles) bulge2 (N5474's bulge: 40,000 particles) halo2 (N5474's halo: 25,000 particles) (note that the M101 model does not have a bulge component)