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Martin, I think you're referring to CLOUDS.ZIP in Lib 3. I'm having similar trouble getting my "celestial sphere" to look right. I've used AAPro to create a GIF file with white dots representing stars. I then use this as a texture map in a material. I have a huge sphere surrounding my solar system. I flip the normals on the sphere, use spherical mapping, and assign the material. The result looks pretty bad. My stars end up being big blurs of white. I've tried using real small dots in the GIF file, but with the same result. I've got the celestial sphere linked to the motion of the sun. I'll download CLOUDS.ZIP to check it out. Maybe it will help with my celestial sphere. Do you have any thoughts on how to get a more realistic starry background? I don't think I can use the STARS IPAS routine because I need to have the starry background linked to the sun's motion. Thanks! Dirk