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Dietmar; Thank you for responding. >>> The coordinates of the most important stars, nebulas etc. should be available from various sources across the Internet or on PD CD-ROMs. <<< I'm sorry, you'll have to bear with me on this but I don't have access to Internet. Could you also explain what a "PD" CD-ROM is? I've lost my handy dandy book of acronyms. <g> >>> program called "Skyplot fur Windows" (which is not PD), which uses these coordinates to display the sky layout at various places/times. You might contact the author Frank Thielen at Fax (+49) 261 72944 about getting his data files. <<< Would these files be importable directly in to 3D Studio somehow and if they are, How would I do such a thing? Also What would the cost to me be? Thank you. Murph'