Actually the images have been coming out way too dark, but here are the 
problems I have been encountering...

The light is behind, and the planet with atmosphere shows a nice 
crescent like I want, BUT  all the moons are way to dark.

So I upped the ambient and then used Auto Brightness and Contrast in 
Photoimpact, which make it at least viewable, but the moons are far too 
bright on the dark sides.

The Stars Include file is biting me here because I have to readjust it 
for each trace whenever I change resolution.  Either AA wipes them out 
completely, or it looks like God got into the Silly String cabinet.

I will attach the source if anyone thinks they can make it a little more 
realistic... I can't seem to balance it all... OH!  If balancing it 
means making it take 43 weeks to render, forget it, I still have a lot 
to add to the scene.

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>Still, I think the ambient level of the rings is far too high -
>the planet's night side glows, but this glow is by no means
>bright enough to light the shaded parts of the rings so much!
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