POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.text.scene-files : Star catalogue : Re: Star catalogue Server Time
15 Mar 2026 10:57:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Star catalogue  
From: Leroy
Date: 11 Mar 2026 21:30:00
Message: <web.69b216bb38a84fefa0716845f712fc00@news.povray.org>
"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> If anyone wants to try their hand at creating a real starry sky with simulated
> stars, I've trimmed the HYG star catalogue (120,000 entries) a bit and turned it
> into a Povray array.
>
> Documented more thoroughly than I would like, took way too long, as always.
>
> A macro collection that makes use of it is in the works.
>
> See:
> https://www.maetes.com/en/download/hyg-lite-star-catalogue
>
> That's the damn reason why I don't have time to build damn spaceships.
>
> :)
>
> Ma

I made a ship a long time ago for a Futurama like game. And the last line of
your post made think...
I'm to lazy to download your stuff and create a sky so I just use the picture
here.
Here it is the ship!


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