First off I hope this helps to answer your question if not .......oooops sorry. In the gallery section dcort gives this link for planetary texture maps http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/ which I thought was pretty useful. There are three starmaps on this site. Edit scene settings and use the starfield for the Background or Backdrop depending on what effect you are trying to achieve. I was going to try and upload a quick pick but I don't see that option (can we no longer upload pictures). If you want Carrara to create the starfield I don't know if it will or not. I will upload a picture to the gallery so you can see an example. Thanks Stacey