Thanks guys.

I did a search for that eonite thread and I see exactly what you mean. The approach has it's downfalls as Rurta points out, but the benefits and the results greatly put Vue's default star generation to shame. Didn't even know that was possible. Very clever.

Rather than using a Sphere for the moon or an Alpha plane, I'm going to just add it in later when I'm doing the post work because it doesn't cast any light onto the objects in my scene.

Thanks for all the help guys.

Regards
James