Sharen, Thank you. You always say such nice things. Isstrout, hmm smudgy yes. I didn't see that when I posted the pict. Do you mean where the light blue 'twilight' is? that must be the light reflecting off the 'sky' dome wierdly. Thank you, I'll try to work on that. The transition effect and Venus (which you correctly identified) are still WIP. What most concerns me right now is the look of the starfield. Does the starfield itself look ok to you? - TJ