Hi,
I know others have posted some image maps of stars to use in TG2 renders. I was looking for a program to generate my own. I went out to Fry's Electronics and in their cheap jewel case software I found "The Ultimate Home Planetarium" $9.99, not sure exactly how well it will work, it allows you to view the stars as they would appear anywhere, but it's very colorful, I've not tried doing a render with one yet, but I figured I'd mention it. If any of you have heard of or used other software for this purpose, please let me know as well.
Thanks,