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Funny thing actually, I started making nebulae using point sprites because I'm really bad at modelling. I just couldn't figure out how to do proper UV mapping, transparency, etc. with Blender. However, since sprites are just points (no edges, no faces) I personally find them easier. Nice! Yeah, Ble...

Hello LukeCEL, Thanks a lot for the reply, I was looking into modelling some planetary nebulae this way because the ones from Celestia Motherlode use the same technique (as you mentioned) and end up looking quite decent, and are really noob-friendly to make too. They also don't seem to have this ren...

Hello! :toothless: I've tried making my own nebulae add-ons in celestia (version 1.6.1), and I decided to start by modelling some well-known planetary nebulae, like the Eight-Burst Nebula. I make my models in blender, exporting them as .obj files, and then open them in anim8or in order to convert th...