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Stars roughly beyond 16,500 some-odd ly's from sol disappear when approached. They reappear if you rotate the camera towards the center of the Milky Way but as soon as the camera is rotated so that it's between the star and the Milky Way, it disappears. I hope you know what I'm talking about. If not, I'll try to find an example.

Please see Q12 of the user's FAQ at http://63.224.48.65/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2291 and review the thread it points to.

Unfortunately, the answer hasn't changed since the last time you brought up the topic.

Yikes, I had forgotten that I brought up this topic before.

chris wrote:... The real long-term solution is to allow multiple star databases, each referred to a different center. This is analgous to the way that solar systems are handled now, with the coordinate system for planets 'rezeroed' to the location of central star.

--Chris

Okay, I believe this may be the answer. If we are to use multiple star databases, then shouldn't the "central star" be the black-hole at the center of the galaxy? I mainly would like to explore the area closer to the center of the galaxy more than to see the stars beyond the galaxy. Therefore, since we have a lot of data particularly from x-ray and gamma-ray observations of that area, it seems to make sence that it should somehow be included in Celestia.