Star not showing through atmosphere

[Chuft-Captain]

I created a planet almost identical to Earth in the "EPS Cet" system.
(Note that this is a binary system -- this may be relevant)
When the observer is below the top of the atmosphere (<60km altitude) the star disappears. (It's still there and can be marked with ctrl-P, but there's no visible sign of the star from within the atmosphere (although atmospheric effects like sunrise/sunset glows are showing I think.
If the observer position is above the atmosphere height (> 60km) the star suddenly re-appears.

Here's the atmosphere code:

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   Atmosphere {
      Height 60
      Lower [ 0.43 0.52 0.65 ]
      Upper [ 0.26 0.47 0.84 ]
      Sky [ 0.40 0.6 1.0 ]
      Sunset [ 1.0 0.6 0.2 ]
      CloudHeight 7
      CloudSpeed 65
      CloudMap "earth-clouds.*"

      Mie 0.001
      MieAsymmetry -0.25
      Rayleigh [ 0.001 0.0025 0.006 ]
      MieScaleHeight 12
   }

Has anyone noticed any similar behaviour ?

My config: 1.5.0final, Win-XP, ATI shared graphics, Open-GL 1.x

[EDIT: Also happens in 1.5.0pre5,4,3,1 and 1.4.1]
Haven't bothered to check 1.5.0pre6, but I think it's safe to assume it happens in that one as well ]

I can only assume that it has something to do with it being a binary system, or something with my machine (else someone would have reported it by now I would have thought)

[Chuft-Captain]

Is no-one else experiencing this problem?

[Planet X]

Yeah, I experience this problem whenever I create binary systems where a bright star is orbited by a red dwarf. In my case, it seems that the dimmer the companion star, the faster it disappears. BTW, I have no problems with stars of O-G class range. Later!

J P