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Old 04-11-2010, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by pgc hunter View Post
Or do they plot in rich parts randomly while plotting the brighter stars according to their actual positions?
The current ASOD show's how one fellow does it. As he's done two sketches, one at low and the other high power, the main brighter stars are plotted, the remainder is 'random' to achieve the overall effect. You can see the variations in this 'random' nature when you compare the two sketches, while he's maintianed the brighter ones.

http://www.asod.info/?p=4221

Another is to plot the brighter ones first, then take 'sections' bounded by the brighter stars and then plot the remainder as finely or randomly as you like.
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