So I have been thinking about fictional galactic mapping, lately.
And I have come up with an interesting method using LightWave, and some filtering in Photoshop.
the original is rendered out at 8000X8000 pixels, I'm going to try some other types of galaxies, and see what I can come up with.
A closer look at a section of the galaxy, including the crowded core-ward region.
the thing that really baffles me is that this is only 17,316 stars, not even close to the estimated 300,000,000,000 in our own galaxy.
Mind... consider yourself blown.