Test renders of all sky map from the ESO

I found these wonderful images made available by the European Southern Observatory:

http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/category/fulldome/

Some are VERY high resolution!

So I tried applying one to the inside of a sphere, set to 100% luminous, no diffuse, and used a 1080P camera with AA set to 25. I* used planar mapping on the Y axis.

These images are what I got out. The only adjustments I made were autocontrast.

I think they would look even better if I darkened them a bit.

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