I don't know if this would be any help, but here is a link to a lightwave tutorial on creating a starfield. It might at least give some ideas....
https://www.ap3d.com/betterspace/betterspace-tut-00.htm
I have done his entire series on this site with Lightwave and it looks awesome (even the nebulas using Photoshop).
Would there be a way to duplicate this process in Maya somehow??
Good luck,
-Hidalgo
https://www.darrylworley.com/
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