Ulario's Guide to the Night Sky

As a moderator for several groups, one of my pet peeves is when somebody tries to submit a piece with a really rushed night sky. It usually isn't grounds for me to outright reject a picture from the group, but the space artist in me wants to retreat to the nearest corner and facepalm, since it really isn't that hard to produce a pretty night sky.

I consider this more of a PSA then a tutorial. I give the basics on how to do things, but I strongly urge artists to learn things on their own rather then depend on tutorials.

Other Resources
Greg Martin's AWESOME Starfield tutorial - If you have any interest in space art, look this guy up!
Gas Giant Pack - A set of gas giant textures that I made. Free for you to use!
CGtextures.com - A website full of royalty free textures for you to use!