Cool stuff. I've been working on a similar project for some time, so don't be surprised if you see something similar from me soon!
To answer your question from a few posts back, if you're talking about the 'fog' that appears on this page and on the back of the map, it's not a function, it's a jpg that's rendered. It's called starbacking.jpg; check the source imgs and you'll find it.
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