Open the demo file

1. Unzip SpaceNightSkyboxes_Blender.zip, keeping the EXR_8K folder next to SpaceNightSkyboxes.blend.
2. Open SpaceNightSkyboxes.blend in Blender 5.2.
3. Pick a sky in the Scene selector (top right) and press F12.

Use a sky in your own scene

1. File > Append > SpaceNightSkyboxes.blend > World > pick the sky.
2. World Properties: choose the appended World.
3. Rotate it with the Z rotation of the Mapping node in the World shader editor.
4. Background Strength sets how much light the sky gives to your scene.

Colour

The demo scenes use the ACES 1.3 view transform at +1 exposure (Render Properties > Color Management), which matches the previews. Night skies are dark by design: raise the exposure for a brighter look.

Files

• SpaceNightSkyboxes_Blender.zip: the .blend and the 12 EXR 8K panoramas (8192 x 4096, half float, linear).
• SpaceNightSkyboxes_HDR_EXR.zip: EXR 8K and HDR 4K (4096 x 2048) for any other software.
• SpaceNightSkyboxes_PNG_Cubemaps.zip: PNG 8K and 4K (8-bit sRGB, tonemapped, dithered) and 6 x 2048 px cubemap faces per sky (OpenGL order px nx py ny pz nz).