In the main display, stars are hidden by the fog of war.
In the mini-map, stars are visible thru the fog of war.

On large galaxy sizes, stars can be too hard to see in the mini-map.

I suggest that stars be made visible in the main map, even in fog of war and unexplored areas.

Also, this will make setting auto-pilot routes easier for colony ships, scouts, and others one would send into the unexplored void.

Finally, this is not meant to make obsolete the Stellar Cartography technology. (I am not even sure if this tech survived from GCI into GCII.) The intent is to make the basic star location information easier to use -- not to gain advantage by identifying higher quality star systems.

Thank you.