probably not actually a bug

Hello! I Usually start small ships with a power reactor skeliton so i see the ship. I then put armor around it, and add systems and weapons last. I have never build anything big, or even medium. (Unless you count a borg cube as a ship :) ) And i want to ask the community, HOW THE HELL DO...

Light from the sun nearest star seems to only be rendered within a certain radius of the player. The green circle is pointing out what I mean. I haven't seen this in anyone elses videos or screenshots, so it's probably a setting somewhere... but I can't find it. My graphics card is an R9...