A lighting panel capable of producing a 'Starry Sky' lighting effect and which is easily retrofitted into existing aircraft includes a first substrate (14), a plurality of microminiature light sources (20), such as LEDs, mounted on an upper surface of the first substrate, a plurality of electri-cally conductive traces (22) written on the upper surface of the first substrate so as to make electrical interconnections with respective leads of the light sources, a clear filler material (24) surrounding each light source and tapering down to the upper surface of the first substrate so as to planarize it, and a flexible decorative film (26) laminated over the upper surface of the first substrate and light sources, the decorative film containing a plurality of apertures (30) therethrough, each corresponding in location to a respective light source.
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