How to set particles ?

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Hello

I am trying to create a star field and set the particles to my world after creating an array of stars. But i get an error:

 An object reference is required to access non-static member `UnityEngine.ParticleSystem.SetParticles(UnityEngine.ParticleSystem.Particle[], int)`

I don’t quite know what my mistake was. Am hoping some one could help explain. My script is this:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Stars : MonoBehaviour {

	public int maxStars 	= 1000;
	public int universeSize = 10;

	private ParticleSystem.Particle[] points;

	private void Create(){	
		points = new ParticleSystem.Particle[maxStars];

		for (int i = 0; i < maxStars; i++) {
			points_.position  = Random.insideUnitSphere * universeSize;_

_ points*.startSize = Random.Range (0.05f, 0.05f);_
_ points.startColor = new Color (1, 1, 1, 1);
 }*_

* }*

* void Start() {*

* Create ();*
* }*

* // Update is called once per frame*
* void Update () {*
* if (points != null) {*

* ParticleSystem.SetParticles (points, points.Length); //ERROR here*

* }*
* }*
}
I am using unity version 5.

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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Stars : MonoBehaviour {

 public int maxStars     = 1000;
 public int universeSize = 10;
 public ParticleSystem theParticleSystem;
 private ParticleSystem.Particle[] points;

 private void Create(){    
     points = new ParticleSystem.Particle[maxStars];

     for (int i = 0; i < maxStars; i++) {
         points_.position  = Random.insideUnitSphere * universeSize;_

points*.startSize = Random.Range (0.05f, 0.05f);*
points*.startColor = new Color (1, 1, 1, 1);*
}

}

void Start() {

Create ();
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update () {
if (points != null) {

theParticleSystem.SetParticles (points, points.Length);

}
}
}