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I think you are going to have to use Step & Repeat, unless you have Illustrator?
Make your path, which you'll only be using as a guide.
To make things easier, I made a pair of guides in the exact centre of the document, and dragged the Grid 0,0 point to their intersection.
Make a star using the Shape tool — I used six sides and 50% (in Options bar)
Place the star on the eliptical path intersecting the vertical guide.
Copy the layer (Ctrl J)
Now the clever bit, which we call Step & Repeat.
Use Ctrl T to start Free Transform
Place thew centre handle on the guide intersection. (Alt drag) To get the position dead on, change the X: and Y: fields to 0,0
360° divided by 50 is 7.2° so put that value in the angle field. Note: It is important to put the central handle in the right place before entering that value.
Now hold down Shift Ctrl Alt and press the T key 49 times.
Note: if you use a shape layer for the stars, they will all form on the same layer. If you use a raster (pixel) star, then you'll have 50 separate layers.
Does that work for you?
Do you have Illustrator?
"...and dragged the Grid 0,0 point to their intersection."
I don't think i know where to find this...
By @LightofHeaven7
Click and hold the origin point of the rulers in the upper left, then drag the zero point/origin point onto the canvas to the desired position.
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