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You don't usually see stars during the day
by taberiand 2y ago
You don't usually see stars during the day
- ben_w 2y agoBecause of the atmosphere diffuses all the blue from the sunlight all over the place. I've seen people demonstrate that if you know where to point a telescope, it is just about possible to make out some of the brighter objects — though I can't remember if that was a star or a planet… But in this case, the exposure is set at a level that even Venus isn't quite fully saturating the sensor.
- taberiand 2y agoOn the moon, the sunlight bouncing around is still enough to outshine the stars
- crazygringo 2y agoYup, it's less to do with atmosphere and more with exposure. Shots of stars at night have exposures of a few seconds to get them to appear. Shots in the daytime are more like 1/60 sec.
- verisimi 2y agoNor do you see Venus.