From: Pete 22/07/99 17:03:54
Subject: Stars from the Moon post id: 25643
A doubting friend noticed that there were no stars visible in the sky in a photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon. He had the impression that one should see many many stars in this photo as there is little atmosphere on the moon and the sky is black.
I think that no stars are visible because just as in the daytime on earth when the sun is the brightest object in the sky all other stars are not visible,and so to in a lunar day. I also thought that the brightness of the lunar surface would reduce star-gazing just like a city's glow.
Am i correct or are all the conspiracy theorists correct when they say that the sky should be filled with many stars in these photos??? (Of course on the dark side of the moon star-gazing should be magnificent)
From: Rich 22/07/99 17:07:50
Subject: re: Stars from the Moon post id: 25645
The glare is the main thing. The reason you don't see the stars in the day on earth is that our atmosphere scatters the light from the sun (blue light in particular) and this is brighter than the stars.


Thus is's all a matter of relative contrast. The stars are just too faint to see compared to the other bright objects.

From: Martin B 22/07/99 17:11:10
Subject: re: Stars from the Moon post id: 25648
You are both incorrect (or both correct if you would prefer)

It is scatterred sunlight that overpowers the light from stars and renders them invisible during the day on Earth. There is no atmosphere on the Moon to scatter the sunlight so indeed stars are readily visible from the Moon during the day - many more stars than are visible from the Earth during night in fact.

The reason no stars appear in the pictures on the Moon is the same reason that stars do not appear in video taken at night - the video cameras are not sensitive enough to detect the faint stars particularly in comparison to a bright foreground.
From: Halogen Fisk 22/07/99 18:33:46
Subject: re: Stars from the Moon post id: 25665
I've said it before & I'll say it again..

People expect to see stars in space.

If they hadn't been to the moon to know better,

they would've included stars in the fake photos!

just check out any Sci-Fi film.. it not hard to include stars in a fake picture!!

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