Why are there no stars in the moon sky ?

Question

We have seen photographs of the apollo spacecraft on the moon ... there is no atmosphere on moon ... so why aren't the stars viisble ?

Answer 1

OK OK OK, you are right! There are no stars visible in the photograph. Those folks that set up the studio in the middle of the desert in Nevada to stage the moon landing never thought of that.

Stars are faint. If you look at the sky on a day with a full moon, you probably see less stars. If you are using a camera to photograph something which is very faint, you need to have a long exposure to make sure that the things become visible to the detector (in this case probably film). If there is something bright in the foreground and your exposure is short, you won't see any stars in the photograph, however if you were standing there on the moon, you would see them.

Take a picture sometime with a flash and a person standing 10 feet from you with brilliant stars behind them. Do you see the stars in the photo?

http://www.apfn.org/apfn/moon.htm
and rebuttal
http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/NOT_faked/

Answer 2

There are stars in the sky on the Moon. There are just no stars in PHOTOGRAPHS of the sky from the Moon. There are no stars in any of the photographs taken in orbit from the space shuttle either. Go through your home snapshots and find some taken at night. Or take some at night just to test what I am saying. Are there any stars in those photographs? No. Because the stars are not bright enough to record on a regular photograph. You need a time exposure to photograph stars.

Answer 3

Just go a night to a open field, far from any city light wher you can see the stars. Then try to make a foto of yourself and the stars at the same time. You would not see stars at all at the photo. If you put enough light (camera flash) to make you to appear in the photo the camera cannot take the stars. The same happens in the moon.

Answer 4

It's the light that reflects from the moon - the moon light which is brighter than the stars / planets around that blind folds us and not see the other stars around. It is like looking at a back ground while some one is flashing a torch at you.

Answer 5

If you shutter down the camera to the place that you can make out lunar features, you aren't letting in enough light to photograph the stars. There is just way too much variance in luminosity.

Answer 6

excess light reflected from the moon to the earth blocks the dim light from the far away stars. though if you see clearly you will definitely find some .

Answer 7

Because aliens HAVE landed on earth!
As a matter of fact... I just saw one yesterday.

Answer 8

moonlight blocks them out