Why do we only see stars at night?

Question

Can anyone give me detailed answers??

Answer 1

it has to do with the magnification of light emittance coming from our sun...if you notice in most locations as it gets later in the day and the sun's magnification diminishes some stars become visible and more and more become so as the sun slowly disappears in the horizon

Answer 2

Most stars can only be seen at night, because the ambient light of the sun outshines the reflected light of the stars. At night, however, there is nothing to impede that light, and so we see stars. HOWEVER, there are a couple of stars that we can see in the daytime. At least, in the early morning and the late evening. Venus, for example, (the evening star) can usually be seen at dusk. And at various time of the year, other stars can also be seen before it gets dark. It just depends on the angle and intensity of the sunlight, and the brightness of the star you are looking at.
To give you an analogy -- think about walking into a darkened room with a flashlight. The light from the flashlight is easily seen. Then think what happens when someone turns all the lights on. The flashlight is still on, but you can't see the light. That's what happens to the light from the stars when the sun is up.
Hope this helps.

Answer 3

What we can see in the sky - night or day - depends on its brightness. This has been defined as 'apparent Magnitude.'

From Curious About Astronomy:
The idea of "apparent magnitude" goes all the way back to the Greek astronomer Hipparchus. Basically, he looked at the stars in the sky and classified them by how bright they appear -- the brightest stars were "magnitude 1", the next brightest were "magnitude 2", etc., down to "magnitude 6", which were the faintest stars he could see. It is this basic classification from over 2,000 years ago that led to the magnitude scale we have now!

We now define a difference of five "magnitudes" as exactly equal to a brightness ratio of 100. Furthermore, we tie the whole scale to the star Vega, which is defined to have a magnitude of 0. [1]

But a Nova or super Nova can be seen during the day! Their magnitude it brighter than that of the blue sky! [2]

The daytime sky has a magnitude of its own. The blue sky's magnitude is greater than most stars so they can not be seen. But we can see some things in the daytime. We can see the sun, of course, and the Moon, and Venus. [3]

;-D Be careful when looking at the Sun. Just a moment too long and you will damage your eyes!

Answer 4

Because we cannot see our closest star, the sun, for it is on the other side of Earth. It's the same with a light in a room, in the night, and you can just see the light from the lamp or whatever thing giving off the light. When you turn off the light, you can't see jackshite, except for anything else that might happen to be giving off light at the time. That's why we see stars (other suns), because we cannot see the light of our personal giant space lamp. Also, all basic colors come from light, which is why black has no color, and which is also why it is dark (black) at night. If you think the light from other stars is enough to create light, then you must be mad, for there would otherwise be no night. Stars you see are billions of lightyears away, and their light is barely visible, though it is indeed still visible.

Answer 5

Scattered sun light (from our local star) in our atmosphere overpowers the dimmer light from the other distant stars. If you were in space above the atmosphere you would be able to see stars even while the sun was visible (I don't mean looking at the sun while doing so). Stars are also visible during a total eclipse of the sun, when all but the fainter light of the sun's corona is blocked out.

Contrary to what some have heard, you cannot see any stars during daytime from the bottom of a well. It's been tried, but there is no conclusive evidence from anyone that this works, since dark adaptation (the benefit of being at the bottom of a well) still won't overcome the brightness of the daytime sky.

I have seen the planet Venus (which is bright enough on its own) with the unaided eye while the sun was still above the horizon. It is not easy, but it's possible if your sky is transparent enough (no high clouds or excessive moisture/dust) and you know where to look.

Answer 6

First of all, the thing is that sun is also a star. And we see it at day!
The other stars that are far away maybe big or small but they can't give us as much light as our sun. So it is the brightest. It isn't that the stars are only on the dark side of the earth. They are in the bright side but we just can't see them because the light of sun is the brightest which doesn't let us see the light of the other stars. But we can't see the sun in the night time so we can see the other stars. It is kind of same with our moon except that the moon reflects the light of the sun.

Answer 7

The stars are in the sky both day and night. During the day our star, the sun, makes our sky so bright that we cannot see the much dimmer stars. At night, when the sky is dark, the light of the stars can be seen.

Answer 8

We see stars at night because the light of our closet star (The Sun) blots out the other stars during the day. So we see stars at night and a sing star in the day.

Answer 9

Because the light from our closest star (the sun) is so bright that our eyes have to adjust to its brightness. Its only at night that our eyes can adjust to the much fainter light of the other stars and we can see them. Apparently if you go down a deep well and look up you can see the stars during the daytime.

Answer 10

Mal com_G has it right. The light scatters in the atmosphere. However, when the space station is on the side of the earth that is experiencing daytime, the astronauts can see stars in the heaven as long as they can block out the sun. The sunlight has not been dispersed from particles in the surroundings to block the stars.

Answer 11

Go outside at night... where there are NO lights. Stand in front of a vehicle while all the lights are off. Now have someone turn on the headlights of that vehicle while you are standing in front of it. Can you see what is behind that vehicle now? No because you are being blinded by the light and can only see a few feet in front of you. Same goes for the stars in the daytime. They are still there but we are being blinded by the sun's light. Hope this helps!