2007-07-20 17:57:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Actually you will be able to see more stars from space than from the earth.
2007-07-20 18:01:35 · answer #1 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't go by those photos you've seen from and around the space shuttle and international space station. Both of them are highly reflective and very near the camera, so the camera's shutter is adjusted way down and set for very quick exposures. The high light levels plus the camera setttings prevent many stars from appearing on the film. If you were hovering in space with your back turned to the shuttle or ISS you'd see hundreds of thousands more stars than can ever be seen from Earth.
2007-07-21 03:11:43 · answer #2 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason that you have this mistaken impression is that photography doesn't have the range of accommodation that the eye does, so photographs of the earth or moon's surface from space will only show very bright stars, if any.
2007-07-21 01:05:13 · answer #3 · answered by virtualguy92107 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You will see all those and many more because the air which absorbs the light from the far off stars is not there.
2007-07-21 02:04:57 · answer #4 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually you would see more stars than what we see in our atmosphere, as dimmer stars that would be obscured by light (and particle) pollution would be seen clearly.
2007-07-21 01:01:41 · answer #5 · answered by Foxfire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true! If you are in the Earth's shadow you will be dazzled by the number and brightness of stars.
2007-07-21 13:52:21 · answer #6 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
true, you'll see more of them, and if on the night side of the planet, sheilded from the bright sunlight, you may not recognize several stars we 'know' from the ground. so in that way, depending on which hemisphere the observer occupies, you're correct, sort of.
2007-07-24 14:00:13 · answer #7 · answered by gkdehaan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did you come up with that piece of BS?
No, I guess MOST people wouldn't know that new piece of BS.
Why don't you explain it to us, Einstein?
2007-07-21 01:08:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋