2007-11-08 05:40:09 · 8 answers · asked by KHAOS4NOW 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
For the same reason why you can't see any stars behind someone you are photographing with a flash at night. There's not enough exposure time to catch the star light.
2007-11-08 06:26:24 · answer #1 · answered by straightshooter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the shuttle is really in a Hollywood sound set and they don't have stars on the walls....
Just kidding. The main reason is that the shuttle and the earth below are so bright in comparison that the little tiny points of startlight are just drowned out by all the glare. It's like having the lights on in your house and looking outside at the sky through a window. It's difficult to see any stars because of the brightness inside and because your eyes are not "adjusted" or "adapted" (enlarged pupils, etc) for seeing very dim lights.
2007-11-08 05:44:22 · answer #2 · answered by David Bowman 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
the shuttle is very bright and the aperture setting on the camera required to capture the bright shuttle makes the background (stars) look black.
You can reproduce this effect in your backyard at night. On a starry night, take a flash picture of something. The background night sky will be black, no stars.
2007-11-08 05:48:22 · answer #3 · answered by Richard F 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you cant see any stars because the closest one is too dim for cameras that the space shuttle uses, to pick up. it was the same with the moon landings in the late 1960's
2007-11-08 05:48:30 · answer #4 · answered by mcdonaldcj 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the lens opening and shutter speeds were set to phottograph brightly lit objects. The stars were much too faint to be seen with those settings. Request to Jarhead7: You appear to have access to information not available to the general public. You can increase your credibility if you would provide the address(exact location) of the Hollywood set you mentioned, or else identify your source of that information.
2007-11-08 05:47:33 · answer #5 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because there is too much light at the time. The filming probably happens on the daylight side so the stars can't be seen.
2007-11-08 05:48:19 · answer #6 · answered by DiRTy D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same reason you don't see dim lights when there's a bright subject in the foreground on normal cameras - contrast.
2007-11-08 06:37:27 · answer #7 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. The stars are just way too dim. The Hubble, also in orbit, has no trouble at all.
2007-11-08 05:43:42 · answer #8 · answered by Cirric 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋