Why we usually cannot see the stars during the day?

Answer 1

the sun creates a "light filter"

Answer 2

Its not true that you cannot see any stars during the day because the Sun is the brightest star of all and you can always be sure that you will see it even if there is a total solar eclipse.

To explain why all the rest of the stars are only visible to the naked eye during the night is because they dont shine as bright as the sun, therefore their glow is hardly visible even with the use of gadgets. However, night is always dark because the sun is on the other side of the earth so that the other stars in the sky become visible to the naked eye.

Answer 3

Switch off all the lights in your room and ask someone to light a torch right into your face. The only thing you will see is the torch light. But switch it off and wait a while and you can slowly start to see the pweson standing in front of you faintly. Why so? coz when there is more light, your iris contracts and becomes smaller to protect your retina from excess light damaging it. So what happens is your eyes are unable to see the fainter light. But as the torch is switched off, your iris grows larger so as to let more light come into your eyes to help you see in the dark, you start to see more fainter objects like the person who was holding the torch. Same is the case with the sun and the stars. I need not tell you how bright the sun is compared to the stars do i?

Answer 4

the sun is the closest star to the earth... during the day, it's light reflects through the atmosphere, which is also between us and the stars - so not only is the sun itself blocking our view of the stars, but the brightness of the atmosphere also makes the stars invisible. they're simply not bright enough to appear against the light sky. same reason it's hard to watch stars from a bright lit city... it's best to watch stars out in the countryside.

Answer 5

Daytime is just too bright for the stars to show up. Planets are a different matter. The brightness of the clear blue sky corresponds to about 100 bright stars per resolution element of your eye (1/60th of a degree). Since your eye can scan the entire sky, this amounts to a brightness equal to that of a billion bright stars shining in the sky.

Answer 6

We can see one star: the sun. It's so bright during the day that we can't see the others... too far away, and beyond the sun. It's the same as if there's a bright light shining straight into your face. You can't see anything beyond it.

Answer 7

For those not in the know, Lightning Ridge is an opal mining town. Lots of vertical shafts.

I'm told the business of being able to see bright stars when down a deep shaft is an urban myth.

Answer 8

stars are always there, but they are very far away, therefore the more light present, the harder to see stars, during the day the sun produces alot of light
at night we only see 30% of stars as we produce alot of light pollution in homes, shops etc.
in sydney one of the stars from the southern cross is no longer visible, how sad is that!!!

Answer 9

Sun is nearer to us than other stars.So during day time the light due to sun is so much that stars being visible cant be seen by us

Answer 10

The ambient (surrounding) light is too bright.

This is why space observatories and telescopes are always situated in dark, secluded, and high altitudes, away from ambient light.

The Hubble telescope, the very best, is situated right out in space.

Answer 11

The stars are still there, is jus tat the day is too bright u cant see them.