Why are stars not visible in space?

Light reflecting from Earth.

What you need to realize with telescopes and cameras that in order for them to capture those awesome star pictures you see, is that they leave the mirror open for extended exposures, which gradually collect more and more light that the human eye cannot see.

These cameras used in the jump were set on low exposure times in order to capture still movement, not extended. If it was extended you would just see a giant blur, because the base was consistently moving.

You really just have to understand how photography works to understand capturing light. The whole scene is properly exposed to capture the immediate area of importance. Stars were not important.

scienceray is well known for being full of shit.

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We have never been in space, so how would we know...

Is it the trees we can't see for the forrest, or is it the other way around? Can't we see the planets for the stars?

Because he wasn't IN space, only half way there.

Oh, and stars are generally visible in space, much more so considering there is no atmosphere to block'em out. + the dive was done during the day, not nighttime.

As a television professional I can tell you this. Your eye can see much more contrast than even the best HD cameras made. When a camera exposure or iris is set to properly illuminate and highlight a given subject, the contrast prevents the lighter or more fine particles to get "squashed." G

Go outside at night and shoot the streetlight and see if you can still see the stars in your video... for that matter any planes or other lights. The camera cannot expose for both.

The camera was set to properly illuminate the jumper and the capsule he climbed out of. The reflection of the capsule as well as the light on the earth alone will prevent the camera from "seeing" any stars at the same time.

Simple video physics.

and in his head it was so clear what he was tryin to convey.

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

Why, it's sound of course, no sound no stars visible in space so light doesn't travel.



Yankin' your chain. Do not take me seriously :D

Dear reader, we need not draw our own conclusions, as one of the many like-minded posted replies to the article that OP presents, leaves us with no doubt as to why the article is unreliable....

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Michael I. Morgan Says...
On November 7, 2009 at 4:46 pm
The article above is, unfortunately, totally askew. The only thing relating to star viewing that is not experienced in “outer” (non-atmospheric) space is the twinkling effect, since the air is responsible for refracting starlight before it reaches the observer on the ground. Above the atmosphere, stars are not only visible, they are significantly brighter than when viewed from Earth. As for stars not appearing in “moon” photos, this is a matter of the camera exposure and/or the sensor being dominated or overwhelmed by a very large or intense light source, as in the Sun or – just perhaps – stage floodlamps.
I wonder who would be educated enough to use the scientific and technical language seen, yet produce such a potentially confusing conglomeration of false and inaccurate information.


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WOW...people don't know how a god damn camera works, that's why there's no stars. Why is it so hard for people to understand that the camera aperture closes to expose for the bright foreground, rather than the tiny stars behind it. Off yourself

That's the problem with all these people who claim to be "enlightened" and "awoken" and whatever. Their ignorance knows no boundaries yet they think only they know the friggen truth.

Last Edited by G. House on 10/15/2012 07:43 PM

Ummmm OP are you serious? You would need a good camera and do a timed exposure to get them to show up.

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So people shouldn't take this reply of yours seriously as it may be bogus?

See how that works?

idiot

idiot

it is what it is
enuff of all the jibberish ,

the stars are the watchers

Simple solution to those people.
Remember this simple quote;

"A fool believes himself to be a wise man, whilst a wise man knows himself to be a fool"

Pretty much, the more you know, the more you don't know.

I actually think you're the "idiot" for not understanding how camera's work..
It's all very simple, spend a day with an SLR (non-digital) camera, then go develop the film yourself in a dark room.
The next day, learn from your mistakes with a digital camera.
It's how i learned.

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Or if you're too lazy to actually do it, here's an article about it all.

Well,

The Hubble telescope is in space. It can see stars, distant galaxies and probably UFOs.

Outside our atmosphere we cannot see stars. Remember footage of the Apollo missions? Did you notice that they aren’t any stars in the footage? You cannot see stars from the surface of the moon because of the lack of an atmosphere.

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Hm ok well isnt the space suit the are in technically their own atmosphere?

Also... hubble?