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    Just a quirk we can see the cosmos, as it's quite invisible

    Roger. Our eyes are hundreds of times faster than 100 speed film. Again, my many thanks.
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    Just a quirk we can see the cosmos, as it's quite invisible

    So, I am yet confused because earlier in this thread Space Ponder said the astronauts' camera would require a full 15 seconds exposure - hundreds of times longer than normal - in order to pickup the view that billslugg now attributes can be gleaned quite instantly by the naked eye. Arggh.
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    Just a quirk we can see the cosmos, as it's quite invisible

    Now, just to clarify a tad if you would, on the Moon, during daylight, I'm supposing that even without ducking into the shade you would see some of the stars that are well away from the Sun, and that from the shade you would see more i.e. a denser array of stars. No matter.
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    Just a quirk we can see the cosmos, as it's quite invisible

    Okay, it's finally come to me, eureka, and you guys voiced some chatter. I realize that our astronauts only visited moon during it's daylight hours so OF COURSE no stars would be visible! And the sky isn't blue there, it's black. I certainly leave my mind open now to the presumption that if...
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    Just a quirk we can see the cosmos, as it's quite invisible

    I mentioned the unaided eye and "plain photography". If you lengthen the exposure time, exponentially, to 15 full seconds then sure, I suppose stars would eventually be captured. But as to the unaided eye it's still a no, eh?
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    Just a quirk we can see the cosmos, as it's quite invisible

    I have held this belief rather strongly for quite some time but many would argue. I claim that we can see the "heavens" i.e. the cosmos only because Earth's atmosphere diffracts and "twinkles" the light from distant stars and galaxies. Thus, when you look up from the moon you will see only...