Why didn't Michael Collins take any photograph or footage of space while going over the dark side of the moon?

Nov 5, 2023
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They say that stars in space are not visible seen from the bright side of the moon due to the intensity of the sunlight, right?

But seen from the dark side of the moon, wouldn't stars be visible?

Why didn't Michael Collins take any photograph or footage of space while going over the dark side of the moon?
 
May 14, 2021
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Besides the fact that he was pretty busy with station keeping chores, the hand held Hasselblad camera with an 80 mm lens pointing through the thick windows of the command module would not have produced anything spectacular shooting stars. They were designed more for lunar shots and shots of the lunar module.
 
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