Starship Asterisk*

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 1:51 pm

neufer wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 1:36 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 12:37 pm
An observer on the Moon would always see stars in the sky, day or night.

Armstrong answers about stars.

“We were never able to see stars from the lunar surface or on the daylight side of the Moon without looking through the optics."

Of course not. They were looking through highly attenuating glass and had no effective way to shield themselves from glare. Lots of stars are bright enough to stimulate photopic vision, and those will certainly be visible to someone on the Moon who isn't wearing dark glasses. Probably even without blocking the sunlit surroundings.

neufer wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 1:36 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 12:37 pm

De58te wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 7:18 am
Cool. So if you (an astronaut) were standing just on the rim of that eastern lookout, and looking to the west, you would see those bright white stretch of cliffs just hovering in the black darkness? Is there an artist listening who can draw an artist's interpretation? Could you see the stars behind it or would it be too bright to wash out the stars? Planet Earth would be somewhat hanging overhead, and if this was sunrise, then the Earth would be looking like a crescent Earth? That indeed would be an interesting artist's impression.

An observer on the Moon would always see stars in the sky, day or night.

Armstrong answers about stars. “We were never able to see stars from the lunar surface or on the daylight side of the Moon without looking through the optics."

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 12:37 pm

De58te wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 7:18 am
Cool. So if you (an astronaut) were standing just on the rim of that eastern lookout, and looking to the west, you would see those bright white stretch of cliffs just hovering in the black darkness? Is there an artist listening who can draw an artist's interpretation? Could you see the stars behind it or would it be too bright to wash out the stars? Planet Earth would be somewhat hanging overhead, and if this was sunrise, then the Earth would be looking like a crescent Earth? That indeed would be an interesting artist's impression.

An observer on the Moon would always see stars in the sky, day or night.

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-astronauts-disagree-on-seeing-stars-in-space-Why-did-Aldrin-say-he-didnt-see-stars-but-the-astronauts-on-the-ISS-say-they-do wrote:

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

00:47:25: Patrick Moore: “…When you looked up at the sky, could you actually see the stars in the Solar Corona in spite of the glare”

00:48:23: Armstrong answers about stars. “We were never able to see stars from the lunar surface or on the daylight side of the Moon without looking through the optics. I don’t recall during the time we were photographing the Solar Corolla (sic) what stars we could see.”

00:48:40: Collins: “I can’t recall seeing any”

De58te wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 7:18 am Cool. So if you (an astronaut) were standing just on the rim of that eastern lookout, and looking to the west, you would see those bright white stretch of cliffs just hovering in the black darkness? Is there an artist listening who can draw an artist's interpretation? Could you see the stars behind it or would it be too bright to wash out the stars? Planet Earth would be somewhat hanging overhead, and if this was sunrise, then the Earth would be looking like a crescent Earth? That indeed would be an interesting artist's impression.