In a city with heavy light pollution, we can’t see most stars. In a clear dark night maybe in a rural area, we can see a lot more. This is a fact and I can confirm this myself.
But, why is it that we can’t see a whole lot more stars from the perspective of those who are actually in space? Shouldn’t they have a way clearer view?
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Photographer here. Ever tried to get both a night picture of city lights and stars at once, that is not composite of several pictures? With manual settings especially?
Thats the reason you dont get stars, astronauts, station, and earth at proper exposure at the same time. Our eyes are really shitty at getting both strong and weak light sources properly visible at once, and cameras are even worse at this task.
Amd since its those astronauts and their surroundings are the main target od the pictures, stars were waay to underexposed to be resolved by the sensor.
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