Starship Asterisk*

craterchains wrote:looks like SPAM to me, , , , , , , ,

craterchains,
Get a life beyond accusing me of anything you dope!

Spam= Hormel imitation meat...

When the astronauts were on the moon, did they see stars?

Or were they always on the "day" side and saw only a black sky?

Great Close ups.

Thanks for the clarification.

What would happen if someone took the rings of Saturn and transposed them onto a CD or DVD and tried to play them? Would there be a sound one could listen to or is this the wrong way of thinking about how a CD or DVD is recorded? I know it's a bit silly but someone might have thought of this before ...

What I'd like to know is what is that snake like squiggly thing on the left floating in the air?

If this was 10 years ago I'd say it was scratches on the negative. But, since the photo is most likely from a digital camera, darkroom particles are probably not the reason.

If you are a good enough photographer, you can use flash and see stars in the result! See the work of Wally Pacholka. Some of his work looks as if it is staged, such as this one, where the mesas appear to cast a flash shadow on the starry background! Obviously a stage set! http://www.ocastronomers....

astro_uk wrote:You wouldnt trust badastronomy.com? Just curious why not, its about as rational as you can get.

I was just making fun of the statistics found on that page.

Thank You both for that answer. I should have figured that out for myself but sometimes my brain needs a kick in the pants. I also looked quickly at that "other site" and agree with craterchains. Although 67% of all people asked don’t believe that that site is real either.

Why is it that most if not all photos from the moon have no stars in the sky?
Also with the famous earth rise you would think that the background should be filled with stars. Is it because it is always daytime on the sunny side of the moon when photos are taken, or some other reason?