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Are stars viewable from the moon?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Absolutely! In fact, since there is no rayleigh scattering (the phenomenon that makes the sky blue here on Earth) because the Moon has no atmosphere, you can see the stars ALL the time - even when the Sun is up.

Additionally, because there is no atmosphere, the stars appear brighter from the Moon than here on Earth. One of the major goals for a manned presence on the Moon will be to build lunar observatories. And because radio astronomy here on Earth is complicated by all the radio transmitters here, the PERFECT place for a radio telescope would be on the far side of the Moon. With several hundred miles of rock between the radio telescope and that horribly radio-noisy Earth, we'll be able to do radio-astronomy there far better than we ever can here on Earth.

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