How Do You Go to the Bathroom In Space? by William R. Pogue

Author:William R. Pogue
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates

107. Can you see the moon, stars, and planets any better? Are they any brighter?

The moon, planets, and stars are a bit clearer and noticeably brighter, but you really can’t see them much better than from the Earth’s surface. We could see about 20% more stars than we could from the Earth’s surface.

On my first space walk, I tried to identify constellations while I was on the night side of the Earth. At first, I was confused because I was unable to recognize familiar patterns. Although I realized I was seeing more stars than I was accustomed to seeing, it still took a few minutes before I was able to adapt to the new patterns and recognize major star groups. As you might expect, stars don’t twinkle when viewed from space as the twinkle is caused by atmospheric interference.

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