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Old June 9th 04, 03:46 AM
William Hamblen
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On 2004-06-08, LSL wrote:

Do they just crop them out, is the light too great, do they just
happen to choose photographs that have no stars in them for
aesthetics, etc.


The moon is bright and stars are faint so with the correct exposure
for the moon stars are underexposed.

The photographs of planets you see are at high magnification so you
can see details on the planet. The field of view is small so few
stars would be in the picture. You can take a wide field picture
showing a planet among the stars, but the planet looks like a bright
star.