Seeing stars during daylight?

Is it at all possible to see starts during daylight hours? The reason
I ask is last week, I was in the Adirondack Mts. in New York, at the
annual hot air balloon festival. It was about 5:30 PM and I was lying
on my back, idly gazing ito the sky waiting for the balloons to start
launching. It was a very clear day. I had shielded my eyes from the
sun, which was on it's way down, but was still high enough in the sky
to seem like full daylight, as I watched a wayward kids balloon
sailing away. I suddenly noticed what appeared to be a star almost
directly overhead. I watched it for sometime, waiting to see if it
would move, thinking it was another escaped balloon at a high
altitude. But it remained stationary. I was even able to look away,
then look back and find it. It was clearly visible and looked just
like a star, a pinpoint of light. After a while I lost it, which was
strange as the sun kept setting. But I wondered if under the right
circumstances, one could actually see a star during daylight hours.
Thanks.

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Is it at all possible to see starts during daylight hours? The reason
I ask is last week, I was in the Adirondack Mts. in New York, at the
annual hot air balloon festival. It was about 5:30 PM and I was lying
on my back, idly gazing ito the sky waiting for the balloons to start
launching. It was a very clear day. I had shielded my eyes from the
sun, which was on it's way down, but was still high enough in the sky
to seem like full daylight, as I watched a wayward kids balloon
sailing away. I suddenly noticed what appeared to be a star almost
directly overhead. I watched it for sometime, waiting to see if it
would move, thinking it was another escaped balloon at a high
altitude. But it remained stationary. I was even able to look away,
then look back and find it. It was clearly visible and looked just
like a star, a pinpoint of light. After a while I lost it, which was
strange as the sun kept setting. But I wondered if under the right
circumstances, one could actually see a star during daylight hours.
Thanks.

Aside from the obvious daylight star I can't give you any names but yes
it is possible to see stars during the daylight hours. I have done it
many times.

Clear skies;

Dave Nagel
LX200 GPS SMT UHTC 10"

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Is it at all possible to see starts during daylight hours? The reason
I ask is last week, I was in the Adirondack Mts. in New York, at the
annual hot air balloon festival. It was about 5:30 PM and I was lying
on my back, idly gazing ito the sky waiting for the balloons to start
launching. It was a very clear day. I had shielded my eyes from the
sun, which was on it's way down, but was still high enough in the sky
to seem like full daylight, as I watched a wayward kids balloon
sailing away. I suddenly noticed what appeared to be a star almost
directly overhead. I watched it for sometime, waiting to see if it

At times you can see planets in the daytime if you know right where to look
(Venus, in particular), and it would look like a star, but it or Jupiter
wouldn't have been directly overhead at the time...

But the stars Vega and Arcturus would have been approximately overhead at
that time (5:30PM EST) so one of those may have been what you saw. Those
are the brightest stars that would have been closest to directly overhead at
that time. or, slightly less likely, Altair.

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Is it at all possible to see starts during daylight hours? The reason

I you are at the bottom of a dark shaft or well and look up you might see
stars if there are any straight above you at that time.

Jochen

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See me.
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For me.
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And look
Where it came.
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My mind
All around town.
Lucky starts.

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Tracing the same
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To my value for you,
My set of values.
Now describe me for you,
Too. Your system's
Assistant.
Measure the land,
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Is it at all possible to see starts during daylight hours? The reason

I you are at the bottom of a dark shaft or well and look up you might see
stars if there are any straight above you at that time.

Jochen

That's a myth ;-)
Look at http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/homework/s95616.htm, for
instance.
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Truth is relative
To my value for you,
My set of values.
Now describe me for you,
Too. Your system's
Assistant.
Measure the land,
Hand.

WTF??

LJ

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Is it at all possible to see starts during daylight hours? The reason
I ask is last week, I was in the Adirondack Mts. in New York, at the
annual hot air balloon festival. It was about 5:30 PM and I was lying
on my back, idly gazing ito the sky waiting for the balloons to start
launching. It was a very clear day. I had shielded my eyes from the
sun, which was on it's way down, but was still high enough in the sky
to seem like full daylight, as I watched a wayward kids balloon
sailing away. I suddenly noticed what appeared to be a star almost
directly overhead. I watched it for sometime, waiting to see if it
would move, thinking it was another escaped balloon at a high
altitude. But it remained stationary. I was even able to look away,
then look back and find it. It was clearly visible and looked just
like a star, a pinpoint of light. After a while I lost it, which was
strange as the sun kept setting. But I wondered if under the right
circumstances, one could actually see a star during daylight hours.
Thanks.



Yes, it is possible.

I'll whack you over the head with my baseball bat & you'll be seeing
stars flying thick & fast....

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In message , Jochen Lueg
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In article ,
wrote:
Is it at all possible to see starts during daylight hours? The reason

I you are at the bottom of a dark shaft or well and look up you might
see stars if there are any straight above you at that time.

Jochen

That's a myth ;-)
Look at http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/homework/s95616.htm, for
instance.

Maybe it is, but I remember when playing as a child in a dry well I
definately saw some stars in a blue sky when looking up.

Jochen