LaunchTransient t1_je2jqny wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:05 PM

Reply to comment by Micke_xyz in Why from Earth do we see all these stars but in images taken from space we see none? by Suitable-Victory-105

Yes, human eyes are amazing - but note that they cannot observe both phenomena at the same time. In sunlight, your irises constrict a lot and it's still dazzling - under a night sky they quadruple in diameter, so that's an 16:1 ratio when they fully dilate to when they fully constrict.

I doubt you could be able to gather enough light to see stars at full constriction, and your retina would be utterly overwhelmed if you tried viewing the sun with a fully dilated iris.

PistolNinja t1_je2neiz wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:32 PM

You can mimic the same effect with a DSLR camera. Take a shot of anything with the aperture wide open, let's say say f1.2. Then without changing anything else, tighten the aperture to f5.6 or higher and the image will be WAY darker.