If the sun is a star, why don't we see it during the night?

[GaiusBaltar]

herp derp


the suns light is being blocked by the earth

think of it this way ..if someone shined a light to your back would you be able to see it ?


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yet the moon and the stars reflect the sun's light.

[LV Brah]

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[m1lk]

The reason you cant see the sun at night is because its too dark. You need night-vision goggles to see it.

[2k10SS]

[RalphNader420]

you cant actually see rays of light from the side.
you can only see light when it goes directly into your eye and hits your retina.
So at night, you cant see any light because you cant see the sun directly. the rays of light are blocked by the earth.

When you are looking at a ray in the earths atmosphere, (perhaps at sunset, or when the sun shines through a hole in the clouds) you cannot see the actual light ray... you are looking at the light that bounces off the particles in the atmosphere, and those rays do travel straight into your eye, just like the light bouncing off the moon. Think of the dust/mist in the atmosphere as millions of tiny moons.

At night in space... there is no atmosphere, and no particles or dust for the sunlight to reflect off.... so you cant see it even though it is there.

Copy pasta

Strong bro science


Nighttime= no atmosphere

[GaiusBaltar]

The reason you cant see the sun at night is because its too dark. You need night-vision goggles to see it.

strong retard... If the nearest star is at thousands light years distance and we can see it, I doubt it would be the reason. My theory is that only one face of the sun emits light.

[TaijinKyofusho]

You can see it during the night. It's called a day.

[AlphaAlbert]

not sure if trolling or just stupid

[amidamaru]

lol

ok well the sun is a star... in fact most stars you see at night is in fact suns in other galaxies and solar systems.

the reason you cannot see our sun at night time is fairly obvious, and it is the same reason why sometimes you do not see the moon during day time.

if the earth was thousands of light years away from out sun, we would see it as we see any other star.

the earth rotates around the sun, but at the same time, the earth spins on an axis. 1 full day is 1 full spin. you will see the sun rising at sunrise, as the earth spins on it's axis, the sun gets higher in the sky, eventually it turns to sunset and you see the sun on the other side of the horizon until you do not see it at all.. at 12pm, the sun will be in its highest position... the sun will be pointing, lets say at india/russia/south africa etc... yet at 12am, there will be no light at all, because the sun is then pointing at the americas and slowly the earth will spin until the light shines on india/russia/south africa again, and light diminishes in the americas

[GaiusBaltar]

You can see it during the night. It's called a day.

what I don't understand is how can we see the moon at night which is clouded by the earth from the sun, but yet it's dark on the earth.

[Muckle_Ewe]

herp derp


the suns light is being blocked by the earth

think of it this way ..if someone shined a light to your back would you be able to see it ?


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Well yes if you turned around. Why can't you just turn around on Earth to see the Sun?

[excess34]

i feel like im losing brain cells reading this question. god damnit.

[porsche11]

lol

ok well the sun is a star... in fact most stars you see at night is in fact suns in other galaxies and solar systems.

the reason you cannot see our sun at night time is fairly obvious, and it is the same reason why sometimes you do not see the moon during day time.

if the earth was thousands of light years away from out sun, we would see it as we see any other star.

the earth rotates around the sun, but at the same time, the earth spins on an axis. 1 full day is 1 full spin. you will see the sun rising at sunrise, as the earth spins on it's axis, the sun gets higher in the sky, eventually it turns to sunset and you see the sun on the other side of the horizon until you do not see it at all.. at 12pm, the sun will be in its highest position... the sun will be pointing, lets say at india/russia/south africa etc... yet at 12am, there will be no light at all, because the sun is then pointing at the americas and slowly the earth will spin until the light shines on india/russia/south africa again, and light diminishes in the americas

WRONG we only see stars in our OWN galaxy, at least individual ones. We can see other galaxys but thats 100's of billions of stars.

[Tyrean5]

actually lol'd at title before even clicking the thread

[alvesNYR]

strong troll. but if you're serious, the moon is actually the star while the sun is not. that's why we see the moon at night.

[amidamaru]

what I don't understand is how can we see the moon at night which is clouded by the earth from the sun, but yet it's dark on the earth.

this is why you get full moons, half moons, and quarter moons etc

while it is dark on our side of the earth, it does not mean that the earth completely blocks out the suns view of the moon and vice versa... if it is dark here, and you see a quarter moon, then obviously most of the moon is blocked by earth, but not all of it.... we also have nights where we do not see the moon at all for this same reason.

[m1lk]

strong retard... If the nearest star is at thousands light years distance and we can see it, I doubt it would be the reason. My theory is that only one face of the sun emits light.

Doesnt even make sense bro. First of all if the nearest star was 1000 light years away, we wouldnt see it for 1000 years. Im only 23 and Ive seen heaps of stars.

Secondly, both sides of the sun obviously emit light. But only one side at a time, just like the earth. Actually this is true for all planets, otherwise there would be no nights.

Strong logic in this thread. Are you all retarded?

[Jaypwns]

Sun doesn't move js.

[wo0t]

sun goes up, sun goes down.

You can't explain that.

[reyes12]

Wouldn't expect anything else from bigjet

[amidamaru]

WRONG we only see stars in our OWN galaxy, at least individual ones. We can see other galaxys but thats 100's of billions of stars.

wrong.. do some research.... there is many images of stars in other galaxies to be viewed on the net.... i am not just talking with the naked eye.

[SOCALNINER]

and why don't stars emit light?

[desijut]

wut

[GaiusBaltar]

Doesnt even make sense bro. First of all if the nearest star was 1000 light years away, we wouldnt see it for 1000 years. Im only 23 and Ive seen heaps of stars.

That's because what you're seeing is an old photography, thousand years old. Some stars you see today have been dead. Didnt you watch watchmen and dr manhattan comics when you were a kid?

[Lean88]

The sun and the moon are the same thing; what we call the moon is just the reverse side of the sun, it moves around very slowly so by night time we see the back of the sun (the moon)

[BDPfit]

OP you make no sense.


This is the sun:







This is a star:








They don't even look alike. What whackjob told you the sun was a star?

[porsche11]

wrong.. do some research.... there is many images of stars in other galaxies to be viewed on the net.... i am not just talking with the naked eye.

Research? lol. You said most stars we see at night...we weren't talking about high powered telescopes here. Even in the best close-up view we have of our nearest galaxy, Andromeda, it's hard to pick out individual stars. And that's using the Hubble. Every star you see at night is in the Milky Way.

[floppyflaps]

I know he's trolling, but this is how it's like talking to a creationist.

[NYPat]

2/10 Troll harder.

This.

You make the worst threads.

And this.

[GaiusBaltar]

The sun and the moon are the same thing; what we call the moon is just the reverse side of the sun, it moves around very slowly so by night time we see the back of the sun (the moon)

not sure if srs, why is it that sometimes we can see the moon during day time?