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can u see other stars during a TOTAL solar/ lunar eclipse?
i say no cuz other stars r millions and millions of lightyears away and u can only see the point from star to earthj( or you)
think of it as the eclipdse in asia and ur somewhere in middle of pacific ocean where u can see the complete eclipse
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes on both total solar, total and partial lunar eclipses, to the first part of question.
The second part is wrong. Distance to other stars makes no difference on seeing them during eclipses mentioned above
The third part is not understandable.
Source(s): Fifty-five years of amateur astronomy, seeing two total solar and eight total lunar eclipses, and many partial lunar and solar eclipses. - RaymondLv 71 decade ago
Observations of the apparent positions of stars near the eclipsed sun provided one confirmation of Einstein's theory of Relativity (that gravity bended the path of light rays).
The sky around an observer at at total solar eclipse is like the sky at civil twilight. Only the brightest stars are visible. Not enough to recognize constellations (unless you know the sky very, very well).
Lunar eclipses are at night (otherwise you would not see the Moon... err... not being seen). Therefore, stars are already visible and become a bit more visible during totality (the glare of the Moon's drops a lot).
- Stan DaloneLv 71 decade ago
During a lunar eclipse, of course you could. Lunar eclipses take place at night, and blotting out the Moon makes it even easier to see stars. Don't know about solar eclipses.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
Certainly you can see planets during an eclipse, and probably the brighter stars as well. At the last eclipse I was at (Libya 2006) there were no bright stars in that part of the sky, but I did see Venus.
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- StargazerLv 71 decade ago
It is possible to see stars...or even a couple of the close planets..( venus.jupiter etc)...during a solar eclipse.
A lunar eclipse is at night...so..you can see normal night time stars anyway...and even more due to the decreased brightness of the moon during the lunar eclipse.
- Red RoseLv 71 decade ago
Yes you can.
Sir Arthur Eddington used observations of stars during a total solar eclipse in an early confirmation of Einstein's Relativity.
- rothiLv 45 years ago
I disagree with Mike. The moon consistently strikes west to east so interior the case of a image voltaic eclipse it quite is the west element of the solar it quite is lined first by using the east element(imaginitive) of the moon. he's genuine a pair of lunar eclipse. the vanguard of the moon enters the Earth's shadow first.
- 1 decade ago
Yes absolutely you can. It's the bright blue lit up skies which drown at the stars during the day. During an eclipse, the skies darken and other stars become visible.
Source(s): I'm an amateur astronomer. - SsssLv 41 decade ago
nope, the corona of the sun is bright, so like the light pollution is like level 15. so no.
Edit: to starryskn:
really? you can see stars? i know the sun is one, but during a lunar eclipse, of course you can see stars, since is night!
- campbelp2002Lv 71 decade ago
You can see the brighter stars. It is about as bright as medium twilight.