I don't think those are stars...if you look at any other shadowy area, you see the same speckles. I think it's just a dirty lense, or dust...or maybe just not a very good camera...it was the 60's afterall.

After looking at the pics some more...you can even see some of the "stars" over the lighter terrain.... i.e. in the foreground.

[edit on 22-8-2007 by Jaruseleh]

Perhaps it is just a dirty lense. but in the sencond picture, it looks like theres a star cluster in background, or a strange blur of some sort, and im assuming they are using the same camera, so wouldnt it appear on both shots?

You would think...which means it's most likely dust. I could almost buy into it if I didn't see speckles all over, rather than just in the background. There are also a lot of black speckles on the white as well...I'm not sure what it all is, but my gut tells me it's not stars.

If stars can't be seen in space how does the Hubble telescope work?
RR

Originally posted by RudyRed
If stars can't be seen in space how does the Hubble telescope work?
RR

It's not that stars can't be seen in space...it's the fact that stars can't be seen with a camera when there is a bright light source nearby... i.e. the sun reflecting off of the moon's surface. think of it being similar to when you're in a large city, you can see very few stars in the sky, but if you were out in the middle of the country somewhere, the sky is full of stars. Cameras take that principle and multiply it...I'm not a photographer, but it has to do with the focus and shutter speeds and technical mumbo jumbo like that, but it's the same idea.

Besides, I think hubble sees in infrared (correct me if I'm wrong.... )

[edit on 22-8-2007 by Jaruseleh]

Ok, that makes sense. I've read this on here before and thought it was silly, I misunderstood.
RR

Yes, those are great points. And all make sense... tho i still think stars would be visible from the moon (IMO the blackness of space compensates. We cant see stars in the day, but its always dark on the moon bc the moon does not have an atmpsphere), I guess the real question is whether or not thats dust or stars in the photo.