Jellby <jel### [at] m-yahoocom> wrote:
> In outer space this doesn't happen and it 
> should be possible to see the stars you cover the sun (and other bright 
> bodies), but I've never been there to try.

  As I said, it's perfectly possible to photograph stars in space. You
just need to set the exposure time of the photographing device so long that
it captures the light of the stars.
  And as I said, the problem with this is that if there's a much brighter
object visible, it will be highly overexposed, and will most probably
turn completely white in the image.
  Covering the bright object may be necessary if the object is extremely
bright because the brightness can overwhelm and bleed (at least if we are
using a photographic film), overexposing the whole image. I don't know
if this is necessary with a digital camera, though (does anyone know?).

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