09. When we are in space, how much of the night sky will we see? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

When you are in space you can see even more of the night sky than you can see from here on the ground. On Earth the atmosphere distorts and scatters some of the light coming from stars. Also in space, there is a lot less light pollution to hide the really dim objects. Finally, from orbit you would not have any horizon and could see much more of the sky.

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Answer provided by Jim Zebrowski

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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