Re: Urban Fables: Stellar by Sunlight

[Brian Whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

That's the second note I've read from a person with an address at a National Lab in the last day or two who's having difficulty following my informal references: here are a few from the relevant newsgroup - alt.folklore.urban


Re: ? Stars visible by day, from a well
.....The ability to see stars from the bottom of a deep well during the day is
an UL, don't know if that one is in the FAQ. It is in the FAQ: F. Eelskin ...
alt.folklore.urban - 11 Apr 1994 by David DeLaney - View Thread (3 articles)
Re: Stars during the day?
... physics,k12.ed.science Subject: Re: Wish to visit well where you can see stars during
the day Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 13:41:40 +0000 Organization: Univerity of ...
alt.folklore.urban - 06 Mar 1997 by Shari Jackson - View Thread (17 articles)
Re: seeing stars
... quite much brighter, than ordinary stars, but by no means easy to see in broad daylight.
What affects ... of hole will not convert day-sky to night-sky... It ...
alt.folklore.urban - 05 Aug 1991 by Matti Aarnio - View Thread (8 articles)
Re: Daytime Stars - Not Donahue or Oprah
... across the sky until noon one day, just to prove that you can see Venus all day
long with your naked eye. (He did this at an altitude of about ...
alt.folklore.urban - 05 Dec 1992 by Scott Cromar - View Thread (36 articles)
Re: ? Venus visible by day
... Kea (ca. 13500 feet). The ability to see stars from the bottom of a deep well during
the day is an UL, don't know if that one is in the FAQ. -- Martin Connors ...
alt.folklore.urban - 08 Apr 1994 by Martin Connors - View Thread (94 articles)

Re: Recent "Skeptical Inquirer" Reference Request
... it is stars? And do you see stars under other unusual conditions ... is NOT required.
The reason why stars aren't visible in the day time isn't because the ...
alt.folklore.urban - 14 Dec 1992 by comet@us.oracle.com - View Thread (9 articles)

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At 07:25 PM 3/22/02, you wrote:
> I wasn't aware that seeing planets during the day was considered to
> be an urban myth.  I've seen Venus during the daytime.  It was so
> bright, that I have no trouble believing people who say that Sirius
> can be seen.  Locating Venus was a bit tricky, even though I knew
> about how far away from the Sun to look.  I used the flat roof of a
> nearby building to aid my raster scan (no matter how hard we try, the
> natural motion of our eyes apparently makes them very bad at raster
> scans).  Once found, though, it was so bright that I wondered why I
> had so much trouble.  Of course, I then blinked and had to find it
> all over again.
>
> > I was amused to hear on NPR this morning that a denizen of a canyon retreat
> > reported he could see Venus at noon, from his deep canyon vantage.
> >
> > Did this call to mind the "You can see stars from a deep shaft" urban
> > fable?  Not so fabulous, it seems, if (and only if) you know where to look
> > for Venus by daylight.
>
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> Stephen D. Murray
> Physicist, A Division
> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
> Email:  sdmurray@llnl.gov
> Phone: (925) 423-9382
> FAX:    (925) 423-0925
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Brian Whatcott
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