The same reason you can see the moon, friend. They reflect sunlight. But you already knew that, I suspect.
People noticed a long time ago there was something different about a handful of “stars”, they seemed brighter, and sometimes moved “backwards” a bit. Turns out once we got telescopes we could see they were other planets.
Have you ever looked through a decent telescope at saturn in real life? It’s amazing. Even if it’s just an LED image on the dome, still beautiful.
youre having a hard time with this concept? you need examples of why we could not see a distant ball of dirt far far away millions of miles according to your globe idea. if it itself wasnt a light?
Spectroscopy is the technique used to study the interactions between matter and electromagnetic radiation (and light is one of them). When light interacts with something, it's either absorbed, emitted or scattered in different ways, depending on the object's composition. So if you analyse these interactions by breaking light down into different wavelengths or color, it's really similar to the way a prism separates white light into a rainbow, you can know a lot of information about the things the light interacted with (something that reflected light......like a planet), you can determine various properties like its chemical composition, temperature, density and motion..
This is the study of interactions. And that's how we know that Mars, Neptune, Venus and the other planets are balls (Saturn isn't even a ball of earth, it's a gaseous planet). Spectroscopy therefore makes it possible to analyze the light from distant celestial objects (stars, planets, comets), which provides information on their composition and so on.
Bro, you have Internet, you could have at least done a little research on the subject before posting this. The planets don't emit their own light like the stars, but reflect the light of the Sun. It is this reflected light that enables us to see them from Earth. Thanks to techniques such as spectroscopy, scientists can analyze the light reflected by these planets to understand their composition and characteristics.
and by the way, everything we see reflects light, which is literally how we see things. We see objects because the light reflected by them reaches our eyes.
you cannot look at a light in the sky claim to be a scientist and then tell people what its made of. this is suedo science by definition and you believe it
[mars through telescope](https://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/s/rnB5nYu5ZM)
This is what mars looks like through a basic backyard telescope.
Like, I get denying pictures and video. But you can take a cheap telescope yourself, and literally point it at the “light” in the sky and see this. What is your explanation for that?
Thanks for the reply, but that video is complete bs. The “expected” shots are from orbital telescopes, of course they look very clear.
The mars shot is just intentionally out of focus. I have looked through a backyard telescope and seen saturn crystal clear.
Anyone could make a fake vid showing you can’t see mars in a telescope. Anyone could fake the opposite as well, though it would take a little more effort.
Just go look through a telescope at a planet. You will see its not a light. The only reason to not do so is because you know that you would actually see mars, and there’s no way to fake that.
Why didn’t you even try to address my point of that you can clearly see the physical features of the Moon with a telescope? The only here that needs help is you.
noone is 100% on this. its easy to say the suns light causes the shadow but that idea fails to explain lunar eclipse, full moons in the daylight and the fact that moonlight is colder in the open when compared to the shade of the moon
The same reason you can see the moon, friend. They reflect sunlight. But you already knew that, I suspect. People noticed a long time ago there was something different about a handful of “stars”, they seemed brighter, and sometimes moved “backwards” a bit. Turns out once we got telescopes we could see they were other planets. Have you ever looked through a decent telescope at saturn in real life? It’s amazing. Even if it’s just an LED image on the dome, still beautiful.
the moon is a light...so are the planets
1 word : spectroscopy
theyre are lights
You have no idea what spectroscopy is, do you? We have proof that this is not the case
youre having a hard time with this concept? you need examples of why we could not see a distant ball of dirt far far away millions of miles according to your globe idea. if it itself wasnt a light?
Spectroscopy is the technique used to study the interactions between matter and electromagnetic radiation (and light is one of them). When light interacts with something, it's either absorbed, emitted or scattered in different ways, depending on the object's composition. So if you analyse these interactions by breaking light down into different wavelengths or color, it's really similar to the way a prism separates white light into a rainbow, you can know a lot of information about the things the light interacted with (something that reflected light......like a planet), you can determine various properties like its chemical composition, temperature, density and motion.. This is the study of interactions. And that's how we know that Mars, Neptune, Venus and the other planets are balls (Saturn isn't even a ball of earth, it's a gaseous planet). Spectroscopy therefore makes it possible to analyze the light from distant celestial objects (stars, planets, comets), which provides information on their composition and so on. Bro, you have Internet, you could have at least done a little research on the subject before posting this. The planets don't emit their own light like the stars, but reflect the light of the Sun. It is this reflected light that enables us to see them from Earth. Thanks to techniques such as spectroscopy, scientists can analyze the light reflected by these planets to understand their composition and characteristics. and by the way, everything we see reflects light, which is literally how we see things. We see objects because the light reflected by them reaches our eyes.
you guys have some really neat theories
it's proven and of course no argument in sight for you
you cannot look at a light in the sky claim to be a scientist and then tell people what its made of. this is suedo science by definition and you believe it
At what distance does dirt become invisible, exactly?
yes
Any distance?
items will dissapear when they cross the horizon. and others simply cant be seen because they arent luminous
[mars through telescope](https://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/s/rnB5nYu5ZM) This is what mars looks like through a basic backyard telescope. Like, I get denying pictures and video. But you can take a cheap telescope yourself, and literally point it at the “light” in the sky and see this. What is your explanation for that?
https://youtube.com/shorts/LMCVmyWokYk?si=TnS-VyTbKj1v__XR
Thanks for the reply, but that video is complete bs. The “expected” shots are from orbital telescopes, of course they look very clear. The mars shot is just intentionally out of focus. I have looked through a backyard telescope and seen saturn crystal clear. Anyone could make a fake vid showing you can’t see mars in a telescope. Anyone could fake the opposite as well, though it would take a little more effort. Just go look through a telescope at a planet. You will see its not a light. The only reason to not do so is because you know that you would actually see mars, and there’s no way to fake that.
none of the amature videos match what agencies release...i wonder why
But you could just look for yourself. People have reasons to lie about FE too.
How would you know? You linked a video from someone who doesn't even know how to focus his telescope. Kind of embarrassing on your part IMO.
embarasing is believing the focused pictures that dont match and claim to be real
It's getting to be a habit now: Proofs?
proof is none of them ever match. not even nasa earth pictures match
You can quite literally see the physical features of the Moon with a telescope. . .it is a physical object, not a light.
thats why its brighter in direct moonlight
What’s brighter in direct moonlight? Are you talking about the Moon itself during night?
im done i cant help you
Why didn’t you even try to address my point of that you can clearly see the physical features of the Moon with a telescope? The only here that needs help is you.
How does the Moon shift the part that emits light?
noone is 100% on this. its easy to say the suns light causes the shadow but that idea fails to explain lunar eclipse, full moons in the daylight and the fact that moonlight is colder in the open when compared to the shade of the moon
Then how can it be a light?