Answer 1:
People who are near-sighted or “myopic”
still have just as much light enter their
eyes. The issue is that their eyes don’t focus
the light in the right place. Since the light
isn’t focused correctly, the image is
blurry which you may have a sense for if you’ve
ever used an out of focus microscope or
binoculars.
Stars are so far away that we don’t see any detail
in them anyways. For the most part, stars look
like pinpricks of light. In this case, eyes
being out of focus doesn’t matter too much because
there’s no complex details to focus. However, the
stars may be a little fuzzier and therefore seem
bigger to someone that’s near-sighted. Also, some
of the less bright stars may not be seen by
someone that is near-sighted. Of course, there are
many stars that you can’t see in an area with a
lot of light pollution or without a telescope. Click Here to return to the search form.
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