The Misappliance Of Science

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Star Light, Star Bright

Debunked: Daylight sky appears dark enough to see stars from bottom of deep well.

Daylight sky won't appear dark unless it's already dark to begin with. If you're at the bottom of a deep well, your immediate surroundings will be dim, and your eyes will adjust to that dimness after a few minutes, but none of that is going to make the daylight sky appear dark(er) to you. If anything, it will appear even brighter than ever when you do look at that circle of light high above. You're even less likely to be able to see stars than if you weren't in the well.

True: Venus and perhaps a few other bright stars/planets can be seen in daylight.

With some caveats. You won't seen Venus or any other star (besides the sun itself) if it's a blazing hot cloudless day and the sun is overhead. Nor will you see them if the sky is cloudy, of course. But during times of daylight when the sun is not so high in the sky and the light is not so bright, it is certainly possible to see Venus and a few other bright stars or planets. (Venus would be the clearly brightest star in the sky; for other heavenly bodies, read up on an astronomy text or ask a stargazer friend to identify them for you.)

References:

• Urbanlegends.com reference on daylight visibility of stars