"Michael Collin's job was flying the command and service module, and handling the celestial navigation. He navigated Apollo 11 out there, and he navigated it home again. Buzz Aldrin also had a few thoughts on that subject... 'The stars are, as Jim Lovell said, your best friends. They sit there and you line up on them and you know where you are. ... For spacecraft navigation - getting there and back - we use thirty-seven stars - plus the earth, the sun and the moon. We don't use Venus, but we do use Polaris, Rigel, Capella, Canopus, Sirius, Antares, Vega, Arcturus, Altair and a big one called Fomalhaut which is less widely known. You sight a pair of stars and mark on each one. Then the computer will calculate spacecraft attitude.' "

("First On The Moon: A Voyage With Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.," by Gene Farmer and Dora Hamblin, 1970).

I'm sure there's an answer, but has any star ever been photographed on any Apollo mission?

Not in the visible light, but Apollo 16(?) carried an ultraviolet camera that captured the stars.

Here's a link with some of those pictures.

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And, on a related note, Venus was photographed on Apollo 14 and again on Apollo 16.

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LaurelHS, are there any space pictures or videos that you can't find? Good work!

I originally found out where those pictures were because someone else on BAUT linked to them, so I don't really deserve the compliment, but thanks anyway.
Anyone know where to find all the Apollo 16 UV pictures?

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"One does not require alien ruins in order to absorb a profound sense of wonder and mystery from the moon. That our civilization had actually visited it is miracle enough." Jason Roberts

She's modest, but amazing. Apparently Laurel has a plethora of very nicely categorized bookmarks for absolutely everything Apollo related.

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Some of the pictures of solar corona from Apollo 15 show stars.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/...-98-13311.html
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ap...m/magazine/?98

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Neat! Finally I get to see some Apollo photos that do show stars! Obviously somewhat longer exposures than the standard 1/250 second used on the lunar surface.

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