On a plane and see no stars

[OregonDucks]

So this week I was on a plane and was flying at night. I looked out the window and saw no stars above me. I Googled this and it says it is because of the artificial light within the cabin. What? I can have all my lights on in my house, 30,000 ft below where I was on the plane and look out my kitchen window and see stars. Oh and the artificial light within the plane's cabin was basically only the lights from the seatbelt sign and no smoking sign. Otherwise it was completely dark.

Just weird that you are 30,000 ft closer and have no surrounding lights and can't see any stars.

 

[RP-29]

So you wanna see stars, huh? There's probably a pretty long line to help make that happen for you.

 

[DragonFromTo]

So you wanna see stars, huh? There's probably a pretty long line to help make that happen for you.

 

[Center Ice]

So this week I was on a plane and was flying at night. I looked out the window and saw no stars above me. I Googled this and it says it is because of the artificial light within the cabin. What? I can have all my lights on in my house, 30,000 ft below where I was on the plane and look out my kitchen window and see stars. Oh and the artificial light within the plane's cabin was basically only the lights from the seatbelt sign and no smoking sign. Otherwise it was completely dark.

Just weird that you are 30,000 ft closer and have no surrounding lights and can't see any stars.

 

[TheReal_NU]

Just weird that you are 30,000 ft closer and have no surrounding lights and can't see any stars.

Proxima Centauri is actually 25,300,000,000,000 miles away

You think 30,000 feet makes a difference?

 

[OregonDucks]

Proxima Centauri is actually 25,300,000,000,000 miles away

You think 30,000 feet makes a difference?

Um, yes, given there is no city lights, no cloud coverage, and I can see the stars with city lights and further away. It is just weird.

 

[DragonFromTo]

Proxima Centauri is actually 25,300,000,000,000 miles away

You think 30,000 feet makes a difference?

 

[TheReal_NU]

Um, yes, given there is no city lights, no cloud coverage, and I can see the stars with city lights and further away. It is just weird.

You’ve convinced me.
The earth is flat.

Or something.

 

[Kburjr]

Did you try unplugging, then plugging it back in? Or maybe, opening the window cover?

 

[TheReal_NU]

I looked out the window and saw no stars above me.

I finally figured this out.

I didn’t realize you said “above me”.

I figured you knew when you were in a plane you were flying above the stars. You looked the wrong way.