alt Hacker News(To be clear, the bright dots are stars [except the brightest one, in the lower right, is Venus I think], which makes this photo also a great demonstration that of course you can capture stars in space, you just have to expose properly!)
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MarkusQ • yesterday at 8:52 PM
Just answered my own question to my satisfaction; they are stars.
The same specs, which match star charts, show up in two images taken a few moments apart at different exposures (links were given down-thread).
MarkusQ • yesterday at 8:49 PM
How do you know that they're stars? I believe they probably are stars as well (by visual comparison with a star chart, suitably rotated), but I've found no source for either claim.
I did find multiple sources, including TFA, for the brightest being Venus.
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Who said you can't capture stars in space? What do you think the purpose of Hubble, JWST, etc are? There's also plenty of imagery taken from ISS that clearly show stars. I've definitely seen Orion in some of that imagery and it put a different perspective on the size of the constellations when seen from that angle.