Should you be able to see other planets from LKO

[Tacoz]

With Kerbins System being estimated around 1/10th the size of our own could you be able to see Duna or maybe Eve too from LKO with the naked eye?

Edited July 1, 2020 by Tacoz

[Yellowburn10]

Well technically speaking, yes, if reflection lighting worked the same in KSP as it does in the real world, you'd probably be able to see all the planets in the Kerbol system even from the night surface of Kerbin, not just LKO. There are mods you can get that actually do this for you, but I can't remember what it is off the top of my head.

[Tacoz]

2 minutes ago, Yellowburn10 said:

Well technically speaking, yes, if reflection lighting worked the same in KSP as it does in the real world, you'd probably be able to see all the planets in the Kerbol system even from the night surface of Kerbin, not just LKO. There are mods you can get that actually do this for you, but I can't remember what it is off the top of my head.

Ik the mod just wondering if that was even realistic within the Kerbal system, I’m pretty sure it’s called Distant Object Enhancer

[klesh]

16 minutes ago, Yellowburn10 said:

There are mods you can get that actually do this for you, but I can't remember what it is off the top of my head.

Distant Object Enhancer.  Great little mod.

[Fraktal]

Yep and it renders not just a colored flare in the direction of the other planet, but eclipses as well. You can actually see Moho transiting Kerbol while standing on Kerbin.

[magnemoe]

You can see all the real life equivalents of KSP planets in real life, exception would probably be Eeloo, Dress is an edge case. You should be able to see Ike too at least its something weird with mars. 
Interestingly if Mars had an moon almost as large as the moon that would be pretty obvious even if you could not see it directly it would affect how much light Mars gave off.