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Can constellations change

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Constellation will never change except when one of the stars explode in that constellation

This is correct, but can be more in depth.

Constellations themselves don't really change, it's more of what we can see. Many of the stars we see are actually burned out, and we are seeing th elight traveling towards us.

When the light reaches us, we cease to see that star, and thus that constellation would change.

However, this takes a long amount of time, so constellations change little over long amounts of time.

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