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Yes - slightly - but the changes only become noticeable as the weeks and months go by... In addition to Earth spinning once every 24 hours on it's axis, it also travels a wide path around the sun (our Orbit). As it does this and turns away from the sun (night) we see different patterns of stars as we make our way around the sun. It takes a whole year to get around the sun. Half a year puts us on the other side of the sun. Three months and we go a quarter way around the sun - this is why it takes a few months to notice the constellations change from one part of the sky to the other.

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