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Stars that don't exist still stay in the sky because the light that we're seeing in the sky is about 10 years old because it takes so long for the light to get here due to the stars being billions of miles away

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How does the sun stay still?

The sun appears to stay still in our sky because of the Earth's rotation on its axis. The sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west due to the Earth spinning from west to east. The sun itself is constantly moving within the Milky Way galaxy, but from our perspective on Earth, it appears stationary.


The Greeks discovered wanderers in the sky known as?

They observed that all the stars seemed to stay still relative to each other except a small group of stars they called 'planets' the Greek for 'wanderers'. Later it was discovered that the Planets were entirely unrelated to stars and much, much closer.


Why do the constellations seem to move as the seasons change?

As the Earth goes around the sun, it changes its position relative to the stars in those constellations. At times, some stars won't be visible as they will be behind the sun. This change in perspective isn't enough to make it appear as if they stars have taken a radically new position. They still seem to be just where they always have been. That's why the stars of each constellation stay in the shape of the constellation and instead it seems as though the whole constellation moves. Really, it's just us that are moving.


How can stars remain in the same position in the sky?

Stars all appear to revolve around the sky each day as the Earth revolves, but relative to each other the stars stay 'fixed'. That is because they are so distant it takes years for any of them to move appreciably.


Why does the pattern of star stars i a constellation stay the same?

The pattern of stars in a constellation appears to stay the same because the stars are relatively far away from each other and are not moving significantly in relation to one another over human timescales. While stars do move through space, their vast distances mean that their positions in relation to each other change very slowly. Additionally, constellations are based on our line of sight from Earth, creating an illusion of fixed patterns. As a result, the recognizable shapes of constellations remain consistent for many generations.

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