Eli5 How do we still see the same constellations after thousands of years?

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We are a ball of rock spinning around the sun in a galaxy that is also rotating and moving through space. How is it that we still see the same constellations as seafarers thousands of years ago considering all of this movement?

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Because space is massive. Like, however big you think it is it’s bigger than that.

When we’re talking about cosmic distances and timelines it takes *a lot* before you see any change.

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