eli5: If the sun revolves around the galaxy, why do we still see the same constellation that was discovered by the Romans (probably 1000s of years ago). surely they should have been scattered by now due to revolution of the sun combined with the revolution of the earth around with sun

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Thnx to all, for the answer. I had a good time discussing and clearing my doubt.

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just a note, the earth’s revolution around the sun by definition cancels itself out every 12 months so that would not contribute to the relative positions of stars unless they were very close to us. And again, every 12 months the positions would be back to what you’re used to.