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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Answer 1

It doesn’t revolve around the galaxy it orbits in our solar system. Just one of millions in the Milky Way galaxy alone. If it meandered around our galaxy we would have periods of thousands of years without sunlight leaving the planet frozen and uninhabitable.