Eli5: If we are moving trough the galaxy, how come we see the same stars in the sky every night?

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Our entire solarsystem is moving through space yet the same constellations cover our skies every night. Do these stars move with us or are they far away enough that they their movement isnt noticable to us and they look stagnant even though everything is moving?

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I think constellations do change slowly over time (thus just one factor in demonstrating how nonsensical astrology is.) Edit: as you wrote – basically to some extent stars in our galaxy will be moving with us and to a greater extent they are just so far away that our movement doesn’t change the perspective much. I’m trying to think of a similar local example …. when you drive through your local town some distant landmarks won’t change as much as the view of the side of the road and how noticeably is the sun changing in the sky – not at all?

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