Why does the night sky appear to move slowly even though the earth is rotating at 1,000mph?

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Why does the night sky appear to move slowly even though the earth is rotating at 1,000mph?

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Parallaxing. It’s the same reason a town in the distance when looking out your car window doesn’t move as much unless it’s close up.

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