149. The constellations have remained exactly the same for thousands of years which is not possible in an expanding universe

"Throughout thousands of years the same constellations have remained fixed in their same patterns without moving out of position whatsoever. If the Earth were a big ball spinning around a bigger Sun spinning around a bigger galaxy shooting off from the Biggest Bang as NASA claims, it is impossible that the constellations would remain so fixed. Based on their model, we should, in fact, have an entirely different night sky every single night and never repeat exactly the same star pattern twice." 

Dubay does not understand how huge the universe is

If we look at an airplane from a distance flying at several hundred miles an hour it appears to move relatively slowly because it is so far away. The further away a moving object is the slower it will appear to move to us.

The universe is absolutely huge.  So even though our star and earth is moving at speed relative to other stars they are way too far away to make a difference to their position in the sky

Our nearest star is a triple star system we call Alpha Centauri which is about 4.37 light years from the Sun. That is 2.5691e+13 miles.  I.e. 25,691,000,000,000 miles.  And that is the nearest.  Most stars are much much further away.

Some of the objects we see as stars are actually galaxies.  Our nearest galaxy is the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy 70,000 light years away.  4.1153e+17 miles.  I.e. 411,530,000,000,000,000 miles.

It is hardly surprising that the constellations appear the same even after centuries.

However despite this we do know that the constellations change.  The Ancient Greeks meticulously recorded the positions of the stars.  We can actually compare their star charts with our modern charts and see slight variations.



https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/27/do-constellations-change-over-time/


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