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JoseBalow

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3. "the stars are all moving too"

Reply to Bluetus (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:58 AM

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Indeed, they are. The entire universe is in constant motion.

It takes our Sun approximately 225 to 250 million years to complete an entire orbit around the Milky Way galaxy. The relative positions of the stars and constellations that we see are different than they were a few hundred years ago, and different from how they will appear a few hundred years from now...

Which is why astrology is truly ridiculous nonsense.

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It is the earth that moves. Not the stars. In video [View all] Figarosmom Tuesday OP

Not earth, not Stars.. mind moving WheelWalker Tuesday #1

That is really cool photography, and puts our tiny speck of the universe into perspective. But being pedantic, Bluetus Tuesday #2

"the stars are all moving too" JoseBalow Tuesday #3

All that effort to set up the tripod and motors, and he films it with a phone. Intractable Tuesday #4

Clink in the corner Figarosmom Tuesday #5

It's not a widescreen video -- period. It doesn't matter where or how you watch it. Intractable Tuesday #6

Your screen name suits you. Figarosmom Tuesday #7

Unnecessary nastiness. An obvious misinterpretation of an English language word. Intractable Tuesday #9

each moves relative to the other n/t rampartd Tuesday #8

Yes, everything is in motion reltive to everything else. But each object Bluetus Tuesday #10