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28/05/25

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Originally posted by Lomu ↑

Observable stellar parallax with high-powered consumer telescopes.

But none of that happens. The sky behaves as if we are not moving at all.

Well yes, we actually do see stars change position due to parallax. Demonstrated more than 300 years ago.

https://www.apsu.edu/physics/astronomy/stellar-labs/proper-motion-of-a-star.pdf

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I took him to mean the casual observer, that Joe in Roma looks up at the night sky and doesn't see dramatic changes to the constellations.
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