15. When in space, is it possible to identify individual constellations the way we do on Earth, or does everything look different? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

Jump to: navigation, search

It depends on how far away you travel. Near the solar system, the constellations would not change much but farther away they would begin to look different.

Answer provided by Dirk Terrell, Ph.D.


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer


Buy This Book Click here

Retrieved from "http://www.thespacelibrary.com/mediawiki/index.php/15._When_in_space%2C_is_it_possible_to_identify_individual_constellations_the_way_we_do_on_Earth%2C_or_does_everything_look_different%3F_%28A_K2S_Question%29"