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[–] tombear66 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Yes, they will change. Most of the stars we see have likely already burned out , we just won't know it for millions of years because of how far away they are. Our constellations have also changed since the beginning of time.

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[–] usul 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

Most of the stars you can see with your naked eye aren't already burnt out. The furthest away star you can see is less than 17,000 light years away. Under normal conditions, you're likely not looking at anything past 1000 light years. Lots of the stars you see are within 100. Sirius is less than ten. If most of these stars in the sky were already dead, constellations would have changed drastically over thousands of years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightest_stars

With a telescope, you can see millions and billions of light years, and in the case of those which are more than a few billion years old, they are likely already dead.

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[–] tombear66 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Quite right. Thanks for the clarification, I was mashing them all together there wasn't I?

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[–] Alias_Unknown 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Ghost stars. A really interesting though train there.

To expand on your second point, the stars ever so slowly move based on our solar systems movement through the milky way.

Finally, the constellations are nonsense created through superstition and pareidolia. If you look at the stars from any location besides earth. Those constellations disappear.

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[–] 1693565? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yes, but the constellations will change far more quickly (astronomically speaking) due to the relative motion of all the stars in the sky. Some constellations were observably different just a few thousand years ago.

Required viewing on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7gGbTBJLgw&t=3m

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[–] trolleyfan 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Well, yes. But long before then the simple motions of all the individual stars will have changed them beyond all recognition.

It's not like constellations are actually a thing. Most are made up of stars that aren't even near one another - even on an interstellar scale. We just drew some lines between a bunch of points that "looked like" they belonged "together." Eventually though the stars that make those points will move enough apart or in the wrong direction that humans will no longer "see" them as part of the group.

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[–] tame 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Not just stars - there are all sorts of astronomical objects that have changed significantly or been destroyed but that still appear in our sky because they are so far away.

For example, the Pillars of Creation are thought to have been destroyed by a supernova around 6000 years ago, but we won't see it happen for another 1000 years.

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[–] novictim ago 

OH, God no! God would never let that happen. That is why he put us at the center of the universe on this flat disk.

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[–] WhiteTigerScream ago 

Obviously. Is this a real question?

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[–] Broc_Lia ago 

Yes. The stars will burn out, and also change position in the sky. This won't happen noticeably in your lifespan though.

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[–] usul ago 

Constellations move measurably over long timespans. All the stars that make up constellations are in the Milky Way, and the rotation of objects within the Milky Way effects the shape of the constellations. Halley first noticed this effect with several very close stars when comparing ancient Greek charts to his own.