Question about our Sun

[Johnnny]

Say there was a human on a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri what constellation would our sun be part of?

Say there was a human on a planet orbiting Sirius, what constellation would we be part of to someone there?

And likewise the other closer stars

 

[Corduroy]

Wouldn't the constellations all be different from different places in the galaxy?

 

[Johnnny]

Yea your right. But i was hoping someone here would know of a link that would have a program that would flip the night sky to another perspective. Im hoping that program exists but i doubt it. Im sure there might be a few constellations that might look the same from points in our universe, or just mirrored images.

 

[eh1eh]

Yea your right. But i was hoping someone here would know of a link that would have a program that would flip the night sky to another perspective. Im hoping that program exists but i doubt it. Im sure there might be a few constellations that might look the same from points in our universe, or just mirrored images.

They can probably do that but you would have to make up the constellations as no one is there so no one has done that yet.
We would be part of the constellation 'Aren't We Frigging Awesome'.

 

[Corduroy]

Yeah, I forgot I have such a program on my computer

Celestia: Home

Since it's so close to us, looking from Alpha Centauri, the sun is between Cassiopeia and Perseus, which are only slightly distorted. From Sirius, the sun so close to Heracles it could easily be added to the constellation. Heracles is much more distorted and Sirius being only four light years further from the sun than Alpha Centauri, you'd probably be out of luck if you tried to go much further.

 

[Johnnny]

Yeah, I forgot I have such a program on my computer

Celestia: Home

Since it's so close to us, looking from Alpha Centauri, the sun is between Cassiopeia and Perseus, which are only slightly distorted. From Sirius, the sun so close to Heracles it could easily be added to the constellation. Heracles is much more distorted and Sirius being only four light years further from the sun than Alpha Centauri, you'd probably be out of luck if you tried to go much further.

thanks very much

 

[lone wolf]

The constellations are star pictures created by ol' Greeks (who musta had a lot more time and better dope than me) on planet Earth. No telling what stars patterns look like from Alpha Centuri (or near it. Anything on the star would be really, really hot and not interested in stargazing)

 

[Johnnny]

Thats true lonewolf and to each his own. I like to star gaze, because it kills time for me. And i have a crazy imagination... And especially right now, im over 300km from Hearst and well time goes by slowly......

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Most of the sky wouldn't look much different from either Alpha Centaurus or Sirius. Most stars are too far away for such a small shift in position to make much difference. There are about 6000 stars visible to the naked eye, but only half a dozen of them are within 10 light years, and about two dozen are within 25 light years. Nearby stars would have shifted their apparent position against the more distant stars, but for the most part the sky would look about the same as it does from here.

 

[Bar Sinister]

Most of the sky wouldn't look much different from either Alpha Centaurus or Sirius. Most stars are too far away for such a small shift in position to make much difference. There are about 6000 stars visible to the naked eye, but only half a dozen of them are within 10 light years, and about two dozen are within 25 light years. Nearby stars would have shifted their apparent position against the more distant stars, but for the most part the sky would look about the same as it does from here.

Good explanation.

 

[Corduroy]

Assuming that this program can accurately map star positions, here are two images of the constellation Heracles to consider.

This is Heracles as seen from our solar system. You can see Earth in the foreground.

Here is Heracles as seen from the Sirius system. You can see our sun (labelled Sol in purple) in the bottom left corner.

 

[Johnnny]

Its pretty cool, now the next time someone here gets abducted by aliens they can find out were they are lol.... One week the folks from Sirius the next the people from Alpha Centauri lol... Keep your reciepts