If the stars are all about 3100 miles overhead, then how do the constellations maintain the same shape since I'm viewing them from different angles as the night progresses?
Atmospheric refraction.
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I'm sorry, but that's not how you start a debate. Come back when you've learned some manners.
If the stars are all about 3100 miles overhead, then how do the constellations maintain the same shape since I'm viewing them from different angles as the night progresses?
Atmospheric refraction.
What medium does the light from the stars travel through before entering the atmosphere?
The aetheric membrane that holds the Sun & Moon discs in place.
Do you have a theory as to why the refraction through this membrance does not behave in the slightest like refraction from any other medium? Specifically, why do the sun, moon, planets and stars behave exactly as if they are the distances measured by astronomers, being at distances from 100,000s to billions of kms distant, yet they are all actually 3,000-3,100kms distant?