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by infectoid 4235 days ago
Ignoring the fact we can't get out there, does this give us a neat method of orienting ourselves when travelling through these vast distances?
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hrjet 4234 days ago
Even today, the celestial co-ordinates we use are based on references to the positions of extra-galactic radio sources. See for example ICRF (1)

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Celestial_Refere...

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has2k1 4234 days ago
At first glance it seems so, but afterwards it still seems like nothing has changed for the space travellers. Maybe the picture gives an illusion of a 2D birds eye view hence looking simpler than the reality.
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