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Author: Hewitt
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 27, Problem 51E
We see the constellations as distinct groups of stars. Discuss why they would look entirely different if viewed from some other location in the universe, far distant from Earth.
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EBK CONCEPTUAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE
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