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[โ€“] Natanael@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Due to the sheer size of space, this is most likely to have happened to stars closer to us (same thing as parallax effect, the same speed / moved distance moves something close more angular degrees across the sky)

[โ€“] cedeho@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

No, it's mostly because of precession of the axis of rotation of the earth.