How do astronomers know that stars are located in the same place as we see

Subject: How do astronomers know that stars are located in the same place as we see

Date: Thu Jul 13 12:06:54 2006
Posted by Koen
Grade level: 10-12 School: No school entered.
City: Gent State/Province: No state entered. Country: Belgium
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 1152817614.As

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them?  It's a question that's been puzzling me for years since i read bout how
Einstein proved that light bends.  If light bends and it has to travel
astronomical distances which are truly mindboggling ... then how do we know if a
star is actually standing where it does?  It seems that their light could have
bended in a variety of ways (the farther the more that seems likely) ... which
means a star could be in a spot lightyears away from where we think it is, no?

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