i was thinking about that recently, if that is a huge distance, does someone see the same night sky?? the same moon and stars?? because it’s a big distance i think, it would make sense for them to maybe see another set of stars further away from the ones that i see!!

i was talking about this with my long distance husband recently, if at night, he sees the same stars i see!!!

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    16 hours ago

    If you lived 1900 miles West or East, you would see the same sky, just at different times. In this case, the difference in timezones would approximately be the difference in the sky you see. So if your husband is 3 hours ahead, he’d see the same sky about 3 hours before you.

    If you lived 1900 miles north or south of each other, your horizon could be pretty different. But the stars directly overhead would be pretty similar.

    If you lived on opposite sides of the equator, you might start to see different angles of the sky such that things directly overhead look flipped upside down. People in the southern hemesphere see the moon as upside down to people in the northern hemesphere.