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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    If someone is 1900 miles west of you, they will be in (almost) your exact same physical location after a short time (about two hours). If someone is 1900 miles south of you, they won’t. So it depends on the cardinal directionality.

    That being said, 1900 miles isn’t that far relative to the circumference of the earth (~25,000 miles), so someone 1900 miles south of you would see mostly the same sky. You’d each see some stars the other couldn’t see, but only near the horizon. About 85% of the sky would be the same (if you could see perfectly to every part of the horizon).