Plz Help Me!!!!! What would the zodiac look like on Mars?

Question

Also, what would it look like on Alpha Centauri?

Answer 1

Hi. Pretty much the same from both. Those objects are pretty close to us. Moving 4.3 or so lightyears will not make too much difference in the zodiacal stars.

Answer 2

From Mars, the Zodiac would look the same. It would take a telescope and some pretty keen observation to notice that some stars would have a little more proper motion than they do from Earth. That's because Mars has a wider orbit.

From Alpha Centauri, things would be mostly the same. The constellations would be ever so slightly distorted, but easily recognizable. Our sun would be in the constellation Casseopea, making one more zigzag out of the familiar W shape - causing it to be more like W\ Other than that, no big differences. (and Casseopea is not a zodiac sign, but since it would be the only major difference, I thought I'd point it out)

Answer 3

Cirric is right. The stars that make up the zodiac are much further away than Mars or Alpha Centauri. It's like taking a few steps closer to a far away mountain and expecting it to look different - it's not going to look different.

Answer 4

Given the planets are on the same plane)

The stars of the zodiac as all other constellations, form those pictures as we see them from earth. When viewed from any other point in space, even as close as Mars, the pictures will be distorted.

From Earth, (simplified for explanation) at mid night, we would see the constellations of the zodiac from the eastern horizon to the west horizon. Now (given the planets are in the same plane, more extortion the fact they are not) standing on mars at earth midnight, earth would be on the other side of the sun, and we would see the stars not blocked by the sun and earth. And the zodiac past the horizon point on earth to either direction and to our hoizon, so we would see mayber 2 to 4 more zodiac constellations. At midnight on mars we would see pretty much the same as earth if both planets are on the same side of the sun. The "point of perspective" would be different so the star alignment would look a "little different otherwise.

In pretty much agreement with above just more detail.