All the stars in a constellation may not be at the same distance from the Earth. Explain.

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They appear to be joined together to form a group and appear to be in same place; due to large distance between the stars and also between the stars and earth from where these constellations are observed. Therefore, all the stars in a constellation may not lie at the same distance from the earth.

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