... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... But what if they make Bad Astronomy there? ... But they aren't; what looks like a flat painting of stars on a canvas is actually a three-dimensional tapestry of stars at varying distances, the least of which is still tremendously far away. ... Look at the constellation of Orion, shown on the left as seen from the Earth. ... You cannot simply travel a thousand light years to the "opposite side" of Orion, look back, and see it backwards (as shown on the right)! ...