Constellations are man-made, totally imaginary star patterns.
Constellations were made over the past 6,000 years by farmers, poets, and others. The purpose of constellations is to help us tell which stars are which. If a person views a constellation from somewhere else in space, it will not appear the same. The night sky would look the same regardless of a person s location. A person may view a different picture than the one assigned to that particular constellation.