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* ''Film/FugitiveAlien'': It's implied that stars in the same constellation are actually close to each other instead of just looking that way from a specific point in space, as if space were two-dimensional.
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* In Creator/JackVance's pentalogy ''Literature/TheDemonPrinces'' one character notes that "Ophiuchus isn't a star. It's a sector". There's also a reference to the [[SpaceSector Aquarius Sector]].
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* In Creator/JackVance's ''Literature/TheDemonPrinces'', a pentalogy ''Literature/TheDemonPrinces'' one by Creator/JackVance: One character notes that "Ophiuchus isn't a star. It's a sector". There's also a reference to the [[SpaceSector Aquarius Sector]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': "[[Recap/FuturamaS8E2ChildrenOfALesserBog Children of a Lesser Bog]]": Ursa Major is described as a physical region of space where a planetoid populated by water bears the size of actual bears is located.
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* ''VideoGame/StarControlII'': All the stars in a constellation are close to each other, forming contiguous regions on the hyperspace map. Given a {{handwave}} in the [[AllThereInTheManual manual]], which explains that these constellations are not the same constellations visible from any given planet, but were created after hyperspace was mapped from the patterns on the map.
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* ''VideoGame/StarControlII'': All the stars in a constellation are close to each other, forming contiguous regions on the hyperspace map. Given a {{handwave}} in the [[AllThereInTheManual manual]], which explains that these constellations are not the same constellations visible from any given planet, but were created after hyperspace was mapped from the patterns on the map.map and were merely named after old earth constellations due to superficial resemblance.
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* ''VideoGame/StarControlII'': All the stars in a constellation are close to each other, forming contiguous regions on the hyperspace map. [[AllThereInTheManual The manual explains]] that these constellations are not the same constellations visible from any given planet, but were created after hyperspace was mapped from the patterns on the map.
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* ''VideoGame/StarControlII'': All the stars in a constellation are close to each other, forming contiguous regions on the hyperspace map. Given a {{handwave}} in the [[AllThereInTheManual The manual explains]] manual]], which explains that these constellations are not the same constellations visible from any given planet, but were created after hyperspace was mapped from the patterns on the map.
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* ''Film/MenInBlack'': Discussed, lampshaded and ultimately subverted. A dying alien tells the heroes that "the [[MacGuffin Galaxy]] is on the Orion's Belt", which they first take to refer to the strip of stars forming the "belt" of the Orion constellation. However, they are quickly refuted when they are shown that the "belt" in reality consists of only three stars (not enough for a galaxy) millions of light-years apart that only ''look'' like they are close together from Earth, and that there are no suitable galaxies in that particular direction of the sky. [[spoiler:The alien's words turn out to refer to his pet cat, also named Orion, who carries a tiny galaxy hidden on his collar.]]
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* ''Film/MenInBlack'': Discussed, lampshaded and ultimately subverted. A dying alien tells the heroes that "the [[MacGuffin Galaxy]] is on the Orion's Belt", which they first take to refer to the strip of stars forming the "belt" of the Orion constellation. However, they are quickly refuted when they are shown that the "belt" in reality consists of only three stars (not enough for a galaxy) millions of light-years apart that only ''look'' like they are close together from Earth, and that there are no suitable galaxies in that particular direction of the sky. [[spoiler:The alien's words turn out to refer to his pet cat, also named Orion, who carries a tiny galaxy hidden on his collar.]]
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Worth noting that this does happen with (some of) the stars in certain constellations, such as Ursa Major, Orion, or Scorpius, that share a common origin and are relatively close to each other. However, even in this case, these stars often hundreds of light-years from each other.
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Worth noting that this does happen with (some of) the stars in certain constellations, such as Ursa Major, Orion, or Scorpius, that share a common origin and are relatively close to each other. However, even in this case, these stars are often hundreds of light-years from each other.
