Ok, I might be getting into Fichorian physics here, but...So how is it, in your conception of physics, that stars can end up behind us in the time it takes for their light to get to us? How is it that some stars you presently see are actually on the other side of the world?Think of light as a bullet that has been shot from a star. Now when we look into very distant space we are seeing the 'bullets' that they fired a long time ago. Many of the stars that fired the bullets are now gone even though we still see them shining brightly in the sky. All of them have dramatically altered their position from where we seem to see them. Earth and the distant stars have had billions of years to move around, especially in an accelerating universe.
Oh, and the light from the Sun still takes 8.3 minutes to get to us : )
At least you agree that a stars apparent position is not its actual position. Ethan seems to think that even the most distant star is exactly where we see it.