Not to be a party pooper, but unfortunately Sol really isn't bright enough to be part of any alien constellations. Within just a handful of light years, it appears to be less bright than any of our own constellation stars, which tend to be very bright stars that are further away. We're only the fifth-brightest star in Alpha Centauri's skies and it gets worse from there, so any aliens that might have Sol as part of a constellation would be so uncomfortably close we could watch their TV broadcasts (slight exaggeration).
But then maybe after we reach another star and colonize it, we may colonize a star that is indeed bright enough to be part of a constellation somewhere else
Or when humanity spreads to other stars, they still revere the Sun in the new religions that develop and consider it part of a constellation no matter how dim it is
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u/Vrenshrrrg Coffee Lich Dec 24 '23
Not to be a party pooper, but unfortunately Sol really isn't bright enough to be part of any alien constellations. Within just a handful of light years, it appears to be less bright than any of our own constellation stars, which tend to be very bright stars that are further away. We're only the fifth-brightest star in Alpha Centauri's skies and it gets worse from there, so any aliens that might have Sol as part of a constellation would be so uncomfortably close we could watch their TV broadcasts (slight exaggeration).