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Re:How far could a spaceship go if we never ran out of thrus... by IX-103 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @12:27PM (#28130822) 

  once you get close enough from c, all the stars in the universe appear to be either right in front of you, or right behind you
That's not really right. There is a distortion where things appear more in front of you than they are at the time you see them, but that's only because they were at that angle, but by the time the light gets to you they're not where they appear.

Also there's nothing that would shift light to appear behind you other than your movement away from objects that you have passed.

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Re:How far could a spaceship go if we never ran out of thrus... by yread on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:27PM (#28133086)
the photons from stars behind you are still faster than you so they catch up with you
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Re:How far could a spaceship go if we never ran out of thrus... by vl on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:31AM (#28140305)
The photons from the stars behind you travel at c in your reference frame…
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