If we could travel far enough would we be able to see a constelation in reverse? I am enjoying Orion high in the sky this winter as always. I wondered if I could travel beyond it, say 2730 light years* and turn around, would I see Orion in reverse? If so, what of the neighboring constellations. I know brightnesses would be different but would I recognize the shape?

Happy new year to all.


I chose this number because Alnilam is 1360 light years away so I doubled the distance. 


Source: https://www.space.com/3380-constellations.html
If the stars are all similar distance from us, like the Pleiades, then yes, you could find a place from where the stars would appear in a similar pattern and brightness, but the pattern would be a mirror image.

You can't do it when the stars are significantly different distances because they wouldn't look the same.   Most constellations are a range of distances, which wouldn't look like a mirror image from any distance.   

Take Canis Major for example.   Sirius is the brightest star in the sky but in large part because it's only 8 light years away.   The 2nd brightest star in that constellation, Epsilon Canis Majoris is about 430 light years away.   At that distance, Sirius might not even be visible to the human eye.  It certainly wouldn't be constellation worthy.