Is it true that we don't see the stars in their actual position?

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The above statement is true.
The stars don't appear in their actual position. Actually, at night the refractive index of the layers of the atmosphere decrease on going up; thus, the light rays coming from the stars bend towards normal at each layer. Thus due to atmospheric refraction, the stars seem to be in a different position and higher than the actual height.

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