<pre style='font-size:20px; font-weight:bold;'>
TABLE OF SOME STELLAR DISTANCES WITH PAST/FUTURE YEAR VIEWS

Past:
This is the year that the light arriving here left the star.
If observers there could see the Earth in a telescope, they
would be seeing an image of Earth in that year.


Future:
This is the year that current sunlight will reach the star
or the year that any signal sent today would arrive there.

NOTE:
Standard calendar convention is assumed where negative years
are taken to mean BC years.  By definition, there is no year
zero on the calendar.    What would be year zero is 1 BC and
the mathematical year -50, would equate to 49 BC on the stan-
dard calendar.  All AD years are positve values: 1, 2, 3, ...

=============================================================
                    Current Year: 2020.5

   Star Name      Bayer ID    Dist LY      Past     Future
---------------   --------    -------    --------  --------
Rigil Kentaurus   Alp Cen       4.4       2016.1    2024.9 
Sirius            Alp CMa       8.6       2011.9    2029.1 
Procyon           Alp CMi      11.4       2009.1    2031.9 
Altair            Alp Aql      16.8       2003.7    2037.3 
Fomalhaut         Alp PsA      25.1       1995.4    2045.6 
Vega              Alp Lyr      25.3       1995.2    2045.8 
Pollux            Bet Gem      33.7       1986.8    2054.2 
Arcturus          Alp Boo      36.7       1983.8    2057.2 
Capella           Alp Aur      42.2       1978.3    2062.7 
Castor            Alp Gem      51.5       1969.0    2072.0 
Megrez            Del UMa      58         1962      2079 
Aldebaran         Alp Tau      65.1       1955.4    2085.6 
Hamal             Alp Ari      65.9       1954.6    2086.4 
Regulus           Alp Leo      77.5       1943.0    2098.0 
Mizar             Zet UMa      78         1942      2099 
Merak             Bet UMa      79         1942      2100 
Koo She           Del Vel      79.7       1940.8    2100.2 
Alioth            Eps UMa      80.9       1939.6    2101.4 
Menkalinan        Bet Aur      82.1       1938.4    2102.6 
Phecda            Gam UMa      84         1936      2105 
Gacrux            Gam Cru      87.9       1932.6    2108.4 
Algol             Bet Per      93         1928      2114 
Alnair            Alp Gru     101         1920      2122 
Alkaid            Eta UMa     101         1920      2122 
Alhena            Gam Gem     105         1916      2126 
Miaplacidus       Bet Car     111         1910      2132 
Dubhe             Alp UMa     124         1896      2145 
Algieba           Gam Leo     126         1894      2147 
Elnath            Bet Tau     131         1890      2152 
Achernar          Alp Eri     144         1876      2165 
Kaus Australis    Eps Sgr     145         1876      2166 
Peacock           Alp Pav     180         1840      2201 
Alphard           Alp Hya     180         1840      2201 
Bellatrix         Gam Ori     240         1780      2261 
Spica             Alp Vir     260         1760      2281 
Sargas            The Sco     270         1750      2291 
Canopus           Alp Car     310         1710      2331 
Acrux             Alp Cru     320         1700      2341 
Mimosa            Bet Cru     350         1670      2371 
Atria             Alp TrA     415         1606      2436 
Betelgeuse        Alp Ori     430         1590      2451 
Adhara            Eps CMa     430         1590      2451 
Polaris           Alp UMi     430         1590      2451 
Mirzam            Bet CMa     500         1520      2521 
Hadar             Bet Cen     525         1496      2546 
Mirfak            Alp Per     590         1430      2611 
Antares           Alp Sco     605         1416      2626 
Avior             Eps Car     630         1390      2651 
Shaula            Lam Sco     700         1320      2721 
Rigel             Bet Ori     770         1250      2791 
Alnitak           Zet Ori     820         1200      2841 
Regor             Gam Vel     840         1180      2861 
Mintaka           Del Ori     916         1104      2937 
Alnilam           Eps Ori    1300          720      3321 
Wezen             Del CMa    1800          220      3821 
Deneb             Alp Cyg    3200         -1180      5221
---------------   --------  -------     -------  ----------
   Star Name      Bayer ID  Dist LY       Past     Future

=============================================================


</pre>