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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, ...

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                    Current Year: 2025.5

   Star Name      Bayer ID    Dist LY      Past     Future
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Rigil Kentaurus   Alp Cen       4.4       2021.1    2029.9 
Sirius            Alp CMa       8.6       2016.9    2034.1 
Procyon           Alp CMi      11.4       2014.1    2036.9 
Altair            Alp Aql      16.8       2008.7    2042.3 
Fomalhaut         Alp PsA      25.1       2000.4    2050.6 
Vega              Alp Lyr      25.3       2000.2    2050.8 
Pollux            Bet Gem      33.7       1991.8    2059.2 
Arcturus          Alp Boo      36.7       1988.8    2062.2 
Capella           Alp Aur      42.2       1983.3    2067.7 
Castor            Alp Gem      51.5       1974.0    2077.0 
Megrez            Del UMa      58         1968      2084 
Aldebaran         Alp Tau      65.1       1960.4    2090.6 
Hamal             Alp Ari      65.9       1959.6    2091.4 
Regulus           Alp Leo      77.5       1948.0    2103.0 
Mizar             Zet UMa      78         1948      2104 
Merak             Bet UMa      79         1946      2105 
Koo She           Del Vel      79.7       1945.8    2105.2 
Alioth            Eps UMa      80.9       1944.6    2106.4 
Menkalinan        Bet Aur      82.1       1943.4    2107.6 
Phecda            Gam UMa      84         1942      2110 
Gacrux            Gam Cru      87.9       1937.6    2113.4 
Algol             Bet Per      93         1932      2119 
Alnair            Alp Gru     101         1924      2127 
Alkaid            Eta UMa     101         1924      2127 
Alhena            Gam Gem     105         1920      2131 
Miaplacidus       Bet Car     111         1914      2137 
Dubhe             Alp UMa     124         1902      2150 
Algieba           Gam Leo     126         1900      2152 
Elnath            Bet Tau     131         1894      2157 
Achernar          Alp Eri     144         1882      2170 
Kaus Australis    Eps Sgr     145         1880      2171 
Peacock           Alp Pav     180         1846      2206 
Alphard           Alp Hya     180         1846      2206 
Bellatrix         Gam Ori     240         1786      2266 
Spica             Alp Vir     260         1766      2286 
Sargas            The Sco     270         1756      2296 
Canopus           Alp Car     310         1716      2336 
Acrux             Alp Cru     320         1706      2346 
Mimosa            Bet Cru     350         1676      2376 
Atria             Alp TrA     415         1610      2441 
Betelgeuse        Alp Ori     430         1596      2456 
Adhara            Eps CMa     430         1596      2456 
Polaris           Alp UMi     430         1596      2456 
Mirzam            Bet CMa     500         1526      2526 
Hadar             Bet Cen     525         1500      2551 
Mirfak            Alp Per     590         1436      2616 
Antares           Alp Sco     605         1420      2631 
Avior             Eps Car     630         1396      2656 
Shaula            Lam Sco     700         1326      2726 
Rigel             Bet Ori     770         1256      2796 
Alnitak           Zet Ori     820         1206      2846 
Regor             Gam Vel     840         1186      2866 
Mintaka           Del Ori     916         1110      2942 
Alnilam           Eps Ori    1300          726      3326 
Wezen             Del CMa    1800          226      3826 
Deneb             Alp Cyg    3200         -1174      5226
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   Star Name      Bayer ID  Dist LY       Past     Future

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