this meme shows up in sci-fi a lot, that there is no real difference
between 4 and 10 ly, but there are a lot of good reasons why we
might not try to achieve the really huge numbers like a quarter
of the speed of light any time soon. so any interstellar flight will
take a loooong long time, requiring multigeneration ships, suspended
animation etc. but closer is better, if you do go with multigeneration,
and long lives are better than short.
seems to me the extropians might be the first
to solve some baffling problems with interstellar travel. we can achieve
.001 c with current technology. if people are made to live 500 yrs, then
only a few generations are needed.
ok heres the table in a tab delimited text file. the units are all
distance,
in light yrs.
distance X Y Z
4.22 -1.54 -1.18 -3.75
4.39 -1.64 -1.37 -3.84
4.39 -1.64 -1.37 -3.84
5.94 -0.06 -5.92 0.48
8.31 -6.52 1.65 4.88
8.60 -1.61 8.07 -2.47
9.69 1.91 -8.65 -3.92
10.49 6.19 8.29 -1.72
10.73 8.45 -2.04 -6.28
10.88 -10.87 0.58 0.15
11.35 6.45 -6.07 7.11
11.40 -4.77 10.30 1.04
11.42 6.49 -6.11 7.15
11.46 1.08 -5.69 9.89
11.63 1.09 -5.78 10.03
11.63 8.34 0.67 8.08
11.82 5.65 -3.16 -9.89
11.89 10.27 5.02 -3.27
12.12 11.01 3.60 -3.54
12.38 -4.59 11.45 1.13
12.77 1.89 8.83 -9.03
12.87 7.60 -6.53 -8.07
13.07 6.43 -2.73 11.04
13.42 -1.71 13.30 -0.66
13.86 -9.19 -8.39 -6.10
13.90 -5.17 -12.54 -3.05
14.22 11.30 0.26 -8.62
14.33 8.87 10.77 -3.29
14.36 13.97 3.04 1.35
14.70 -9.75 -8.90 -6.47
14.76 -0.56 -5.42 13.72
14.79 -1.38 -10.01 -10.80
15.06 14.16 -3.36 -3.86
15.06 -6.39 0.40 -13.64
15.33 14.23 -4.26 -3.78
15.75 -11.10 2.69 10.85
15.89 -9.19 4.71 12.07
16.06 -2.10 -7.14 -14.23
16.08 -1.93 -14.49 6.71
16.10 8.48 -6.30 -12.15
16.44 -1.17 -11.70 -11.48
16.44 7.19 14.63 -2.19
16.46 11.18 -3.69 11.50
16.58 0.39 -16.56 0.72
16.77 7.70 -14.67 2.58
16.99 16.29 1.10 -4.72
17.58 -3.44 0.19 17.23
17.70 -15.32 -7.62 4.55
17.90 11.70 -12.49 -5.23
17.98 3.50 8.58 15.40
17.98 -3.56 14.60 9.86
18.37 -17.42 5.42 2.18
18.55 2.30 18.37 -1.19
18.71 -5.14 -17.78 -2.71
18.80 2.56 -6.01 17.63
18.82 -0.81 17.45 -7.01
18.87 1.43 18.37 4.08
18.94 -0.60 -10.21 -15.95
19.15 6.28 -18.01 1.73
19.25 -12.81 -12.53 -7.03
19.34 -8.51 17.32 1.20
19.34 -8.74 -11.62 -12.76
19.41 10.10 2.20 16.42
19.46 -3.30 -17.09 -8.69
19.46 19.42 -0.92 0.82
19.51 -3.38 -17.12 -8.74
19.73 8.64 -13.40 -11.62
19.76 9.28 11.05 -13.49
19.91 4.28 -6.81 -18.21
19.94 -15.22 -12.14 -4.32
20.15 -1.03 -17.04 -10.71
20.15 -1.02 -17.04 -10.71
20.17 -9.17 8.09 16.05
20.23 7.87 -11.90 -14.34
20.37 19.00 -2.34 6.94
20.44 -13.05 -15.48 -2.75
20.44 -9.30 8.19 16.26
20.61 -2.99 -14.09 14.74
20.73 -4.88 15.47 12.92
41.63 24.38 -32.68 8.44
21.17 -5.83 -20.13 -3.06
21.27 11.29 -2.34 17.88
21.46 -5.02 -11.47 17.43
21.60 -19.23 5.14 8.38
21.84 -15.13 -14.04 7.15
21.98 16.60 -12.78 6.66
22.03 18.14 -4.24 -11.76
22.44 20.69 -5.88 6.39
22.73 -3.32 -18.32 -13.03
22.97 7.36 -7.80 20.31
23.50 18.13 14.69 2.82
23.57 -21.73 9.12 0.35
23.65 -3.74 -16.69 16.33
24.32 23.68 5.07 2.24
24.34 20.59 9.88 8.43
24.37 5.34 0.60 -23.77
24.40 -16.24 -15.88 -8.90
24.62 16.75 14.59 10.61
24.62 13.53 4.15 20.15
24.86 -22.59 -9.36 4.48
24.90 20.40 -5.81 -13.03
24.98 -17.81 -3.20 -17.21
25.06 20.98 -5.85 -12.39
25.17 -3.74 -24.87 0.93
25.29 3.16 -19.45 15.84
25.41 0.57 -25.37 -1.34
25.47 -22.66 11.51 -1.66
25.95 6.58 -8.54 23.61
26.12 20.51 -15.55 -4.44
26.16 -4.67 18.13 -18.27
26.16 7.83 24.76 3.17
26.22 -7.08 -15.92 19.59
26.27 0.71 -7.76 25.08
26.50 -2.42 -25.00 8.45
26.53 9.70 3.08 -24.50
26.55 23.69 -6.32 -10.17
26.55 8.04 2.25 25.21
26.56 13.40 6.23 -22.07
26.61 -9.86 17.39 17.56
26.75 -14.27 -20.79 -8.92
26.77 -25.81 -5.48 4.53
26.78 5.71 -20.62 -16.10
27.01 9.06 21.81 -13.10
27.27 -0.99 6.70 -26.42
27.29 -20.26 -3.01 18.03
27.38 -1.43 -24.20 12.74
27.62 -9.25 -19.85 -16.83
27.77 6.43 25.07 -10.07
27.79 -24.86 -8.85 -8.73
27.88 -22.75 0.88 16.10
28.01 11.85 1.04 -25.36
28.10 6.78 -1.95 -27.20
28.13 7.58 -25.16 10.03
28.17 24.73 -9.15 -9.92
28.24 0.65 26.48 9.79
28.34 3.89 27.67 4.75
28.36 -6.39 27.51 -2.56
28.41 17.08 18.31 -13.44
28.55 -1.04 7.01 -27.66
28.60 25.27 -13.20 -2.31
28.64 -3.50 -19.35 -20.82
28.73 7.30 27.64 -2.88
28.77 14.26 -21.29 -13.07
28.90 7.81 -25.85 10.30
28.97 -27.36 -2.98 -9.07
29.22 22.35 -12.74 13.86
29.24 1.83 26.96 -11.16
29.26 -22.00 15.98 -10.80
29.46 -24.70 2.66 -15.85
29.48 16.33 24.03 -5.00