Bellatrix, Spica, and Omega Herculis are all good “semiquincentennial” stars. All three of them are roughly 250 light-years away, so we see them as they looked roughly 250 years ago, near the time of the Declaration of Independence.
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Bellatrix, Spica, and Omega Herculis are all good “semiquincentennial” stars. All three of them are roughly 250 light-years away, so we see them as they looked roughly 250 years ago, near the time of the Declaration of Independence.