interstellar radio message (IRM)

Only a handful of messages have been intentionally beamed from Earth toward other stars and star clusters in an attempt to make contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. Of these, the bulk have been sent from the Evpatoria Space Center in the Ukraine by a group under the direction of Alexander Zaitsev. The table below shows the expected times at which the three Evpatoria messages sent to date will arrive at various target stars. Details for the Arecibo Message are included for comparison. Also see CETI and Team Encounter.

Arrival time of terrestrial radio messages
#	arrival	star	constellation	message	sent, d m y	distance, l.y.
1	Apr 2036	Hip 4872	Cassiopeia	Cosmic Call 2	06.07.2003	32.8
2	Aug 2040	HD 245409	Orion	Cosmic Call 2	06.07.2003	37.1
3	May 2044	HD 75732	Cancer	Cosmic Call 2	06.07.2003	40.9
4	Sep 2044	HD 10307	Andromeda	Cosmic Call 2	06.07.2003	41.2
5	Jul 2047	HD 95128	Ursa Major	Teen Age Message	03.09.2001	45.9
6	May 2049	HD 95128	Ursa Major	Cosmic Call 2	06.07.2003	45.9
7	Apr 2051	HD 190360	Cygnus	Cosmic Call 1	01.07.1999	51.8
8	Feb 2057	HD 190406	Sagitta	Cosmic Call 1	30.06.1999	57.6
9	May 2057	HD 76151	Hydra	Teen Age Message	04.09.2001	55.7
10	Dec 2057	HD 50692	Gemini	Teen Age Message	03.09.2001	56.3
11	Jan 2059	HD 126053	Virgo	Teen Age Message	03.09.2001	57.4
12	Jan 2059	HD 193664	Draco	Teen Age Message	04.09.2001	57.4
13	Oct 2067	HD 178428	Sagitta	Cosmic Call 1	30.06.1999	68.3
14	Nov 2069	HD 186408	Cygnus	Cosmic Call 1	24.05.1999	70.5
15	Feb 2070	HD 197076	Delphinus	Teen Age Message	29.08.2001	68.5
16	~25974	Glob cluster M13	Hercules	Arecibo	16.11.1974	~24000

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