Alpha Centauri Constellation Guide

Alpha Centauri Star Map. The Alpha Centauri System with our friend Proxima b At 4.3 light-years away, Alpha Centauri A and B are the nearest Sun-like stars to our solar system The third group member is the red dwarf, Proxima Centauri.

The Alpha Centauri System with our friend Proxima b
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They orbit with Proxima Centauri as a triple star system.Alpha Centauri A is a Class G star that is 1.1 times the mass of the Sun Alpha Centauri is a triple star system located just over four light years, or about 25 trillion miles, from Earth

The Alpha Centauri System with our friend Proxima b

Also visible as a fuzzy spot near the top of the frame is the globular cluster Omega Centauri. Alpha Centauri (α Cen) is a triple star system located at a distance of 4.37 light years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus It is the nearest star system to the Sun and hosts the nearest extrasolar planets to Earth.

Map of the Alpha Centauri System (2921 CE) by SpyglassRealms on DeviantArt. They orbit with Proxima Centauri as a triple star system.Alpha Centauri A is a Class G star that is 1.1 times the mass of the Sun Alpha Centauri: The Closest Stars and Exoplanets to the Sun The Alpha Centauri triple star system is located in the Centaurus constellation only about 4.37 light-years away from the Sun

Alpha Centauri System. It moves southeast past Orion's canine companion and its star, Sirius, brightest in the sky, eventually pausing at the rich southern hemisphere portion of the Milky Way in Carina and Crux, the Southern Cross East of the Cross, in Centaurus, is the binary star Alpha Centauri, at 4.4 light-years the naked-eye star system nearest to the Sun.