Alpha Centauri Star Map

Alpha Centauri Star Map. While this is a large distance in terrestrial terms, it is three times closer than the next nearest Sun-like star. It is the nearest star system to the Sun and hosts the nearest extrasolar planets to Earth.


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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 The pair orbits each other around a common centre of gravity every 79.9 years

It is the nearest star system to the Sun and hosts the nearest extrasolar planets to Earth. The pair orbits each other around a common centre of gravity every 79.9 years 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

Alpha Centauri Maps. It is composed of the binary stars Alpha Centauri AB and the third star Alpha Centauri C. It is the nearest star system to the Sun and hosts the nearest extrasolar planets to Earth.

Alpha Centauri Star System, Distance, Location, Constellation Star Facts. 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 Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun, is a much smaller and cooler.