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Alpha Centauri AB and Proxima Centauri

author: ESO/Novapix

reference: a-eto01-00112

Image Size 300 DPI: 83 * 84 cm

This image of the sky around the bright star Alpha Centauri AB also shows the much fainter red dwarf star, Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The picture was created from pictures forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The blue halo around Alpha Centauri AB is an artifact of the photographic process, the star is really pale yellow in colour like the Sun.

Keywords for this photo:

ALPHA CENTAURI - ASTRONOMY - BINARY STAR - CENTAURUS - DWARF - FLARE STAR - K STAR - M STAR - POSTER - PROXIMA CENTAURI - RED DWARF - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR -