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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.
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