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Alpha Centauri

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The Alpha Centauri System
Right Ascension	14h 40m
Declination	−60° 50'
Distance	4.365 ± 0.007 ly
Star	Alpha Centauri A	Alpha Centauri B
Spectral Class	G2V	K0V
Estimated Mass	1.11 × Sol	0.934 × Sol
Luminosity	1.519 × Sol	0.50 × Sol

Star charts
Alpha Centauri as seen from Sol.	Sol as seen from Alpha Centauri.

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Brightest stars as seen from Alpha Centauri
Includes all stars of magnitude 1.00 and brighter
Star	Magnitude	Distance
Sirius	−1.21	9.5
Canopus	−0.63	306.9
Arcturus	−0.08	36.2
Vega	0.18	26.9
Rigel	0.19	864.0
Alpha Aurigae (Capella)	0.27	46.7
Achernar	0.42	137.4
Betelgeuse	0.46	499.9
Sol	0.46	4.4
Beta Centauri (Hadar)	0.59	387.7
Procyon	0.67	13.0
Alpha Crucis (Acrux)	0.74	317.8
Altair	0.86	17.4
Spica	0.96	247.1
Aldebaran	0.97	69.6

Local Space

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Stargates in this system
Destination	Distance
Proxima	0.2
Gliese 682	12.8

Details for this system are not yet ready.

Further reading

Fictional depictions of the Alpha Centauri system

Imagination is vaster than all of space.

Alpha Centauri in Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki).
Alpha Centauri in fiction in Wikipedia.

Nonfictional links

Just the facts.

Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B in the ARI Database for Nearby Stars.
Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B in the Bright Star Catalogue.
is in the Encyclopedia of Suns.
Alpha Centauri in the Internet Stellar Database.
Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B in the SIMBAD Astronomical Database.
Alpha Centauri in Solstation.
Alpha Centauri in Stars.
Alpha Centauri in Wikipedia.

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