Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus) & Beta Centauri (Hadar) (Harold Freckhaus)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Centaurus (Cen) · Contains: Alpha Centauri · Centaurus · Circinus · Hadar · Hadar (βCen) · J Cen · NGC 5138 · NGC 5168 · NGC 5281 · NGC 5288 · NGC 5299 · NGC 5315 · NGC 5316 · NGC 5381 · NGC 5593 · NGC 5606 · NGC 5617 · NGC 5662 · NGC 5715 · NGC 5749 · PK307+05.1 · PK307-03.2 · PK308+00.1 · PK308-01.1 · PK308-03.1 · PK309+00.1 · PK309+01.1 · PK309+06.1 · PK309-02.1 · PK309-04.1 · And 48 more.

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Alpha Centauri (Latinized from α Centauri, abbreviated Alpha Cen or α Cen) is the closest star system and closest planetary system to the Solar System at 4.37 light-years (1.34 pc) from the Sun. It is a triple star system, consisting of three stars: α Centauri A (officially Rigil Kentaurus), α Centauri B (officially Toliman), and α Centauri C (officially Proxima Centauri).

Alpha Centauri A and B are Sun-like stars (Class G and K), and together they form the binary star Alpha Centauri AB. To the naked eye, the two main components appear to be a single star with an apparent magnitude of −0.27, forming the brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus and the third-brightest in the night sky, outshone only by Sirius and Canopus.

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RA (center)	14h18m21s.1
RA (top/left)	14h34m50s.3
RA (top/right)	13h11m55s.1
RA (bottom/right)	13h49m09s.1
RA (bottom/left)	15h35m25s.3

Dec (center)	-59°58′20″
Dec (top/left)	-50°45′27″
Dec (top/right)	-56°12′40″
Dec (bottom/right)	-68°58′39″
Dec (bottom/left)	-61°14′41″

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