Proxima Centauri
Alpha and Beta Centauri (in box), The dark Coal Sack and Southern Cross
Closer in to Alpha and Beta Centauri and showing the field of Proxima (in small box)
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Proxima Centauri is the closest star to our solar system at 4.27 light years.
It is a type dM5e dwarf star and is quite a dim object at magnitude 10.7 .
It has a proper motion across the sky of 3.85 arc seconds per year.
Over 20 years it has moved 77 arc seconds across the sky.
Each image in the animation is a 12X enlargement from the original negative.
The animation is
also used on... www.solstation.com
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