File:Relative positions of Sun, Alpha Centauri AB and Proxima Centauri.png

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English: Relative positions of Sun, Alpha Centauri AB and Proxima Centauri. Used coordinates: RA = 14h 39m 36.4951s, Dec = –60° 50′ 02.308″ for Alpha Centauri AB, RA = 14h 29m 42.9487s, Dec = −62° 40′ 46.141″ for Proxima Centauri. Used parallaxes: 750.81 mas by Akeson et al. (2021) for Alpha Centauri AB, 768.0665 mas from Gaia EDR3 for Proxima Centauri. Gray dot is projection of Proxima Centauri, located at the same distance as Alpha Centauri AB.
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current22:15, 12 April 2022Thumbnail for version as of 22:15, 12 April 20221,000 × 100 (50 KB)Chermundy (talk | contribs)Akeson et al. (2021), Gaia EDR3 parallaxes
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