proxima centauri is 4.2 light years away from the sun.
Around 4.2 light years. Very close compared with the other stars.
As the closest star to our sun, Proxima Centauri is in our galaxy.
Proxima Centauri _IS_ a sun.
Proxima Centauri is 4.243 light years away, or 2,231,648 light minutes.
As of June 2014, the closest known star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri is located 4.24 light-years away from the Sun.
The nearest star to our sun, Proxima Centauri - is about five light years away.
That would be Proxima Centauri. About 4.2 light-years.
The nearest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri (Alpha Centauri C).
The nearest star, apart from our Sun is Proxima Centauri at about 4.24 light years.
Proxima Centauri Alpha Centauri A Alpha Centauri B
Proxima Centauri is about 0.005% as bright as the sun. In other words the sun is about 20,000 times brighter than Proxima Centauri.
Alpha Centauri
I think that proxima centauri is approximately 4 light years away from the sun. One light year is equal to 5,865,696,000,000 miles. So, 5,865,696,000,000x4 = 23,462,784,000,000 Proxima Centauri is approximately 23,462,748,000,000 miles away from the sun.