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Alpha Centauri is the second-closest, at 4.5 Light Years away. The closest star is Proxima Centauri, which is 4.2 light years distant.

However, Alpha Centauri is a star very much like our Sun, while Proxima Centauri is a very dim dwarf star, hardly visible from Earth even though it is closest.

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