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Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf and the third star of the binary system of Alpha Centauri.
You need to be 'below' -600 latitude and have have a telescope capapble of resolving a a star with an Absolute Magnitude of 15.5 or better. Which is a very powerful telescope for any but professional astronomers.
It can only be seen from a very few places in the US, and then very poorly as it is too near to the horizon even at its highest.
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What is the fourth nearest star to our solar system?
Proxima Centauri is the closest star to our Sun, at 4.2 LY. Curiously, even though it is the closest, it is not visible to the naked eye! Proxima Centauri is a tiny red dwarf star, and requires a fair-sized telescope to see. For a long time, many people thought that the closest star was Alpha Centauri, which isn't entirely incorrect. The Alpha Centauri system is actually a double star with a very distant triple; Alpha Centauri A (also known as Rigel Kent) and Alpha Centauri B form a binary system, and Proxima, Alpha Centauri C, is very distantly linked at about 0.3 LY.
The distance between your solar system and the closet one?
The nearest star to the Sun is currently Proxima Centauri. It is a distance of about 4.22 light years from the Sun.It is very likely that Proxima Centauri is gravitationally associated with the two stars of Alpha Centauri system since the separation is only 0.21 ly about 15,000 AU but no evidence of an elliptical orbit associated with a binary star has not been found. If this is correct then eventually Alpha Centauri A & B will become the nearest stars to Earth at a distance of 4.36 ly.
What is the name of the star nearest to the sun?
It's called Proxima Centauri. It's the dimmest of three stars all orbiting each other about 4.3 light years from us. Visually, we see the whole group as a single object, called "Alpha Centauri" ... a name that doesn't really mean anything except "brightest star in the constellation Centaurus". It's located quite far down in the southern sky, and it's never visible to anyone located farther north than about 29° north latitude ... roughly the line through San Antonio TX and Daytona Beach FL.
What is the closet star to earth?
Technically speaking, the sun is the closest star to Earth..The next closest known star to the Earth is Proxima Centauri, red dwarf starapproximately 4.2 light years from Earth ... only about 278,000 times as farfrom us as the Sun is. See the related link below for further information aboutProxima Centauri..The next two closest known stars comprise the binary star system called AlphaCentauri. Alpha Centauri is 4.4 light years from Earth..It is postulated that another star, a red or brown dwarf star, closer to the Earththan Proxima Centauri, orbits the sun in a highly elliptical orbit. This possiblestar is code named Nemesis. See the related link below for further informationabout a companion star.That would be the Sun, an average everyday star. The next closest star to earth is Alpha Centauri, which is only four light-years away.
If you could travel at the speed of light how long would it take to travel form our solar system to the nearest star?
The nearest star (besides our sun) is 4.24 light-years from earth. This means that light emitted for this star takes 4.24 years to reach earth. Some stars are over millions of light-years away. The closest star is the sun. Beyond that is Proxima Centauri, at 4.24 light-years away. Alpha Centauri is at 4.37 light-years, and beyond that is Barnard's star at 5.97 light-years away. 4.24 light-years = roughly 24,925,000,000,000 miles (rounded to the nearest billion miles) lol
Can you see proxima centauri?
Not without a telescope. Proxima Centauri is a dim star.
Why can't we see proxima centauri at night?
Proxima Centauri is too dim to bee seen without a telescope.
Why do you need a telescope to see proxima centauri?
Simply because it is too dim to see with the naked eye. Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf; basically, red dwarves are much dimmer than our Sun.
How old were you when the light that you see left Proxima Centauri?
I was 64.
When you look up at the sky at Proxima Centauri how long will it be before someone there saw it?
When you look up at the sky at Proxima Centauri, you see it as it was 4.2 years ago. It will be another 4.2 years from now before somebody at Proxima Centauri sees you looking down at him. He will be troubled, and will wonder why you are looking down at him.
What is the second star?
ANSWER:With the Sun being the first, Proxima Centauri is the next closest at 4.22 light years away in the Alpha Centauri star system. See the related link for more information.
What is the fourth nearest star to our solar system?
Proxima Centauri is the closest star to our Sun, at 4.2 LY. Curiously, even though it is the closest, it is not visible to the naked eye! Proxima Centauri is a tiny red dwarf star, and requires a fair-sized telescope to see. For a long time, many people thought that the closest star was Alpha Centauri, which isn't entirely incorrect. The Alpha Centauri system is actually a double star with a very distant triple; Alpha Centauri A (also known as Rigel Kent) and Alpha Centauri B form a binary system, and Proxima, Alpha Centauri C, is very distantly linked at about 0.3 LY.
How many years pass before light from Alpha Centauri reaches earth?
Alpha Centauri is a triple star system. Alpha Centauri A, B & C or Proxima Centauri. Alpha Centauri A & B are 4.37 light years from the Earth whereas Alpha Centauri C is 4.243 light years.
How many miles away is proxima centauri from earth?
Proxima Centauri is about 4.2 light years from Earth.About 4 x 1013 kilometers (40,000,000,000,000)About 2.5 x 1013 miles (25,000,000,000,000)About 265,606 AUAbout 1.3008808 ParsecsIf the Earth was only an inch from the Sun, at the same scale, Proxima Centauri would be 4.2 miles away.It is the closest star to us, after the Sun.
What is the closest star like our sun type to earth?
The closest star would be Alpha Centauri A (Not to be confused with Proximus Centauri) which has a stellar class [See Link] of G2V which is the same as our Sun. It's distance is about 4.3 light years away.
What is the 3rd closest star on earth?
ANSWER:With the Sun being the first, Proxima Centauri is the next closest at 4.22 light years away in the Alpha Centauri star system. See the related link for more information.
Which is the nearest star of the earth?
The nearest star to the Earth is Proxima Centauri which belongs to the Alpha Centauri triple-star system and is 4.24 light-years closer. In this area, only nine stars are bright enough to see with the naked eye from Earth.
