What solar system is Alpha Centauri in?

Answer 1

Alpha Centauri is a triple star in the Centaurus constellation, the fifth brightest star from Earth's view, and the closest star to Earth, besides the sun. Alpha Centauri's coordinates are 14h 39m 36.4951s, −60° 50′ 02.308″.

Answer 2

Alpha Centauri is the third brightest star from Earth's view. It is in the Centaurus constellation and only visible from Earth's Southern Hemisphere. It is the nearest bright star to our solar system, 4.34 light years away.
An Alpha Centauri is the brightest star in the constellation Centaurus. It is also the third brightest star in the night sky. It can be seen by the naked eye on many nights.

Answer 3

The Alpha Centauri solar system.

There are actually three stars, distantly separated. Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri are two stars in a binary system, and Proxima Centauri is a very dim dwarf star about 2 light months away.

Answer 4

Alpha Centauri is located in the Centaurus constellation at around RA 14h40m, Dec -60o50'. It is the third-brightest star in the sky and can easily be seen without a telescope when it's in the sky, but unfortunately it's so far south it can't be seen from anywhere in Europe or most of the US (Hawaii and southern Florida are far enough south for it to rise above the horizon; it might also be visible very low on the southern horizon from the extreme southern tip of Texas).

Answer 5

The is a possibility that Alpha Centauri may have planets, but as of now, none have been found. Although highly speculative, given the similarities to the Sun in spectral types, star type, age and probable stability of the orbits, it has been suggested that it could hold one of the best possibilities for harbouring extraterrestrial life on a potential planet The problem lies with the fact that Alpha Centauri is a binary star system (Two stars revolving around their centre of combined mass and thus any planetary formation would have to compete with the pull of two stars instead of one.

Planets have been found around such systems, so it's not out of the question, but if they do, it will be terrestrial planets (like Earth), not Jovian (Like Jupiter)

Answer 6

Alpha Centauri is not a super-giant. It is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus and the third brightest star in the night sky, and the closest star system to our solar system.

Answer 7

It is at a distance of about 4.3 light-years from us. As to the direction, it is in the constellation Centaurus, which is approximately in the direction of the Southern Cross. You can't see it from most of the northern hemisphere, since it will never rise above the horizon.

Answer 8

Alpha Centauri is a star in the constallation Centaurus. See the related link for more information.

Answer 9

At the moment none have been detected, but that is not surprising as it is a binary system.

Answer 10

Alpha Centauri (also known as Rigil Kentaurus, Rigil Kent, or Toliman) is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus.