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There isn't much to "discover" here - Alpha Centauri is the third-brightest star in the sky. People must already have seen him tens of thousands of years ago.

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Proxima Centauri was discovered in 1915 by Robert Innes.

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No one "discovered" Alpha Centauri - it has been visible in the night sky since the dinosaurs.

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