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Stars in constellations are of greatly varying distance from Earth. The closest star in Centaurus, named "Proxima Centauri" happens the be THE closest star of all to Earth, excepting our Sun.

Proxima Centaurus is 25 billion miles from Earth, which is equal to a distance of 4.21 light-years. Using our 21st-century technology, it would take 4.21 years to get there IF we could travel at the speed of light, which is impossible.

It would take thousands of years at our best speed to get there. We could not do that, even, because no one lives for thousands of years. A space probe could get there in thousands of years, maybe, but would more likely be torn apart by space rock or by sheer force of gravity from unseen black holes.

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