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  1. What is the distance from Alpha Centauri to Barnard's Star?

    5 Alpha Centauri AB is the closest star system to Earth (4.366 ly), followed closely by Barnard's star (5.988 ly). The closest star system to Alpha Centauri is Luhman 16 (3.8 ly from α Cen). So …

  2. Is the Alpha Centauri star system moving closer to us?

    Nov 9, 2017 · 3 The closest star system after our sun is Alpha Centauri, a three star system with Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf, slightly closer to us than the other 2, around 4.3 light years. I …

  3. How far apart has the sun drifted from Alpha Centari due to the ...

    May 26, 2023 · 20 Cosmic expansion has no influence on how the distance between the Sun and Alpha Centauri evolves. Not even a negligibly small influence, but none whatsoever. The idea …

  4. Closest star system to Alpha Centauri? - Astronomy Stack Exchange

    May 17, 2020 · The closest star system to our Solar System is Alpha Centauri. But is our Solar System the closest star system to Alpha Centuari? If not, which star system is?

  5. star - What is the closest stellar neighbour to Sirius? - Astronomy ...

    Aug 2, 2021 · They include in order of increasing distance from the Sun: Alpha Centauri, Bernard's Star, Wolf 359, Lalande 21185, Sirius, etc., including a total of 37 solitary stars and …

  6. galaxy - What simulator would I use to create an image of what …

    Jan 22, 2024 · The wikipedia article on Alpha Centauri has an image of that system from earth. I'm hoping to make the opposite image. I realize that there are various discussion of roughly …

  7. What is a parsec and how is it measured? - Astronomy Stack …

    3) The closest star to the planet Earth (not counting the sun, of course) is the star system Alpha Centauri, at a distance of just about 1.3 parsecs. While you may think that this is incredibly …

  8. SIMBAD TAP queries seem to indicate there are no distance …

    Jan 11, 2021 · SIMBAD TAP queries seem to indicate there are no distance measurements for a great many nearby stars, including Alpha Centauri or Barnard's Star

  9. What day/night cycles, climate and seasons would experience …

    Conversely, Alpha Centauri Bb is 11 AU away from Alpha Centauri A - much greater than the distance between it and Alpha Centauri B (a bit more than the distance between Saturn and …

  10. How big is one arcsecond at various distances?

    Apr 14, 2017 · One arcsecond on the sun is 727km One arcsecond on Mars (when it is closest to Earth) is 237km One arcsecond at distance of one parsec is one astronomical unit (AU), by …