Alpha & Beta Centauri are the two stars dominating this optical photograph. Alpha Centauri (centre left),also known as Rigel Kent,is a triple star system; the two brighter components,A & B,form a yellow- orange visual binary which is the third brightest star in the sky & the second nearest to our Sun; the third component,Proxima Centauri,is the closest known star. Beta Centauri (centre),also called Hadar,is a more remote but luminous blue- white giant star. Feb. 78 | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Royer, Ronald |
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