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Description: Relative positions of Sun, Alpha Centauri AB and Proxima Centauri. Used coordinates: RA = 14h 39m 36.4951s, Dec = –60° 50′ 02.308″ for Alpha Centauri AB, RA = 14h 29m 42.9487s, Dec = −62° 40′ 46.141″ for Proxima Centauri. Used parallaxes: 747.1 mas by Söderhjelm (1999) for Alpha Centauri AB, 768.7 mas by Benedict et al. (1999) for Proxima Centauri. Gray dot is projection of Proxima Centauri, located at the same distance as Alpha Centauri AB.
Title: Relative positions of Sun, Alpha Centauri AB and Proxima Centauri
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