Alpha Centauri | |
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Name : Alpha Centauri | Absolute Magnitude : 4.4 |
The star we see as Alpha Centauri is actually two stars designated A and B, which move around each other over a period of 80 years in an eccentric orbit - at their closest their separation is the same as Saturn from the Sun. The stars themselves are not unlike our own Sun but a third member of the system - Proxima Centauri - is a feeble dwarf star. Alpha and Beta Centauri are famous for pointing the way to the celebrated Southern Cross. | |
In Frontier, the Alpha Centauri system is noted for being the system where water was first detected and was a starting point in the colonisation of space. It is also famous among Frontier pilots for the enormous distance - over 900 AU - between the hyperspace egress point and the only starport at Eden Station. | |
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