Alpha Centauri

:This article is about the star system. For the computer game, see Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

Facts

• Right ascension (J2000): 14h39m36.2s
• Declination (J2000): -60°50'08"
• Distance from Earth: 4.396 light years
• Parallax: 0.742"
• Apparent visual magnitude: −0.01
• Absolute visual magnitude: +4.34
• Spectral type: G2V(+K1V)
• Mass: 1.10 (A), 0.92 (B) Solar masses
• Luminosity: 1.57 (A), 0.51 (B) Solar luminosities
• Life Stage: Main Sequence
• A-B Orbit Parameters:
• Period: 79.24 years
• Reference periastron passage: 1955.56 a.d.
• Eccentricity: 0.516
• Ascending node: 204.87°
• Angle of periastron rel. to ascending node: 231.56°
• Inclination (to plane of sky): 79.24°