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    three stars: Rigil Kentaurus (α Centauri A), Toliman (α Centauri B), and Proxima CentauriCentauri C). Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun...
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  • Look up Centauri or centauri in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Centauri may refer to: Centauri Production, a Czech computer games company acquired by...
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    Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to Earth after the Sun, located 4.25 light-years away in the southern constellation of Centaurus. This object was...
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    Proxima Centauri b (or Proxima b), also referred to as Alpha Centauri Cb, is an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Proxima...
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  • Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is a 4X video game, considered a spiritual sequel to the Civilization series. Set in a science fiction depiction of the 22nd...
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    Omega Centauri (ω Cen, NGC 5139, or Caldwell 80) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus that was first identified as a non-stellar object...
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  • star a Centauri, V761 Centauri, a variable star α Centauri, Alpha Centauri α1 Centauri, Alpha Centauri A (HD 128620) α2 Centauri, Alpha Centauri B (HD...
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    Beta Centauri is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It is officially called Hadar (/ˈheɪdɑːr/). The Bayer designation of...
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  • Proxima Centauri is a small star located 4.2465 light-years away from the Sun in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Proxima Centauri may also refer...
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  • individual stars are named Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B, and Proxima Centauri. Alpha Centauri may also refer to: Alpha Centauri (Doctor Who), an alien in...
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  • x Centauri can refer to two different stars: x1 Centauri, HR 4712 x2 Centauri, HR 4724 χ Centauri This set index article includes a list of related items...
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    Breakthrough Starshot (category Alpha Centauri)
    proposed to Proxima Centauri b, an Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone of its host star, Proxima Centauri, in the Alpha Centauri system. At a speed...
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    Notable stars include Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to the Solar System, its neighbour in the sky Beta Centauri, and HR 5171, one of the largest...
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  • civilizations represented in the Babylon 5 universe: humans, the Narn, the Centauri, the Minbari and the Vorlons; and several dozen less powerful ones. A number...
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    by automated telescopes in 2007 when its disk eclipsed the star V1400 Centauri, causing a series of dimming events for 56 days. The eclipse by J1407b...
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    Proxima Centauri c (also called Proxima c or Alpha Centauri Cc) is a controversial exoplanet candidate whose detection could not be recreated, claimed...
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  • c2 Centauri (HD 129685) The designation C Centauri is shared by three star systems: C1 Centauri (V763 Centauri) C2 Centauri (HD 100825) C3 Centauri (HD...
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    Proxima Centauri d (also called Proxima d) is a candidate exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun and part...
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    V1400 Centauri, also known as 1SWASP J140747.93−394542.6 or simply J1407, is a young, pre-main-sequence star that was eclipsed by the likely free-floating...
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    Minbari. Meanwhile, tensions between the Centauri Republic, an empire in decline, and the Narn Regime, a former Centauri dominion which successfully rebelled...
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  • z Centauri and Z Centauri are distinct. Due to technical limitations, both designations link here. For the star Z Centauri, see SN 1895B z Centauri, see...
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    Alpha Centauri Bb (α Cen Bb) was a proposed exoplanet orbiting the K-type main-sequence star Alpha Centauri B, located 4.37 light-years from Earth in...
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  • needed] Londo Mollari is a member of one of the oldest Noble Houses of the Centauri Republic. He is a mercurial personality given to extreme manifestations...
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    BLC1 (category Proxima Centauri)
    coincident with the direction of the Solar System's closest star, Proxima Centauri. The apparent shift in its frequency, consistent with the Doppler effect...
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  • The designations U Centauri and u Centauri refer to two different stars in the constellation Centaurus. U Centauri, the variable star designation for...
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    b Centauri b (sometimes b Centauri (AB) b) is a circumbinary planet orbiting the binary star system b Centauri, located in the southern constellation Centaurus...
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  • dominant civilizations represented on Babylon 5: humans, the Narn, the Centauri, the Minbari and the Vorlons; and several dozen less powerful ones. A number...
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  • Alpha Centauri is the second studio album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. It was released in March 1971 by record label Ohr. The music...
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    make appearances in science fiction, especially the nearest: the Alpha Centauri system, often portrayed as the destination of the first interstellar voyage...
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  • The designations W Centauri and w Centauri refer to two different stars in the constellation Centaurus. W Centauri, the variable star designation for...
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