Alpha Centauri - Revision history

FredericBernard at 17:52, June 29, 2020

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FredericBernard at 17:51, June 29, 2020

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FredericBernard: Should also be in stars category

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Should also be in stars category

FredericBernard at 17:49, June 29, 2020

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FredericBernard: Add references template

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DavidB4-bot: /* top */Spelling, grammar, and general fixes, typos fixed: 1960's → 1960s

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top: Spelling, grammar, and general fixes, typos fixed: 1960's → 1960s

DavidB4-bot: /* Sources */clean up & uniformity

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Sources: clean up & uniformity

JoeyJ: /* Sources */

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Ed Poor: Category:Double Stars

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Category:Double Stars

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-'''Alpha Centauri''' is a star in the constellation Centaurus and the third brightest in the sky.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref> Alpha Centauri is a double star system consisting of Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B. At 4.32 [[light year]]s from [[Earth]], it is one of the closest stars to the [[Solar System]]. [[Proxima Centauri]] is slightly closer to the [[Solar System]] than these 2 stars.
+'''Alpha Centauri''' is a star in the constellation Centaurus and the third brightest in the sky.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref> Alpha Centauri is a double star system consisting of Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B. At 4.32 [[light year]]s from [[Earth]], Alpha Centauri is one of the closest star systems to the [[Solar System]]. [[Proxima Centauri]] is slightly closer to the [[Solar System]] than these 2 stars.
 It was popular in [[science fiction]] and was the destination of the space traveling family in the TV show from the 1960s [[Lost in Space]].

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-'''Alpha Centauri''' is a star in the constellation Centaurus and the third brightest in the sky.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref> Alpha Centauri is a double star system consisting of Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B. Alpha Centauri is between 4 and 5 [[light year]]s from the [[Solar System]]. [[Proxima Centauri]] is slightly closer to the [[Solar System]] than these 2 stars.
+'''Alpha Centauri''' is a star in the constellation Centaurus and the third brightest in the sky.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref> Alpha Centauri is a double star system consisting of Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B. At 4.32 [[light year]]s from [[Earth]], it is one of the closest stars to the [[Solar System]]. [[Proxima Centauri]] is slightly closer to the [[Solar System]] than these 2 stars.
 It was popular in [[science fiction]] and was the destination of the space traveling family in the TV show from the 1960s [[Lost in Space]].

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-| propmotion      =RA: -3679.25 mas/yr<ref name=simbad/><ref name=hip/<br/>Dec: 473.67 mas/yr<ref name=simbad/><ref name=hip/>
+| propmotion      =RA: -3679.25 mas/yr<ref name=simbad/><ref name=hip/><br/>Dec: 473.67 mas/yr<ref name=simbad/><ref name=hip/>
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-'''Alpha Centauri''' is a star in the constellation Centaurus and the third brightest in the sky.  Alpha Centauri is a double star system consisting of Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B.  Alpha Centauri is between 4 and 5 [[light year]]s from the [[Solar System]].  [[Proxima Centauri]] is slightly closer to the [[Solar System]] than these 2 stars.
+'''Alpha Centauri''' is a star in the constellation Centaurus and the third brightest in the sky.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref> Alpha Centauri is a double star system consisting of Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B. Alpha Centauri is between 4 and 5 [[light year]]s from the [[Solar System]]. [[Proxima Centauri]] is slightly closer to the [[Solar System]] than these 2 stars.
 It was popular in [[science fiction]] and was the destination of the space traveling family in the TV show from the 1960s [[Lost in Space]].
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		+	{{Night Sky
		+	\| image =
		+	\| designation =Rigil Kentaurus<br/>Alf Cen<br/>Gliese 559A
		+	\| rightascension =14<sup>h</sup> 39<sup>m</sup> 36.4940<sup>s</sup><ref name=simbad>{{cite web\|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Alpha+Centauri+A\|title=Alpha Centauri A\|accessdate=June 29, 2020\|work=Simbad Astronomical Database\|publisher=simbad.u-strasbg.fr}}</ref><ref name=hip>
		+	{{cite journal
		+	\|last1=Van Leeuwen \|first1=F.
		+	\|display-authors=3
		+	\|title=Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction.
		+	\|journal=stronomy and Astrophysics
		+	\|volume=474
		+	\|issue=\|page=653-664\|date=2007
		+	\|doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20078357
		+	\|bibcode=2007A&A...474..653V
		+	\|ref=harv
		+	}} {{arXiv\|0708.1752}}
		+	</ref>
		+	\| declination =-60° 50′ 02.3737″<ref name=simbad/><ref name=hip/>
		+	\| distance =4.32 ly<ref name=universeguide>{{cite web\|url=https://www.universeguide.com/star/71683/rigilkentaurus\|title=Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri) Star Facts\|accessdate=June 29, 2020\|publisher=universeguide.com}}</ref>
		+	\| constellation =Centaurus
		+	\| type =Star
		+	\| dimensions =
		+	\| magnitude =Apparent Mag: -0.01<ref name=universeguide/><br/>Absolute Mag: +4.34/+4.39<ref name=universeguide/>
		+	\| redshift =
		+	\| radvelocity =-21.40 ± 0.76<ref name=simbad/><ref>
		+	{{cite journal
		+	\|last1=Valenti \|first1=Jeff A.
		+	\|last2=Fischer \|first2=Debra A.
		+	\|display-authors=3
		+	\|title=Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars (SPOCS). I. 1040 F, G, and K Dwarfs from Keck, Lick, and AAT Planet Search Programs
		+	\|journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
		+	\|volume=159
		+	\|issue=1\|page=141-166\|date=2005
		+	\|doi=10.1086/430500
		+	\|bibcode=2005ApJS..159..141V
		+	\|ref=harv
		+	}}
		+	</ref>
		+	\| propmotion =RA: -3679.25 mas/yr<ref name=simbad/><ref name=hip/<br/>Dec: 473.67 mas/yr<ref name=simbad/><ref name=hip/>
		+	\| parallax =743 ± 1.3 mas<ref name=simbad/><ref>
		+	{{cite journal
		+	\|last1=Pourbaix \|first1=Dimitri
		+	\|last2=Boffin \|first2=Henri M. J.
		+	\|display-authors=3
		+	\|title=Parallax and masses of α Centauri revisited.
		+	\|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics
		+	\|volume=586A
		+	\|issue=\|page=90-90\|date=2016
		+	\|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201527859
		+	\|bibcode=2016A&A...586A..90P
		+	\|ref=harv
		+	}} {{arXiv\|1601.01636 }}
		+	</ref>
		+	}}
	'''Alpha Centauri''' is a star in the constellation Centaurus and the third brightest in the sky. Alpha Centauri is a double star system consisting of Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B. Alpha Centauri is between 4 and 5 [[light year]]s from the [[Solar System]]. [[Proxima Centauri]] is slightly closer to the [[Solar System]] than these 2 stars.		'''Alpha Centauri''' is a star in the constellation Centaurus and the third brightest in the sky. Alpha Centauri is a double star system consisting of Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B. Alpha Centauri is between 4 and 5 [[light year]]s from the [[Solar System]]. [[Proxima Centauri]] is slightly closer to the [[Solar System]] than these 2 stars.

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