Proxima Centauri - the nearest star
A small sky field with the nearest known star, Proxima Centauri, close to the centre. This object is cool and red and it is brighter on the near-infrared image (in the I-filter at 900 nm) to the left than on the red image (in the R-filter at 600 nm) to the right. The rapid motion is easy to perceive. The field measures 10 x 10 arcmin 2 ; North is up and East is left. Reproduced from the Digital Sky Survey (STScI Digitized Sky Survey, (C) 1993, 1994, AURA, Inc. all rights reserved - cf. http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss).
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0232a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 29 November 2002 |
| Related releases: | eso0232 |
| Size: | 1293 x 642 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Proxima Centauri |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star • X - Stars |
| Distance: | 4 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical R |
600 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Infrared I |
900 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
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