A fly-through of the Alpha Centauri system
This video shows a fly-through of the bright double star Alpha Centauri A and B. In the final sequence we close in on Alpha Centauri B and a newly discovered planet swims into view. This Earth-mass planet is the closest exoplanet known and the lightest ever found around a star like the Sun.
Credit:ESO./L. Calçada/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org).
About the Video
| Id: | eso1241b |
| Release date: | 16 October 2012, 23:50 |
| Related releases: | eso1241 |
| Duration: | 01 m 05 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Alpha Centauri |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Category: | Exoplanets Stars |
