08-July-2009, 07:38 PM
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Order of Kilopi
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Based on these observed proper motions and radial velocities, Alpha Centauri will continue into the future to slowly brighten, passing just north of the Southern Cross or Crux, before moving northwest and up towards the celestial equator and away from the galactic plane. By about A.D. 29,700, in the present-day constellation of Hydra, α Centauri will be exactly 1.00 pc or 3.26 ly away.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri
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