Hubble's new shot of Proxima Centauri, our nearest neighbor

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

(Phys.org) —Shining brightly in this Hubble image is our closest stellar neighbor: Proxima Centauri.

roxima Centauri lies in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur), just over four light-years from Earth. Although it looks bright through the eye of Hubble, as you might expect from the nearest star to the Solar System, Proxima Centauri is not visible to the naked eye. Its average luminosity is very low, and it is quite small compared to other stars, at only about an eighth of the mass of the sun.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-11-hubble-shot-proxima-centauri-nearest.html#jCpProxima Centauri lies in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur), just over four light-yearsfrom Earth. Although it looks bright through the eye of Hubble, as you might expect from the nearest star to the Solar System, Proxima Centauri is not visible to the naked eye. Its average luminosity is very low, and it is quite small compared to other stars, at only about an eighth of the mass of the sun.

"Proxima Centauri lies in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur), just over four light-years from Earth. Although it looks bright through the eye of Hubble, as you might expect from the nearest star to the Solar System, Proxima Centauri is not visible to the naked eye. Its average luminosity is very low, and it is quite small compared to other stars, at only about an eighth of the mass of the sun. . . ."

(Phys.org) —Shining brightly in this Hubble image is our closest stellar neighbor: Proxima Centauri.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-11-hubble-shot-proxima-centauri-nearest.html#jCp