The Star system Alpha Centauri, whose proper name is Rigil Kentaurus, is often shortened to "Rigil Kent". Now that "ya no it", y not learn more about astronomy! -Posted by Tim "Mr. Science" Perkins, from theMrScienceShow.com
Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus, Rigil Kent or Toliman) is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus.It has a temperature of about 5,790 Kelvin.
Because the unit is sufficiently large for the figures to be managably small. Which would be easier to work with, "The distance to Rigil Kent is 4.3 light-years" or "The distance of Rigil Kent is 40,000,000,000,000,000 meters"?Here's an easy way to remember how big a light-year is: If the distance from the Earth to the Sun was just one inch (2.54 cm), a light-year would be one mile (1.6 km).
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Rigil Kent, although it's really a triple star, the third component, Proxima, is just a wee red dwarf while the other two are one a little bigger and the other a little smaller than the Sun.
sirius,canopus,rigil kentaurus,and arcturus.
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Proxima Centauri Rigil Kentaurus Barnard's Star
Rigil Kentaurus (Toliman). It's probably best known as Alpha Centauri.
Toliman, a.k.a. Rigil Kentaurus, or Alpha Centauri. Distance about 4.3 light years.
It is 754.81 milliarcseconds. Also, the star is Rigil Kentaurus, not Rigel which is the name of another star.
Rigel or Beta Orionis is a blue/white supergiant star of spectral type B8lab.