Sentences with phrase «images of the stars proxima»

A view of the southern skies over the European Southern Observatory (ESO) 11.8 foot telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, with images of the stars Proxima Centauri (lower - right), and the double star Alpha Centauri AB (lower - left) from the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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In addition, all three stars (including Proxima) were among the «Tier 1» target stars for NASA's optical Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) to detect a planet as small as three Earth - masses within two AUs of its host star (and so some summary system information and images on Stars A, B, and C are available from the SIM Teams), but the SIM project manager announced on November 8, 2010 that the mission was indefinitely postponed due to withdrawal of NASA funstars (including Proxima) were among the «Tier 1» target stars for NASA's optical Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) to detect a planet as small as three Earth - masses within two AUs of its host star (and so some summary system information and images on Stars A, B, and C are available from the SIM Teams), but the SIM project manager announced on November 8, 2010 that the mission was indefinitely postponed due to withdrawal of NASA funstars for NASA's optical Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) to detect a planet as small as three Earth - masses within two AUs of its host star (and so some summary system information and images on Stars A, B, and C are available from the SIM Teams), but the SIM project manager announced on November 8, 2010 that the mission was indefinitely postponed due to withdrawal of NASA funStars A, B, and C are available from the SIM Teams), but the SIM project manager announced on November 8, 2010 that the mission was indefinitely postponed due to withdrawal of NASA funding.

© Estate of John Whatmough — larger image (Artwork from Extrasolar Visions, used with permission from Whatmough) Glowing red through gravitational contraction, the candidate brown dwarf companion to Proxima Centauri is depicted with two moons (one eclipsing the flare star) with distant Alpha Centauri A and B at upper right, as imagined by Whatmough.

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