Celestial Object

Proxima Centauri

proxima-centauri

star

Nearest known stellar neighbor to the Solar System.

Object Context

Canonical Object Context and connected objects within the AstroSphere hierarchy.

Canonical Object

Proxima Centauri (proxima-centauri)

Parent

Milky Way

System

None

Reference Frame

Unavailable

Scientific Snapshot

Current Proxima Centauri position and velocity from the canonical scientific data layer.

Observation Time

Unavailable

Data Source

NASA Hubble Proxima Centauri

Position

Unavailable

Velocity

Unavailable

Physical Properties

Canonical physical properties for this celestial object.

Mass Solar

0.125

Distance Light Years

4.24

Stellar Properties

Catalogue properties describing the stellar object or system.

Spectral Type

M5.5Ve

Stellar Class

main sequence

Variable Type

flare star

Provenance

Source and reference metadata for the canonical scientific data presented above.

Provider

NASA Hubble Space Telescope

Dataset

Proxima Centauri

Version

Unavailable

Upstream Source

Unavailable

Reference Frames

Unavailable

Hierarchy

Ancestors

Milky Way / Universe

Children

None

AstroSphere AI