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Phenomenal!

Alpha Centauri A and B are only 8 seconds of arc apart (the maximum resolution of the human eye is very roughly a minute or 60 seconds of arc!), for this instrument to be able to resolve this system completely and then transmit that image back from Saturn's orbit is a technical triumph.

It is a reminder of how far we've come, and how much further we need to go.

PS: Alpha Centauri C, Proxima) the nearest star to earth at 4.2 ly, is a faint red dwarf 2.2 degrees away from this pair, about the apparent width of four full moons.

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