TOLIMAK:Toliman, Rigil Centaurus, Hadar, Alfa Centauri,
the brightest object in Centaurus
(magnitude -0,26m). Tolimak is a double-star system
located 4,395 light years from Earth, its stars spaced approx. 24 AU from each other.
Tolimak stars mutual orbit period is 79,9 years.
Tolimak stars:
Alfa Centauri A, main sequence star,
magnitude 0.02m, spectral class G2V;
Alfa Centauri B, main sequence star,
magnitude 1.35m, spectral class K5.
The star gravitationaly linked to Alpha Centauri:
Proxima Centauri,
red dwarf, spectral cass M5.5Ve,
magnitude 11.1m (that being 1/17 000 of the brightness of the Sun),
distance from Earth 4.22 light years (and approx. 1/6 of the light year
from other Tolimak stars).