Alpha Centauri System

The Alpha Centauri System (or simply Alpha Centauri) is a trinary star system located in the constellation of Centaurus. This trinary star system consists of a yellow dwarf, Alpha Centauri A, an orange dwarf, Alpha Centauri B, and a red dwarf, Proxima Centauri.

Its distance from Earth is approximately 4.37 light years, making it the closest star system in the galaxy to the Solar System as well as the third brightest star in Earth's night sky.