2. In Arabic it means “foot of the Centaur. Al fe sun tur e Pronunciation Also called Rigel Kentaurus

3. 4.3 light years away. Alpha Centauri is 4.35 light-years from the Sunlight-years

4. It is rated number 3 on the brightness scale.

5.  -0.3

6.  Its a Main Sequence star (G2 V Spectral Class). Yellow/Orange.

7.  About the size of the sun. Diameter of the sun = 1,391,000 kilometers

8.  The absolute visible magnitude Mv = +4.4 Alpha Centauri Sun 40% brighter than the sun.

9.  Its never in sky view.  Its located in the constellation Centaurus, also known as the Centaur.  As you pass the Equator you see it from time to time http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Astronomy_Facts/const ellation_pages/centaurus.htm

10.  Alpha Centauri is primarily hydrogen, some helium & traces of other heavier elements.

11.  "Metamorphosis" (1967), episode of Star Trek: The Original SeriesMetamorphosisStar Trek: The Original Series

12. www. youtube.com/watch?v=playnmJB_TI http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/how-the- universe-works-a-galaxy-is-born.html

13.  http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/centauri.png http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/centauri.png  http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Images/constellations/triangulum_australe.jp g http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Images/constellations/triangulum_australe.jp g  http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vC0UJqLNn7o/0.jpg http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vC0UJqLNn7o/0.jpg  http://media.photobucket.com/image/earth%20animation/BEACH- CATAMARANS/Animation/earth.gif?o=11 http://media.photobucket.com/image/earth%20animation/BEACH- CATAMARANS/Animation/earth.gif?o=11  http://www.astro.dur.ac.uk/~irs/images_lozclus.html http://www.astro.dur.ac.uk/~irs/images_lozclus.html  http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970717b.html http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970717b.html