The Motion of Proxima Centauri
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Discovery of Proxima Centauri
Proxima Centauri was discovered by R Innes in 1915 when he noticed it moving through the stars.
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1° sq DSS photo of the sky around Proxima Centauri.
Proxima's location is marked on the photo. Can you find it?
Worksheet Adobe PDF file (144 K)
The photo was taken in 1976 by the UK Schmidt Telescope.
It was downloaded from the DSS site.
