From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2005 - 17:43:03 PST
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From: Magnificent Universe<mailto:magnificentuniverse_at_yahoo.com>
To: ljk4_at_msn.com<mailto:ljk4_at_msn.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 8:41 PM
Subject: Pinpointing a Stellar Neighbor
A faint red star found five years ago is the 28th
closest star system to the Sun. A new, precise
parallax yields the best distance ever determined for
the star: 13.2 +/- 0.1 light-years--about three times
the distance of Alpha Centauri.
The star is a red or brown dwarf. The full story:
http://KenCroswell.com/DENIS1048.html __________________________________
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