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		Centauri Summer Arts Camp is a specialist arts training camp for youth ages 9 to 18, located in the beautiful Niagara Region of Canada.
		Centauri brings together young people from across the world and talented, experienced arts practitioners for an exciting summer of creativity, informal learning and fun!
		Centauri Summer Arts Camp is the ideal place for children and teenagers to learn about the arts and to develop their own creative skills, as they discover more about themselves by celebrating the best they can be.
	www.centauri.on.ca (370 words)

	Proxima Centauri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At a distance to Alpha Centauri of just 1/20th of Proxima Centauri's distance to the Sun, Proxima may actually be in orbit about Alpha, with an orbital period on the order of 500,000 years or more.
		For this reason, Proxima is sometimes referred to as Alpha Centauri C. However, it is not clear if it really is in orbit, although the association is unlikely to be entirely accidental as it shares approximately the same motion through space as the larger star system.
		Proxima Centauri has been suggested as a logical first destination for interstellar travel, although as a flare star it would not be particularly hospitable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Proxima_Centauri (517 words)

	Alpha Centauri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It consists of two main stars, Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B (which form a binary star together) at a distance of 4.36 ly, and a dimmer red dwarf named Proxima Centauri at a distance of 4.22 ly.
		The closest neighbours to the Alpha Centauri system are the Sun and Barnard's star (1.98 pc or 6.47 ly), which is also the next nearest star from Earth, at a distance of 5.96 ly.
		However, some astronomers have speculated that any terrestrial planets in the Alpha Centauri system may be dry because it is believed that Jupiter and Saturn were crucial at directing comets into the inner solar system and providing the inner planets with a source of water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alpha_Centauri (1023 words)

	eSky: Alpha Centauri
		Alpha Centauri is a star of the southern sky, and is not visible to observers at a latitude greater than about 25° north (roughly the latitude of Florida, Egypt or Taiwan).
		Beyond the A and B stars, there is a third component in the system: Alpha Centauri C. This is a tiny, faint red dwarf orbiting the two main stars at an immense distance: roughly one fifth of a light year.
		Alpha Centauri - famous as the nearest visible star to the Sun - represents the foot of the Centaur, and falls near the southern and eastern borders of that constellation, on the fringes of Circinus.
	www.glyphweb.com /esky/stars/alphacentauri.html (859 words)

	Alpha Centauri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Alpha Centauri (α Cen / α Centauri) is the brightest star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus, and is the fourth brightest star in the sky, with a total visual magnitude of −0.01.
		Viewed from Alpha Centauri, the sky would appear very much as it does to us with most of the constellations such as Ursa Major and Orion being unchanged.
		In about 4000 years, the proper motion of Alpha Centauri will mean that from the point of view of Earth it will appear close enough to Beta Centauri to form an optical double star.
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Alpha_Centauri (856 words)

	OtherSpace: Centauri Timeline
		Centauri is only very slightly affected by contact with Akripa, but the change in its comfortable rate of technological and philosophical advancement leads to growing unease with the relationship.
		Centauri issues strict rules to foreign vessels entering the system to remain within a patrolled flight corridor and refrain from active sensor sweeps.
		Centauri involvment in OATO military actions mainly follows traditional roles of transport and intelligence until the battle for Nalhom, in which Crystal Path warships form part of the OATO invasion fleet.
	www.geocities.com /tagemah/centauran/time.html (2765 words)

	Babylon 5: Space Combat Simulator - B5 Galaxy - Races - Centauri Republic
		The Centauri were charter members of the Earth Alliance with a seat on the Alliance's Advisory Board.
		The Centauri craft their machines as much for aesthetic value as for function, but this should not fool the observer into assuming that they are weak or useless.
		Even though the Centauri have made few advances in the recent centuries, the discoveries and inventions created during their golden age were of such staggering magnitude that they were only exceeded by the Minbari.
	www.firstones.com /b5games/sim/sim_races_centauri.html (1311 words)

	APOD: May 26, 1996 - Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The bright stars Alpha Centauri A and B form a close binary as they are separated by only 23 times the Earth- Sun distance - slightly greater than the distance between Uranus and the Sun.
		Rigil Kentaurus, is the brightest star in the constellation of Centaurus and is the fourth brightest star in the night sky.
		By an exciting coincidence, Alpha Centauri A is the same type of star as our Sun, causing many to speculate that it might contain planets that harbor life.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap960526.html (203 words)

	Centauri - Firebird Project
		The Centauri Military and governement, besides the other ISA members, were informed of the initial conclusions of the "Damocles Report", and an immediate action of upgrading of the Fleet of the Republic took place, in a way similar to the Earthforce's Brightwarrior project.
		The Centauri, having suffered the Shadow infiltration, were able to take, as a collateral heritage, the same one of the Earth Alliance: the design principles of the Shadow Nanotechnologychal armor.
		The Centauri Scientists were able to develop their own variant of this advanced defence system, and to apply it as an upgrade to their existing crafts and to their new projects.
	efni.org /centauri.htm (956 words)

	CENTAURI REPUBLIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Centauri have a political system like Germany in the 13th to 15th centuries with an emperor who serves as the head of state, and the family house leaders acting like the many princes, all jockeying for position and influence within the Centaurum, or Centauri senate.
		In the Centauri Republic, this organization is known as the Centaurum and is a Parliament composed of elected or appointed officials, often the most wealthy and powerful men on Centauri Prime.
		Centauri also have two hearts, one on either side of the normal location for a human heart and are one of the races following the Maker religions, which don't allow the keeping of alien gods, which would mean eternal damnation.
	www.pcnet.com /~jdutka/b5/rp/centaur.html (1547 words)

	- Reviews : The Centauri Republic Fact Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Centauri are born into either noble, commoner or slave families, and this has a profound effect upon their childhood and eventual destiny.
		The History of Centauri Civilisation charts the progress of the race from their earliest wars with the Xon, through the inception of religion (and the coming of the Great Maker), right up to the creation of the largest empire the galaxy has seen, its eventual waning, and the reawakening of old dreams.
		Centauri Technology looks not only at the development of technology in the Republic and how it is achieved, but also the way they market such discoveries among themselves and to other races, providing a very stable economy in the process.
	www.otherrealms.com /store/story.asp?i=290 (1109 words)

	The Centauri Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Centauri are a culture on the decline.
		However, the Centauri never challenged the Minbari in earlier years of space travel, so it is difficult to say which side would have been victorious in a conflict.
		While the Centauri passed on much of their technology to the Humans and leased the use of their jumpgates, they were most interested in artifacts of Human culture in exchange.
	worldsofjms.com /b5/governments/centauri.htm (1319 words)

	GameOver - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (c) Firaxis Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		After spending X years flying (depending how cheap you were when you created the spaceship), you land on a barren landscape infested with weeds, mind worms and other poor sods like you that their respective governments shot into space in hopes of finding "a better world".
		In Alpha Centauri you are able to use your mouse by choosing the unit and then clicking on its destination which it will then move towards.
		Or you can do it the Alpha Centauri style where you can be elected supreme ruler (now what fun is that!) or you can still nuke everybody out of their house and homes.
	www.game-over.net /review/feb99/alpha (3773 words)

	Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		However, contrary to the concept of a benevolent Mother Earth, the planetary mind is suspicious of humans and abhors their technological intrusion on its ecological balance, often using violence to try to destroy colonists that it perceives as a threat.
		While not being a direct sequel of Civilization II, Alpha Centauri was considered a continuation or a successor of that much acclaimed game, because it had the same general principles as Civilization II did, and had been made by many of the same people.
		The magazine PC Gamer awarded Alpha Centauri a score of 98%, which was the highest score ever given by that magazine—Civilization II being the previous holder of this record with 97%.
	encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Sid_Meier%27s_Alpha_Centauri (3906 words)

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		The Guard is responsible for police functions as the Centauri Guard, combat functions as the Military Guard and protection of the Imperial Family as the Royal Guard.
		The Centauri forces are very vulnerable to political pull, and major Houses have military forces under their control, including warships of various types.
		The dozen main Centauri colonies are old, diverse economically, and fully capable of replacing the homeworld in the event of a disaster.
	www.datasync.com /~mtg02/cen.htm (866 words)

	KENT AND THE KENTYANS-ALPHA CENTAURI SYSTEM
		The two main stars are Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, while the third star is Alpha Centauri C or Proxima Centauri.
		The larger star is Alpha Centauri A, a G2-class star that is the near double of Earth's sun in terms of size, luminosity, energy output and most important, stability.
		Alpha Centauri C orbits the other two stars from a distance of 13,000 AU (or 1.95 trillion kilometres), and it is a young and dim red dwarf.
	ussathena.iwarp.com /ship/kent1.htm (981 words)

	Guide page: "The Fall of Centauri Prime"
		Likely not; they were already on Centauri Prime in at least some capacity, since the Regent had already been implanted with a Keeper ("Epiphanies").
		Londo referred to the war, and the attack on Centauri Prime, as "the long night." Is that related to Kosh's message to Sheridan in "Day of the Dead," "When the long night comes, return to the end of the beginning?"
		Centauri warships are equipped with tractor beams, just like Minbari ships ("And the Sky Full of Stars," among others).
	www.midwinter.com /lurk/guide/106.html (1913 words)

	Alpha Centauri
		Alpha Centauri C lies measurably closer to us than the other two: It is only 4.22 light-years away, and it is the nearest individual star to the Sun.
		Alpha Centauri A is a yellow star with a spectral type of G2, the same as the Sun's.
		Alpha Centauri B is an orange star with a spectral type of K1.
	imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/ask_astro/answers/970717b.html (711 words)

	Encyclopedia: Alpha Centauri A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Alpha Centauri A is a star of the star system Alpha Centauri.
		Alpha Centauri A is also known as Rigil Kent,HD 128620, HR 5459, CP -60Â°5483, GCTP 3309.00A, and LHS 50.
		The red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, part of the Alpha Centauri star system, is the nearest star to Earth, other than the Sun.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alpha-Centauri-A (692 words)

	Destination: Alpha Centauri
		Alpha Centauri "B" is a K1 star, hotter and brighter than most other K spectral class stars, therefore it may pass this test or it may not.
		Proxima Centauri, like most red dwarfs, is what is termed a 'flare star' in that it is prone to outbursts that cause its emitted light to double or triple in the space of only a few minutes.
		Our understanding of the nature of the orbits of the binary Alpha Centauri "A" and Alpha Centauri "B" point to the fact that their closest approach towards each other is 11 AU which means that the theoretical limit for planetary orbits is somewhere in the region of two astronomical units.
	www.goingfaster.com /icarus/destinationalpha.htm (1926 words)

	Alpha Centauri 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The distance separating Alpha Centauri A from its companion star B averages 23.7 AUs (semi-major axis of 17.59" with a HIPPARCOS distance estimate of 4.40 light-years).
		Proxima (Alpha Centauri C) is a very cool and very dim, main sequence red dwarf (M5.5Ve) that appears to have only 12.3 percent of Sol's mass and 14.5 percent of its diameter (ESO press releases of 3/15/03 and 2/22/02; and Doyle and Butler, 1990, page 337).
		Alpha Centauri is not visible in much of the Northern Hemisphere, as Constellation Centaurus cannot be viewed from middle northern latitudes of around 40 degrees, but should become more easily visible to observers that travel south of the equator.
	www.solstation.com /stars/alp-cent3.htm (2117 words)

	eSky: Proxima Centauri
		Strictly an outlying member of the Alpha Centauri system, rather than an independent star, Proxima is a faint and inoffensive red dwarf.
		The sky around faint Proxima Centauri is dominated by two stars: the yellow and orange dwarf stars that lie at the heart of the Alpha Centauri system.
		Though it is nearer to Earth than any other star, Proxima Centauri is a tiny star that shines with a feeble red light, and is quite invisble to the naked eye.
	www.glyphweb.com /esky/stars/proxima.html (208 words)

	SPACE.com -- Detailed Measures Taken of Closest Star System, Alpha Centauri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Measuring the size of objects in space is so difficult that until late astronomers were uncertain of the precision of their estimates of the how large, or small, the stars closest to Earth were.
		Alpha Centauri A and B orbit each other at a distance of about 2.2 billion miles (3.6 billion kilometers), a bit more than the distance from the Sun to planet Uranus.
		Proxima Centauri is nearer to Earth than the other two stars, by the rather large distance -- roughly 10,000 times the distance from Earth to the Sun.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/alpha_centauri_030317.html (841 words)

	SPACE.com -- Closest Known Star, Proxima Centauri, Measured, Theories Hold Up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		But Proxima Centauri is so small that astronomers have not been able to accurately measure it.
		Proxima Centauri is a very-low-mass star, in fact barely massive enough to burn hydrogen to helium in its interior.
		In astronomical terms, the newly measured angular diameter of Proxima Centauri is 1.02 + 0.08 milliarcsec, or about the size of an astronaut on the surface of the Moon as seen from the Earth, astronomers said, or a head of a pin on the surface of the Earth, as seen from the International Space Station.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/proxima_centauri_021204.html (507 words)

	Alpha Centauri
		Alpha Centauri is a special star - not only because it is the closest stellar system to the sun but also because it is one of the relatively few places in the Milky Way Galaxy that may offer terrestrial life conditions.
		Alpha Centauri B is a K1 star, so it is hotter and brighter than most K stars, therefore it may pass this test or it may not.
		Remarkably, Alpha Centauri A and B are even older than the Sun, they have an age of 5 to 6 billion years, therefore they pass this test with glamour, too.
	homepage.sunrise.ch /homepage/schatzer/Alpha-Centauri.html (1395 words)

	AllRefer.com - Alpha Centauri, Star (Astronomy: Stars) - Encyclopedia
		It is a yellow main-sequence star of the same spectral class (G2 V) as the sun and of about the same size and mass; its apparent magnitude is -0.26.
		Actually, Alpha Centauri is a triple-star system, the components being designated A, B, and C. Alpha Centauri C is also called Proxima Centauri because it is the closest star to the earth (other than the sun), at a distance of 4.28 light-years, components A and B are currently 4.34 light-years away.
		Proxima Centauri orbits about the common center of mass of the system with a period of more than 250,000 years, so that in about 125,000 years it will be more distant than A and B. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/AlphaCen.html (264 words)

	Close Stars
		The closest star to the sun is Proxima Centauri, but its brighter neighbor Alpha Centauri, a double star, is so nearly the same distance that data about it are usually given.
		The parallax of Proxima Centauri as the Earth orbits the sun is about equivalent to that of a dime at a distance of 6 kilometers.
		The apparent ellipse in which Proxima Centauri moves during the year as a result of the Earth's orbit around the sun is about the size of a dime observed at three miles distance.
	hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu /hbase/starlog/strclos.html (504 words)

	Encyclopedia of Suns: Alpha Centauri A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		From places where it is visible, Alpha Centauri is unmistakable -- it is the third brightest star in the whole sky, and forms a stunning naked-eye double star with the star Hadar, also known as Beta Centauri.
		Alpha Centauri is a relatively old star, thought to be slightly older than the Sun, and relatively rich in heavy elements.
		The Encyclopedia entry is for the largest and brightest, Alpha Centauri A. Alpha Centauri B, the closer companion, has about one-half the luminosity of the Sun (rather similar to Tau Ceti), and hence counts as a Sunlike star in the Encyclopedia.
	www.astronexus.com /scripts/eos/eos_star.php?IDType=HD&ID=128620 (444 words)

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