Table 2

Positional data, parallax, and radial velocity of α Centauri AB (barycenter) and Proxima.

Object α ± σα δ ± σδ ϖ μ α μ δ v r, abs
(h:m:s ± mas) (d:m:s ± mas) (mas) (mas a-1) (mas a-1) (km s-1)

α Cen 14:39:40.2068 ±25a –60:50:13.673 ±19a 747.17 ± 0.61 b −3619.9 ± 3.9 b + 693.8 ± 3.9 b −22.332 ± 0.005 b
Proxima 14:29:47.7474 ±1.3a –62:40:52.868 ±1.5a 768.77 ± 0.37 c −3773.8 ± 0.4 c + 770.5 ± 2.0 c −22.204 ± 0.032 d

Notes.The coordinates are expressed in the ICRS for the Hipparcos epoch (1991.25). The barycentric radial velocity vr, abs is corrected for the convective blueshift and gravitational redshift.

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