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Bing says Alpha Centauri is 13.6 kilometers from us (imgur.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] DannyBoy 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Have you gone 13.6 km up there to verify it's not there?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

13.6km is 44,619ft.

So nearly every time one flies commercial, yes, since cruising altitude is between 30,000 and 40,000 feet. I think a large triple-star system would be quite visible at that point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I imagine if you were 13.6 km from a star you would either burn up or fall into the star's gravity well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Or both…briefly.

[–] DannyBoy 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's high. I didn't know they went that far up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Don’t worry! The people at Boeing building the aircraft are high as well.