>> OK, so according to the best data I could get my hands on, Alpha Centuri
>> A is about 430 light years away
>
> Um, I'm pretty sure that should be 4.3 lightyears.
>
> That will make your numbers a little more sensible. There are very few naked-eye
> stars that are as far as 400 lightyears - only highly luminous giants like
> betelgeuse.
>
> :)
EPIC FAIL. >_<
Maybe I should just go away and live in a box somewhere. :-S
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