Re: 2 Questions for Astronomers

Bill Owen wrote:
> Steve Willner wrote:
>> Jonathan Silverlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>>Some trivia questions:
>>
>>1. What's the nearest star that is more luminous than the Sun, and
>>how far away is it?
> 
> That would be alpha^1 Centauri at 1.35 pc.
> 
>>2. How many stellar systems are nearer than the star in question 1?
> 
> None that we know of.

Except for Proxima Centauri, though you might argue that it isn't a 
separate stellar *system*.

Ralph Hartley