3 light in centaurus

[Malmsteen]

hay there i cant be shore as the lighting was not goo but, was looking at Alpha {a] rigil and i could see the red dwaft on 1 side and a 3rd light smallers but bright on the othere side , about 1/4 the red dwaft on right of rigil can some 1 have a look and tell me if thay can see it thanks , mite have been the lighting , smaller but closer then then the red dwaft star thansk for help

[Jarrod]

i just went out to have a look but its cloudy in the south, sorry.

jarrod

PS: you should put in more effort when you type up your posts, reading them is like trying to de-code an SMS. :P

[Malmsteen]

yer sorry about that post i had my kid sitting on my lap, will make them eazzy to read next time

[Malmsteen]

what i was trying to say was, last night there was a light very close the Alpha {a} in rigil} on left side , about 1/5 the size of the red dwaft there , just wanted some 1 to tell me what it was all if thay can see it , very bright from hear

[astroron]

Alpha Centauri is Rigel Kentaurus, a double star, as far as I know there is not another star that near, no red dwarf, as you would not see a red dwarf anyway.
Proxima Cenauri is over a thousand astronomical unites from Alpha Cent, at 11.5 mag and about a couple of degrees away would not be visible in the field of view of your scope.
What you probably saw was an artifact in your scope caused by the optics and brightness of the stars.
I note that you did not mention a scope , so if you saw it with the naked eye it was probably your focus on the object as you cannot split alpha Cent without an optical aid.
Hope this helps.

[Malmsteen]

130 mm scope was used at the time, i look last night and it was still there , mite be scope all some thing else thansk for your reply :}