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Old 25-05-2010, 09:03 PM
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Interesting stuff. Seeing how dim it is makes me wonder why our sun is classified as a G type "dwarf." I mean our sun is bigger than circa 85% of the rest of the stars in our galaxy. Dwarf compared to what?
And another thing about proxima - M type stars are metal poor arn't they - unlikely to harbour life? They were born in the galaxy prior to all the complex elements being formed in supernova.
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