Where is Proxima B?
This animation shows where Proxima Centauri B can be located in the Southern sky. It starts with a view of Earth and the camera moves to a view of the Southern sky, revealing the star constellations. Proxima Centauri is then highlighted and we quickly fly to it. Eventually, the planet unwraps into a flat plane showing a potential planetary surface without clouds.
Proxima B, the nearest exoplanet to Earth (only four light years away), is located in the Southern sky just south of Centaurus and left of the Southern Cross.
This visualization was made possible through the Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration - SEEC.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizer
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Alex Kekesi
(Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Alex Kekesi
(Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Data visualizer
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Ernie Wright
(USRA)
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Ernie Wright
(USRA)
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Scientists
- Avi Mandell (NASA/GSFC)
- Gabrielle Engelmann-Suissa (USRA)
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Producer
- Claire Andreoli (NASA/GSFC)
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Video editor
- LK Ward (USRA)
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Technical support
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Related papers
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017arXiv170902051D/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017arXiv170902051D/abstract
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Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, January 23, 2020.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM EDT.