Aim high and reach all of 4.2 light years away to the alpha centurai star system. Great for friends and family starting new adventures. Part of the astronomy collection. Front: “Alpha centurai, our nearest star system. REACH FOR THE STARS” Inside: Blank Back: “The nearest star within the alpha centurai star system is proxima centurai, 4.2 light years away. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second. If you were travelling in a jet plane going at 500 miles per hour, equivalent to 0.14 miles per second, you would reach proxima centurai in 5,651,424 years.” Soft Castillo White, Forestry Stewardship Council certified Medium: watercolour background, pen and ink stars, stampers. Photos: Neil Spicer Photography, 2016 References Distance to proxima centurai: imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/features/cosmic/nearest_star_info