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What makes the star Alpha Centauri appear to be yellow-white??
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What makes the star Alpha Centauri appear to be yellow-white??

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The Alpha Centuri star looks yellow-white because it has the same spectral type of G2 as the sun. Alpha Centauri A also looks yellow-white because it is much hotter than Alpha Centauri B, which is yellow-orange.
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