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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 19 Sep 2014

    The Southern skies have the closest star system to the Sun - the famed “Alpha Centauri” The 3rd brightest in the night sky.

    4:50 PM - 19 Sep 2014
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    • Prescribed Trust Samantha Brizee Sarah Elizabeth Hank 𝒜𝓁 Melissa Tallman Valeria Pellicer Adriana Manzoni . •✷*Cosmonatty✹.*·.
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      1. Phil J‏ @FoodAperture 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson But what about Omicron Persei 8?pic.twitter.com/HfCt0E61HC

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      1. Rob‏ @RobSchu 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson have you just woken up from a deep slumber?

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      1. Pat Harrington‏ @pattharrington 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson what's it like being the coolest dude in the solar system

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      2. ROB‏ @NYROBNC 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson SERIUS where mankind really originate from

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      3. Kim Klein‏ @Kim_Sirius 19 Sep 2014
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        @NYROBNC Sirius. 😉⭐️

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      4. ROB‏ @NYROBNC 19 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Kim_Sirius

        @Kim_Sirius Greys are just one of many that are here Most are benevolent Some aren't Earth is truly planet of the children

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      5. Kim Klein‏ @Kim_Sirius 19 Sep 2014
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        @NYROBNC Right on, star brother. ✨

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      6. ROB‏ @NYROBNC 19 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Kim_Sirius

        @Kim_Sirius when I was maybe six my parents wood find me speaking a language unrecognizable in my sleep brought in experts they were stumped

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      7. Kim Klein‏ @Kim_Sirius 19 Sep 2014
        Replying to @NYROBNC

        @NYROBNC Cool.

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      1. Lee Ann Newman‏ @lankrc 25 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson "There are stars in the Southern sky, southward as u gooooo"

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      1. Diane Albertina‏ @BirdyBgood 20 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson "Alpha Centauri" right back atcha! such a cool sounding stunner

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      1. Jim‏ @Ifitsthisname 20 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson "As we came to understand that the stars in the sky are other suns," per NASA http://1.usa.gov/1roaVDe  2/2

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      1. Jim‏ @Ifitsthisname 20 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson "The Southern skies have the closest star system to the Sun" Well. "Our" sun. 1/2

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      1. David Conlon‏ @frizdog 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson how does one measure a stars brightness?

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      1. Janet A Davies‏ @Ideatelier 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson is my Galileo- my Kepler. Brilliant.

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      1. Ricardo Sánchez‏ @desde_el_sur 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson she looks beautiful from Buenos Aires Neil!

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      1. Alps Sarsis‏ @Alps_Sarsis 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson I thought the closest was proxima centauri?

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      1. Betty‏ @bar49 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson yes, in 2010 I got to see it in the black night outside Alice Springs

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