Astronomy talk: "Public talk about Proxima Centauri, the closest Star to the Sun" /media/reviews/photos/thumbnail/256x256s/c3/34/e2/6070-McClean20sunset20-20by20Anthony20Koeslag20-20201220032012-1-36-1442563019.jpg New

This year 2015 is the centenary of the major astronomy discovery of the closest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri by the former director of the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, Mr Robert Innes.

Prof. Ian Glass who has written many history books about astronomy in South Africa, and about Proxima will give a talk at 20h00 on Saturday, September 26 titled "Proxima Centauri, the Nearest Star" at South African Astronomical Observatory.

Summary of the talk
This star was identified 100 years ago, in 1915 by Robert Innes, at the then Union Observatory in Johannesburg. Professor Glass will talk about how Proxima Centauri was discovered and current knowledge of it.