Recent Chandra HRC-I images of α Cen AB. North is up, east to the left. The snapshots share the same reverse gray scale for the intensities (counts s⁻¹ pixel⁻¹). The x- and y-axes are relative sky coordinates, centered on the primary star (A; blue cross-hairs). The secondary (B) is circled in red. Dotted curves indicate the orbital path of B: note the increasing AB separation in recent years.