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Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy member of the Alpha Centauri system. The first novel points out that it is four light years from Earth's solar system to Alpha Proxima, whilst Damogran is five hundred thousand light years away. The Altairian dollar is one of three freely convertible currencies in the galaxy, though by the time of the novels it had apparently recently collapsed. The "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" advertises itself as the best resource for those who wish "to see the galaxy for less than thirty Altairian dollars a day". According to the Hitchhiker's Guide TV series, one Altairian "long way" is equal to