List_of_nearest_stars

List of nearest stars

This list of stars nearest to the Earth is ordered by increasing distance out to a maximum of 5 parsecs (16.308 light-years). Including the Solar System, there are currently 50 stellar systems known which may lie within this distance. These systems contain a total of 65 known stars and 4 known brown dwarfs.

Stars and brown dwarfs which have an apparent magnitude greater than 6.5, and which consequently cannot typically be observed with the naked eye, are shown in light blue. The classes of the stars and brown dwarfs are shown in the color of their spectral types. (These colors are derived from conventional names for the spectral types and do not reflect the star's observed color.) Some parallax and distance results were measured by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (RECONS) and may be only preliminary measurements.

List

#	Designation		Stellar class	m_V	M_V	T_eff K (±err)	Epoch J2000.0		Parallax Arcseconds (±err)	Distance Light-years (±err)	Additional references
#	System	Star	Stellar class	m_V	M_V	T_eff K (±err)	RA	Dec	Parallax Arcseconds (±err)	Distance Light-years (±err)	Additional references
	Solar	Sun (Sol)	G2V	−26.72	4.85	5,778	—	—	180°	0.0000158(3) or approx. 8 light-minutes
1	Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus; Toliman)	Proxima Centauri (V645 Centauri)	M5.5Ve	11.09	15.53	3,040			0.768 87(0 29)″	4.2421(16)
		α Centauri A (HD 128620)	G2V	0.01	4.38	5,790			0.747 23(1 17)″	4.3650(68)
		α Centauri B (HD 128621)	K0V	1.34	5.71	5,260			0.747 23(1 17)″	4.3650(68)
2	Barnard's Star (BD+04°3561a)		M4.0Ve	9.53	13.22	3,134(102)			0.546 98(1 00)″	5.9630(109)
3	Wolf 359 (CN Leonis)		M6.0V	13.44	16.55	2,800(100)			0.419 10(2 10)″	7.7825(390)
4	Lalande 21185 (BD+36°2147)		M2.0V	7.47	10.44	3,400			0.393 42(0 70)″	8.2905(148)
5	Sirius (α Canis Majoris)	Sirius A	A1V	−1.43	1.47	9,940(210)			0.380 02(1 28)″	8.5828(289)
5	Sirius (α Canis Majoris)	Sirius B	DA2	8.44	11.34	25,000(200)			0.380 02(1 28)″	8.5828(289)
6	Luyten 726-8	Luyten 726-8 A (BL Ceti)	M5.5Ve	12.54	15.40	2,670			0.373 70(2 70)″	8.7280(631)
6	Luyten 726-8	Luyten 726-8 B (UV Ceti)	M6.0Ve	12.99	15.85	~2,600
7	Ross 154 (V1216 Sagittarii)	M3.5Ve	10.43	13.07	2,700			0.336 90(1 78)″	9.6813(512)
8	Ross 248 (HH Andromedae)	M5.5Ve	12.29	14.79				0.316 00(1 10)″	10.322(36)
9	Epsilon Eridani (BD−09°697)	K2V	3.73	6.19	5,100			0.309 99(0 79)″	10.522(27)
10	Lacaille 9352 (CD−36°15693)	M1.5Ve	7.34	9.75	3,340			0.303 64(0 87)″	10.742(31)
11	Ross 128 (FI Virginis)	M4.0Vn	11.13	13.51	2,800			0.298 72(1 35)″	10.919(49)
12	EZ Aquarii (GJ 866, Luyten 789-6)	EZ Aquarii A	M5.0Ve	13.33	15.64				0.289 50(4 40)″	11.266(171)
EZ Aquarii B	M?	13.27	15.58
EZ Aquarii C	M?	14.03	16.34
13	Procyon (α Canis Minoris)	Procyon A	F5V-IV	0.38	2.66	6,650			0.286 05(0 81)″	11.402(32)
Procyon B	DA	10.70	12.98	9,700
14	61 Cygni	61 Cygni A (BD+38°4343)	K5.0V	5.21	7.49	4,640			0.286 04(0 56)″	11.403(22)
61 Cygni B (BD+38°4344)	K7.0V	6.03	8.31	4,440
15	Struve 2398 (GJ 725, BD+59°1915)	Struve 2398 A (HD 173739)	M3.0V	8.90	11.16				0.283 00(1 69)″	11.525(69)
Struve 2398 B (HD 173740)	M3.5V	9.69	11.95
16	Groombridge 34 (GJ 15)	Groombridge 34 A (GX Andromedae)	M1.5V	8.08	10.32				0.280 59(0 95)″	11.624(39)
Groombridge 34 B (GQ Andromedae)	M3.5V	11.06	13.30
17	Epsilon Indi (CPD−57°10015)	Epsilon Indi A	K5Ve	4.69	6.89	4,280			0.275 84(0 69)″	11.824(30)
Epsilon Indi Ba	T1.0V	>23	>25	1,280
Epsilon Indi Bb	T6.0V	>23	>25	850
18	DX Cancri (G 51-15)	M6.5Ve	14.78	16.98				0.275 80(3 00)″	11.826(129)
19	Tau Ceti (BD−16°295)	G8Vp	3.49	5.68	5,344			0.274 39(0 76)″	11.887(33)
20	GJ 1061 (LHS 1565)	M5.5V	13.09	15.26				0.272 01(1 30)″	11.991(57)
21	YZ Ceti (LHS 138)		M4.5V	12.02	14.17				0.268 84(2 95)″	12.132(133)
22	Luyten's Star (BD+05°1668)		M3.5Vn	9.86	11.97				0.263 76(1 25)″	12.366(59)
23	Teegarden's star (SO025300.5+165258)		M6.5V	15.14	17.22				0.260 63(2 69)″	12.514(129)
24	SCR 1845-6357	SCR 1845-6357 A	M8.5V	17.39	19.41				0.259 45(1 11)″	12.571(54)
24	SCR 1845-6357	SCR 1845-6357 B	T6			950			0.259 45(1 11)″	12.571(54)
25	Kapteyn's Star (CD−45°1841)		M1.5V	8.84	10.87	3,800			0.255 27(0 86)″	12.777(43)
26	Lacaille 8760 (AX Microscopii)		M0.0V	6.67	8.69	3,340			0.253 43(1 12)″	12.870(57)
27	Kruger 60 (BD+56°2783)	Kruger 60 A	M3.0V	9.79	11.76	3,180			0.248 06(1 39)″	13.149(74)
27	Kruger 60 (BD+56°2783)	Kruger 60 B (DO Cephei)	M4.0V	11.41	13.38	2,890			0.248 06(1 39)″
28	DEN 1048-3956	M8.5V	17.39	19.37				0.247 71(1 55)″	13.167(82)
29	Ross 614 (V577 Monocerotis, GJ 234)	Ross 614A (LHS 1849)	M4.5V	11.15	13.09				0.244 34(2 01)″	13.349(110)
29	Ross 614 (V577 Monocerotis, GJ 234)	Ross 614B (LHS 1850)	M5.5V	14.23	16.17				0.244 34(2 01)″	13.349(110)
30	Gl 628 (Wolf 1061, BD−12°4523)		M3.0V	10.07	11.93				0.236 01(1 67)″	13.820(98)
31	Van Maanen's Star (Gl 35, LHS 7)		DZ7	12.38	14.21				0.231 88(1 79)″	14.066(109)
32	Gl 1 (CD−37°15492)	M3.0V	8.55	10.35				0.229 20(1 07)″	14.231(66)
33	Wolf 424 (FL Virginis, LHS 333, GJ 473)	Wolf 424 A	M5.5Ve	13.18	14.97				0.227 90(4 60)″	14.312(289)
Wolf 424 B	M7Ve	13.17	14.96
34	TZ Arietis (GJ 83.1, Luyten 1159-16)	M4.5V	12.27	14.03				0.224 80(2 90)″	14.509(187)
35	Gl 687 (LHS 450, BD+68°946)	M3.0V	9.17	10.89				0.220 49(0 82)″	14.793(55)
36	LHS 292 (LP 731-58)	M6.5V	15.60	17.32				0.220 30(3 60)″	14.805(242)
37	Gl 674 (LHS 449)	M3.0V	9.38	11.09				0.220 25(1 59)″	14.809(107)
38	GJ 1245	GJ 1245 A	M5.5V	13.46	15.17				0.220 20(1 00)″	14.812(67)
GJ 1245 B	M6.0V	14.01	15.72
GJ 1245 C	M?	16.75	18.46
39	GJ 440 (WD 1142-645)	DQ6	11.50	13.18	7,500			0.216 57(2 01)″	15.060(140)
40	GJ 1002	M5.5V	13.76	15.40				0.213 00(3 60)″	15.313(259)
41	Ross 780 (GJ 876)	M3.5V	10.17	11.81	3,480			0.212 59(1 96)″	15.342(141)
42	LHS 288 (Luyten 143-23)	M5.5V	13.90	15.51				0.208 95(2 73)″	15.610(204)
43	GJ 412	GJ 412 A	M1.0V	8.77	10.34				0.206 02(1 08)″	15.832(83)
GJ 412 B (WX Ursae Majoris)	M5.5V	14.48	16.05
44	Groombridge 1618 (GJ 380)	K7.0V	6.59	8.16	4,000			0.205 81(0 67)″	15.848(52)
45	GJ 388	M3.0V	9.32	10.87				0.204 60(2 80)″	15.942(218)
46	GJ 832	M3.0V	8.66	10.20				0.202 78(1 32)″	16.085(105)
47	LP 944-020	M9.0V	18.50	20.02				0.201 40(4 20)″	16.195(338)
48	DEN 0255-4700		L7.5V	22.92	24.44				0.201 37(3 89)″	16.197(313)
Parallax margin of error overlaps 0.200″
49	GJ 682		M4.5V	10.95	12.45				0.199 65(2 30)″	16.337(188)
#	System	Star	Stellar class	m_V	M_V	T_eff K (±err)	RA	Dec	Parallax Arcseconds (±err)	Distance Light-years (±err)	Additional references
#	Designation		Stellar class	m_V	M_V	T_eff K (±err)	Epoch J2000.0		Parallax Arcseconds (±err)	Distance Light-years (±err)	Additional references

Map of nearby stars

The following map shows all of the 32 star systems within 14 light-years of the Sun (shown as Sol). Double and triple stars are shown "stacked," but the true location is the star closest to the central plane. Color corresponds to the table above.