List of nearest stars

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This list of the nearest stars to Earth is ordered by increasing distance out to a maximum of 5 parsecs (16.308 light-years), as measurements for greater distances introduce margins of error routinely greater than 2%. Including the sun, there are currently 66 stars comprising 50 systems known to lie within this distance.

Stars with an apparent magnitude greater than 6.5, and which consequently cannot be observed with the naked eye, are shown in dark gray. The stellar class is shown in the color of the star's spectral classification. Parallax and distance results in red are only preliminary measurements.

# Designation Stellar class[1] m M RA Dec Parallax(Arcsec) Distance from Earth (ly)[2] Sources
System Star
Sun (Sol) G2V −26.72 4.85 — — 180° 0.0000158125
(8 min 19.005 s)
1 Alpha Centauri Proxima Centauri (V645 Centauri) M5.5Ve 11.01 15.53 14h 29m 43s −62° 40′ 46″ 0.768 9(0 3)″ 4.2420(16) [3][4][5]
Alpha Centauri A (Rigil Kentaurus; Toliman) G2V −0.01 4.38 14h 39m 37s −60° 50′ 2″ 0.747 2(1 2)″ 4.3649(69) [6][4]
Alpha Centauri B (HD 128621) K0V 1.35 5.71 14h 39m 35s −60° 50′ 14″
2 Barnard's Star (BD+04°3561a) M4.0Ve 9.53 13.22 17h 55m 23s +04° 33′ 18″ 0.547 0(1 0)″ 5.9629(110) [3][4]
3 Wolf 359 (CN Leonis) M6.0V 13.44 16.55 10h 56m 28s +07° 00′ 42″ 0.419 1(2 1)″ 7.7823(390) [4]
4 Lalande 21185 (BD+36°2147) M2.0V 7.47 10.44 11h 00m 37s +36° 18′ 20″ 0.393 4(0 7)″ 8.2903(148) [3][4]
5 Sirius Sirius A (α Canis Majoris) A1V −1.47 1.48 06h 45m 09s −16° 42′ 58″ 0.380 0(1 3)″ 8.5826(290) [3][4]
Sirius B DA2 8.44 11.34
6 Luyten 726-8 UV Ceti (L 726-8 B) M5.5Ve 12.54 15.40 01h 39m 01s +17° 57′ 00″ 0.373 7(2 7)″ 8.7278(631) [4]
BL Ceti (L 726-8 A) M6.0Ve 12.99 15.85
7 Ross 154 (V1216 Sagittarii) M3.5Ve 10.43 13.07 18h 49m 49s +23° 50′ 11″ 0.336 9(1 8)″ 9.6811(512) [3][4]
8 Ross 248 (HH Andromedae) M5.5Ve 12.29 14.79 23h 41m 54s +44° 09′ 32″ 0.316 0(1 1)″ 10.321(36) [4]
9 Epsilon Eridani (BD-09°697) K2V 3.73 6.19 03h 32m 56s −09° 27′ 30″ 0.310 0(0 8)″ 10.522(27) [3][4]
10 Lacaille 9352 (CD-36°15693) M1.5Ve 7.34 9.75 23h 05m 42s −35° 51′ 11″ 0.303 6(0 9)″ 10.742(31) [3][4]
11 Ross 128 (FI Virginis) M4.0Vn 11.13 13.51 11h 47m 45s +00° 48′ 17″ 0.298 7(1 4)″ 10.918(50) [3][4]
12 EZ Aquarii EZ Aquarii (L 0789-006) M5.0Ve 13.33 15.64 22h 38m 34s −15° 18′ 02″ 0.289 5(4 4)″ 11.266(172) [4]
Gl 866 B M? 13.27 15.58
Gl 866 C M? 14.03 16.34
13 Procyon Procyon A (α Canis Minoris) F5V-IV 0.38 2.66 07h 39m 18s +05° 13′ 30″ 0.286 1(0 9)″ 11.402(33) [3][4]
Procyon B DA 10.7 12.98
14 61 Cygni 61 Cygni A (BD+38°4343) K5.0V 5.21 7.49 21h 08m 52s +38° 56′ 51″ 0.286 0(0 6)″ 11.402(23) [3][4]
61 Cygni B (BD+38°4344) K7.0V 6.03 8.31
15 Struve 2398 Struve 2398 A (GJ 725 A, BD+59°1915) M3.0V 8.90 11.16 18h 42m 47s +59° 37′ 50″ 0.283 0(1 7)″ 11.525(69) [3][4]
Struve 2398 B (HD 173740) M3.5V 9.69 11.95
16 Groombridge 34 Gl 15 A (GX Andromedae) M1.5V 8.08 10.32 0h 18m 24s +44° 1′ 24″ 0.280 6(1 0)″ 11.624(40) [3][4]
Gl 15 B (GQ Andromedae) M3.5V 11.06 13.30
17 Epsilon Indi (CP−57°10015) K5Ve 4.69 6.89 22h 03m 22s −56° 47′ 10″ 0.275 8(0 7)″ 11.824(30) [3][4]
18 DX Cancri (G051-015) M6.5Ve 14.78 16.98 08h 29m 50s +26° 46′ 37″ 0.275 8(3 0)″ 11.826(129) [4]
19 Tau Ceti (BD−16°295) G8Vp 3.49 5.68 01h 44m 04s −15° 56′ 15″ 0.274 4(0 8)″ 11.887(33) [3][4]
20 GJ 1061 (LHS 1565) M5.5V 13.03 15.19 03h 35m 57s −44° 30′ 46″ 0.272 0(1 3)″ 11.991(58)
21 YZ Ceti (LHS 138) M4.5V 12.02 14.17 01h 12m 31s −16° 59′ 57″ 0.268 8(3 0)″ 12.132(14) [3][4]
22 Luyten's Star (BD+05°1668) M3.5Vn 9.86 11.97 07h 27m 25s +05° 13′ 33″ 0.263 8(1 3)″ 12.366(59) [3][4]
23 Teegarden's star (SO025300.5+165258) M6.5V 15.40 18.50 02h 53m 01s +16° 52′ 58″ 0.260 6(2 7)″ 12.514(130) [7]
24 SCR 1845-6357 M8.5V 17.39 19.41 18h 45m 03s −63° 57′ 48″ 0.259 5(1 2)″ 12.571(54) [7]
25 Kapteyn's Star (CD−45°1841) M1.5V 8.84 10.87 05h 11m 41s −45° 01′ 06″ 0.255 3(0 9)″ 12.777(44) [3][4]
26 Lacaille 8760 (AX Microscopii) M0.0V 6.67 8.69 21h 17m 15s −38° 52′ 03″ 0.253 4(1 2)″ 12.870(57) [3][4]
27 Kruger 60 Kruger 60 A (BD+56°2783) M3.0V 9.79 11.76 22h 28m 00s +57° 41′ 45″ 0.248 1(1 4)″ 13.148(74) [6][4]
Kruger 60 B (DO Cephei) M4.0V 11.41 13.38
28 DEN 1048-3956 M8.5 V 17.39 19.37 10h 48m 15s −39° 56′ 06″ 0.247 7(1 6)″ 13.167(83) [7]
29 Ross 614 Ross 614 (LHS 1849) M4.5V 11.15 13.09 06h 29m 23s −02° 48′ 50″ 0.244 3(2 1)″ 13.348(110) [6][4]
Gl 234 B (V577 Monocerotis) M5.5V 14.23 16.17
30 Gl 628 (Wolf 1061, BD−12°4523) M3.0V 10.07 11.93 16h 30m 18s −12° 39′ 45″ 0.236 0(1 7)″ 13.820(98) [3][4]
31 Van Maanen's Star (Gl 35, LHS 7) DZ7 12.38 14.21 00h 49m 10s +05° 23′ 19″ 0.231 9(1 8)″ 14.066(109) [3][4]
32 Gl 1 (CD−37°15492) M3.0V 8.55 10.35 00h 05m 24s −37° 21′ 27″ 0.229 2(1 1)″ 14.230(67) [3][4]
33 Wolf 424 Wolf 424 A (LHS 333) M5.5Ve 13.18 14.97 17h 33m 17s +09° 01′ 15″ 0.227 9(4 6)″ 14.311(289) [4]
Gl 473 B (FL Virginis) M7Ve 13.17 14.96
34 TZ Arietis (GJ 83.1, Luyten 1159-16) M4.5V 12.27 14.03 02h 00m 13s +13° 03′ 08″ 0.224 8(2 9)″ 14.509(188) [4]
35 Gl 687 (LHS 450, BD+68°946) M3.0V 9.17 10.89 17h 36m 26s +68° 20′ 21″ 0.220 5(0 9)″ 14.792(55) [3][4]
36 LHS 292 (LP 731-58) M6.5V 15.60 17.32 17h 28m 40s −46° 53′ 43″ 0.220 3(3 6)″ 14.805(243) [4]
37 Gl 674 (LHS 449) M3.0V 9.38 11.09 17h 28m 40s −46° 53′ 43″ 0.220 3(1 6)″ 14.808(107) [3][4]
38 GJ 1245 (V1581 Cygni) GJ 1245 A M5.5V 13.46 15.17 19h 53m 54s −44° 24′ 55″ 0.220 2(1 0)″ 14.812(68) [4]
GJ 1245 B M6.0V 14.01 15.72 19h 53m 55s −44° 24′ 56″
GJ 1245 C M? 16.75 18.46 19h 53m 54s −44° 24′ 55″
39 GJ 440 (WD 1142-645) DQ6 11.50 13.18 11h 45m 43s −64° 50′ 29″ 0.216 6(2 1)″ 15.060(140) [3][4]
40 GJ 1002 M5.5V 13.76 15.40 00h 06m 44s −07° 32′ 22″ 0.213 0(3 6)″ 15.313(259) [4]
41 Ross 780 (GJ 876) M3.5V 10.17 11.81 22h 53m 17s −14h 15m 49s 0.212 6(2 0)″ 15.342(142) [3][4]
42 LHS 288 (Luyten 143-23) M5.5V 13.92 15.66 10h 44m 32s −61° 11′ 38″ 0.209 0(2 8)″ 15.609(204)
43 GJ 412 GJ 412 A M1.0V 8.77 10.34 11h 05m 29s +43° 31′ 36″ 0.206 0(1 1)″ 15.831(83) [3][4]
WX Ursae Majoris M5.5V 14.48 16.05 11h 05m 30s +43° 31′ 18″
44 GJ 380 K7.0V 6.59 8.16 10h 11m 22s +49° 27′ 15″ 0.205 8(0 7)″ 15.847(52) [3][4]
45 GJ 388 M3.0V 9.32 10.87 10h 19m 36s +19° 52′ 10″ 0.204 6(2 8)″ 15.941(219) [4]
46 GJ 832 M3.0V 8.66 10.20 21h 33m 34s −49° 00′ 32″ 0.202 8(1 4)″ 16.084(105) [3][4]
47 LP 944-020 M9.0V 18.50 20.02 03h 39m 35s −35° 25′ 41″ 0.201 4(4 2)″ 16.194(338) [8]
48 DEN 0255-4700 L7.5V 22.92 24.44 02h 55m 3.7s −47° 00′ 52″ 0.201 4(3 9)″ 16.197(314) [7]
49 GJ 682 M4.5V 10.95 12.45 17h 37m 04s −44° 19′ 09″ 0.199 7(2 3)″ 16.336(189) [3][4]
# Designation Stellar class[1] m M RA Dec Parallax(Arcsec) Distance from Earth (ly)[2] Sources
System Star

[edit] Graphical representation of stellar classes

Size and color of the Sun compared to the stars in the Alpha Centauri system (#1). (2 yellow dwarfs, an orange dwarf & a red dwarf, respectively)

The Morgan-Keenan spectral classification.


[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Stellar class information was taken from http://www.chara.gsu.edu/RECONS/TOP100.htm
  2. ^ a b The light year distances for the nearest star systems taken from parallax data determined by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (or RECONS).
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Hipparcos catalogue
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq Yale Parallax Catalog
  5. ^ Burgasser et al. 2000
  6. ^ a b c Soderhjelm 1999
  7. ^ a b c d Recently discovered; exact distance is still uncertain
  8. ^ Tinney 1996
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