Nearby Stars Database

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The Nearby Stars Database (NStars) began as a NASA project in 1998 and is now based at Northern Arizona University.

[edit] Stated Goal

Nearest Stars to Earth.
Nearest Stars to Earth.

The stated mission of NStars "is to be a complete and accurate source of scientific data about all stellar systems within 25 parsecs."

The website (see below) includes search tools and links to an interactive forum.

[edit] Status

As of January 1, 2002, there are 2633 stars in 2029 systems in the database.

[edit] External links