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List of nearest stars

This list of the nearest stars to Earth is ordered by increasing distance.

1. Sun - 8 light minutes from Earth
2. Alpha Centauri Star System
   • Proxima Centauri (V645 Centauri) - 4.22 LY [YH]
   • Alpha Centauri A (Rigel Kentaurus; Toliman) - 4.36 LY [YS]
   • Alpha Centauri B (HD 128621) - 4.36 LY [YS]
3. Barnard's star (BD+04°3561a) - 5.96 LY [YH]
4. Teegarden's star (SO025300.5+165258) - 7.5 LY (discovered 2003; exact distance is still uncertain)
5. Wolf 359 (CN Leonis) - 7.78 LY [Y]
6. Lalande 21185 (BD+36°2147) - 8.29 LY [YH]
7. Sirius Star System
   • Sirius A (Alpha Canis Majoris) - 8.58 LY [YH]
   • Sirius B - 8.58 LY [YH]
8. UV Ceti Star System
   • UV Ceti (L 726-8B) - 8.72 LY [Y]
   • BL Ceti (L 726-8A) - 8.72 LY [Y]
9. Ross 154 (V1216 Sagittarii) - 9.68 LY [YH]
10. Ross 248 (HH Andromedae) - 10.32 LY [Y]
11. Epsilon Eridani (BD-09°697) - 10.52 LY [YH]
12. Lacaille 9352 (CD-36°15693) - 10.74 LY [YH]
13. Ross 128 (FI Virginis) - 10.91 LY [YH]
14. EZ Aquarii Star System
    • EZ Aquarii (L 0789-006) - 11.26 LY [Y]
    • Gl 866 B - 11.26 LY [Y]
    • Gl 866 C - 11.26 LY [Y]
15. Procyon Star System (Alpha Canis Minoris)
    • Procyon A - 11.40 LY [YH]
    • Procyon B - 11.40 LY [YH]
16. 61 Cygni Star System
    • 61 Cygni A (BD+38°4343) - 11.40 LY [YH]
    • 61 Cygni B (BD+38°4344) - 11.40 LY [YH]
17. Gl 725 Star System
    • Gl 725 A (BD+59°1915) - 11.52 LY [YH]
    • Gl 725 B (HD 173740) - 11.52 LY [YH]
18. Gl 15 Star System
    • Gl 15 A (GX Andromedae) - 11.62 LY [YH]
    • Gl 15 B (GQ Andromedae) - 11.62 LY [YH]
19. Epsilon Indi (CP-57°10015) - 11.82 LY [YH]
20. DX Cancri (G051-015) - 11.82 LY [Y]
21. Tau Ceti (BD-16°295) - 11.88 LY [YH]
22. GJ 1061 (LHS 1565) - 11.92 LY [RECONS]
23. YZ Ceti (LHS 138) - 12.13 LY [YH]
24. Luyten's Star (BD+05°1668) - 12.36 LY [YH]
25. Kapteyn's Star (CD-45°1841) - 12.77 LY [YH]
26. AX Microscopium (CD-39°14192) - 12.86 LY [YH]
27. Kruger 60 Star System
    • Kruger 60 A (BD+56°2783) - 13.14 LY [YS]
    • Kruger 60 B (DO Cephei) - 13.14 LY [YS]
28. Ross 614 Star System
    • Ross 614 (LHS 1849) - 13.34 LY [YS]
    • Gl 234 B (V577 Monocerotis) - 13.34 LY [YS]
29. Gl 628 (BD-12°4523) - 13.81 LY [YH]
30. Gl 35 (LHS 7) - 14.06 LY [YH]
31. Gl 1 (CD-37°15492) - 14.22 LY [YH]
32. Wolf 424 Star System
    • Wolf 424 (LHS 333) - 14.30 LY [Y]
    • Gl 473 B (FL Virginis) - 14.30 LY [Y]

Note on nearest star systems: light year distances taken from parallax data determined by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (or Recons). The sources for their determination were the Yale Parallax Catalog [Y], Hipparcos [H], Soderhjelm 1999 [S], Tinney 1996 [T].

See also:

• Astronomy
• Star
• List of stars
• List of stars by constellation

External links

• NStars database -- NASA's database of stars within 25 parsecs of Earth
• http://www.chara.gsu.edu/RECONS/TOP100.htm
• Map of the 25 nearest star systems

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