List of nearest stars
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This list of the nearest stars to Earth is ordered by increasing distance.
- Sun - 8 light minutes from Earth
- Alpha Centauri Star System
- Proxima Centauri - 4.22 LY [YH]
- Alpha Centauri A - 4.36 LY [YS]
- Alpha Centauri B - 4.36 LY [YS]
- Barnard's star - 5.96 LY [YH]
- Teegarden's star - 7.5 LY (discovered 2003; exact distance is still uncertain)
- Wolf 359 - 7.78 LY [Y]
- Lalande 21185 - 8.29 LY [YH]
- Sirius Star System
- Sirius A - 8.58 LY [YH]
- Sirius B - 8.58 LY [YH]
- UV Ceti Star System
- UV Ceti - 8.72 LY [Y]
- Gl 65 B - 8.72 LY [Y]
- Ross 154 - 9.68 LY [YH]
- Ross 248 - 10.32 LY [Y]
- Epsilon Eridani - 10.52 LY [YH]
- Lacaille 9352 - 10.74 LY [YH]
- Ross 128 - 10.91 LY [YH]
- EZ Aquarii Star System
- EZ Aquarii - 11.26 LY [Y]
- Gl 866 B - 11.26 LY [Y]
- Gl 866 C - 11.26 LY [Y]
- Procyon Star System
- Procyon A - 11.40 LY [YH]
- Procyon B - 11.40 LY [YH]
- 61 Cygni Star System
- 61 Cygni A - 11.40 LY [YH]
- 61 Cygni B - 11.40 LY [YH]
- Gl 725 Star System
- Gl A - 11.52 LY [YH]
- Gl B - 11.52 LY [YH]
- Gl 15 Star System
- Gl A - 11.62 LY [YH]
- Gl B - 11.62 LY [YH]
- Epsilon Indi - 11.82 LY [YH]
- DX Cancri - 11.82 LY [Y]
- Tau Ceti - 11.88 LY [YH]
- GJ 1061 - 11.92 LY [RECONS]
- YZ Ceti - 12.13 LY [YH]
- Luyten's Star - 12.36 LY [YH]
- Kapteyn's Star - 12.77 LY [YH]
- AX Microscopium - 12.86 LY [YH]
- Kruger 60 Star System
- Kruger 60 A- 13.14 LY [YS]
- Kruger 60 B - 13.14 LY [YS]
- Ross 614 Star System
- Ross 614 - 13.34 LY [YS]
- Gl 234 B - 13.34 LY [YS]
- Gl 628 - 13.81 LY [YH]
- Gl 35 - 14.06 LY [YH]
- Gl 1 - 14.22 LY [YH]
- Wolf 424 Star System
- Wolf 424 - 14.30 LY [Y]
- Gl 473 B - 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].
[change] See also:
- Astronomy
- Star
- List of stars
- List of important stars
