List of nearest stars

This list of the nearest stars to Earth is ordered by increasing distance out to a maximum of 5 parsecs (16.3 light years). Stars with an apparent magnitude greater than 6.5, and which consequently cannot be observed with the naked eye, are shown in dark grey. 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	m	M	RA	Dec	Parallax(Arcsec)	Distance from Earth (ly)	Sources
System	Star
Sun (Sol)		G2V	âˆ'26.7	4.85	â€"	â€"	180°	0.000 016 (8.3 lm)
Alpha Centauri	Proxima Centauri (V645 Centauri)	M5.5Ve	11.01	15.53	14h 29m 43s	âˆ'62° 40′ 46″	0.772″	4.22	H, Y
	Alpha Centauri A (Rigil Kentaurus; Toliman)	G2V	-0.01	4.38	14h 39m 37s	âˆ'60° 50′ 2″	0.747″	4.36	S, Y
	Alpha Centauri B (HD 128621)	K0V	1.35	5.71	14h 39m 35s	âˆ'60° 50′ 14″
Barnard's Star (BD+04°3561a)		M4.0Ve	9.53	13.22	17h 55m 23s	+04° 33′ 18″	0.547″	5.96	H, Y
Wolf 359 (CN Leonis)		M6.0V	13.44	16.55	10h 56m 28s	+07° 00′ 42″	0.419″	7.78	Y
Lalande 21185 (BD+36°2147)		M2.0V	7.47	10.44	11h 00m 37s	+36° 18′ 20″	0.393″	8.29	H, Y
Sirius	Sirius A (Alpha Canis Majoris)	A1V	-1.43	1.47	06h 45m 09s	âˆ'16° 42′ 58″	0.380″	8.58	H, Y
	Sirius B	DA2	8.44	11.34
Luyten 726-8	UV Ceti (L 726-8 B)	M5.5Ve	12.54	15.40	01h 39m 01s	+17° 57′ 00″	0.374″	8.72	Y
	BL Ceti (L 726-8 A)	M6.0Ve	12.99	15.85
Ross 154 (V1216 Sagittarii)		M3.5Ve	10.43	13.07	18h 49m 49s	+23° 50′ 11″	0.337″	9.68	H, Y
Ross 248 (HH Andromedae)		M5.5Ve	12.29	14.79	23h 41m 54s	+44° 09′ 32″	0.316″	10.32	Y
Epsilon Eridani (BD-09°697)		K2V	3.73	6.19	03h 32m 56s	âˆ'09° 27′ 30″	0.310″	10.52	H, Y
Lacaille 9352 (CD-36°15693)		M1.5Ve	7.34	9.75	23h 05m 42s	âˆ'35° 51′ 11″	0.304″	10.74	H, Y
Ross 128 (FI Virginis)		M4.0Vn	11.13	13.51	11h 47m 45s	+00° 48′ 17″	0.299″	10.91	H, Y
EZ Aquarii Star System	EZ Aquarii (L 0789-006)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M5.0Ve	13.33	15.64	22h 38m 34s	âˆ'15° 18′ 02″	0.290″	11.26	Y
	Gl 866 B	M?	13.27						15.58
	Gl 866 C	M?	14.03						16.34
Procyon (Alpha Canis Minoris)	Procyon A	F5V-IV	0.38	2.66	07h 39m 18s	+05° 13′ 30″	0.286″	11.40	H, Y
	Procyon B	DA	10.7	12.98
61 Cygni	61 Cygni A (BD+38°4343)	K5.0V	5.21	7.49	21h 08m 52s	+38° 56′ 51″	0.286″	11.40	H, Y
	61 Cygni B (BD+38°4344)	K7.0V	6.03	8.31
Struve 2398 Star System	Struve 2398 A (Gl 725, BD+59°1915)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M3.0V	8.90	11.16	18h 42m 47s	+59° 37′ 50″	0.283″	11.52	H, Y
	Struve 2398 B (HD 173740)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M3.5V	9.69	11.95
Groombridge 34	Gl 15 A (GX Andromedae)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M1.5V	8.08	10.32	0h 18m 24s	+44° 1′ 24″	0.281″	11.62	H, Y
	Gl 15 B (GQ Andromedae)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M3.5V	11.06	13.30
Epsilon Indi (CP-57°10015)		K5Ve	4.69	6.89	22h 03m 22s	âˆ'56° 47′ 10″	0.276″	11.82	H, Y
DX Cancri (G051-015)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M6.5Ve		14.78	16.98	08h 29m 50s	+26° 46′ 37″	0.276″	11.82	Y
Tau Ceti (BD-16°295)		G8Vp	3.49	5.68	01h 44m 04s	âˆ'15° 56′ 15″	0.274″	11.88	H, Y
GJ 1061 (LHS 1565)		M5.5V	13.03	15.19	03h 35m 57s	âˆ'44° 30′ 46″	0.271″	11.92
YZ Ceti (LHS 138)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M4.5V		12.02	14.17	01h 12m 31s	âˆ'16° 59′ 57″	0.269″	12.13	H, Y
Luyten's Star (BD+05°1668)		M3.5Vn	9.86	11.97	07h 27m 25s	+05° 13′ 33″	0.264″	12.36	H, Y
Teegarden's star (SO025300.5+165258)		M6.5V	15.40	18.50	02h 53m 0.5s	+16° 52′ 58″	0.260″	12.46	1
SCR 1845-6357		M8.5V	17.39	19.41	18h 45m 02.6s (2000.0)	âˆ'45° 01′06″ (2000.0)	0.259″	12.57	1
Kapteyn's Star (CD-45°1841)		M1.5V	8.84	10.87	05h 11m 41s	âˆ'45° 01′ 06″	0.255″	12.77	H, Y
Lacaille 8760 (AX Microscopii)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M0.0V		6.67	8.69	21h 17m 15s	âˆ'38° 52′ 03″	0.253″	12.86	H, Y
Kruger 60 Star System	Kruger 60 A (BD+56°2783)	M3.0V	9.79	11.76	22h 28m 00s	+57° 41′ 45″	0.248″	13.14	S, Y
	Kruger 60 B (DO Cephei)	M4.0V	11.41	13.38
Ross 614 star system	Ross 614 (LHS 1849)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M4.5V	11.15	13.09	06h 29m 23s	âˆ'02° 48′ 50″	0.244″	13.34	S, Y
	Gl 234 B (V577 Monocerotis)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M5.5V	14.23	16.17
Gl 628 (Wolf 1061, BD-12°4523)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M3.0V		10.07	11.93	16h 30m 18s	âˆ'12° 39′ 45″	0.236″	13.81	H, Y
Van Maanen's Star (Gl 35, LHS 7)		DZ7	12.38	14.21	00h 49m 10s	+05° 23′ 19″	0.232″	14.06	H, Y
Gl 1 (CD-37°15492)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M3.0V		8.55	10.35	00h 05m 24s	âˆ'37° 21′ 27″	0.229″	14.22	H, Y
Wolf 424	Wolf 424 A (LHS 333)| style="background-color: #F99;" | M5.5Ve	13.18	14.97	17h 33m 17s	+09° 01′ 15″	0.228″	14.30	Y
	Gl 473 B (FL Virginis)	M7Ve	13.17						14.96
TZ Arietis (GJ 83.1, Luyten 1159-16)		M4.5V	12.27	14.03	02h 00m 13s	+13° 03′ 08″	0.225″	14.51	Y
Gl 687 (LHS 450, BD+68°946)		M3.0V	9.17	10.89	17h 36m 26s	+68° 20′ 21″	0.220″	14.79	H, Y
LHS 292 (LP 731-58)		M6.5V	15.60	17.32	17h 28m 40s	âˆ'46° 53′ 43″	0.220″	14.81	Y
Gl 674 (LHS 449)		M3.0V	9.38	11.09	17h 28m 40s	âˆ'46° 53′ 43″	0.220″	14.81	H, Y
GJ 1245 (V1581 Cygni)	GJ 1245 A	M5.5V	13.46	15.17	19h 53m 54s	âˆ'44° 24′ 55″	0.220″	14.81	Y
	GJ 1245 B	M6.0V	14.01	15.72	19h 53m 55s	âˆ'44° 24′ 56″
	GJ 1245 C	M?	16.75	18.46	19h 53m 54s	âˆ'44° 24′ 55″
GJ 440 (WD 1142-645)		DQ6	11.50	13.18	11h 45m 43s	âˆ'64° 50′ 29″	0.217″	15.06	H, Y
GJ 1002		M5.5V	13.76	15.40	00h 06m 44s	âˆ'07° 32′ 22″	0.213″	15.31	Y
Ross 780 (GJ 876)		M3.5V	10.17	11.81	22h 53m 17s	âˆ'14° 15′ 49″	0.213″	15.34	H, Y
GJ 412	GJ 412 A	M1.0V	8.77	10.34	11h 05m 29s	+43° 31′ 36″	0.206″	15.83	H, Y
	WX Ursae Majoris	M5.5V	14.48	16.05	11h 05m 30s	+43° 31′ 18″
GJ 380		K7.0V	6.59	8.16	10h 11m 22s	+49° 27′ 15″	0.206″	15.85	H, Y
GJ 388		M3.0V	9.32	10.87	10h 19m 36s	+19° 52′ 10″	0.206″	15.94	Y
LHS 288 (Luyten 143-23)		M5.5V	13.92	15.66	10h 44m 32s	âˆ'61° 11′ 38″	0.206″	15.94
GJ 832		M3.0V	8.66	10.20	21h 33m 34s	âˆ'49° 00′ 32″	0.205″	16.08	H, Y
LP 944-020		M9.0V	18.50	20.02	03h 39m 35s	âˆ'35° 25′ 41″	0.201″	16.19	T

Notes : The light year distances for the nearest star systems taken from parallax data determined by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (or RECONS). The sources for their determination were as follows:

:H â€" Hipparcos catalogue.::Y â€" Yale Parallax Catalog.::S â€" Soderhjelm 1999.::T â€" Tinney 1996.::1 â€" Recently discovered; exact distance is still uncertain.

Stellar class information is taken from RECONS at [1].

See also

* Astronomy
* Parallax
* Star
* List of nearest galaxies
* Lists of stars
* List of brightest stars
* List of planets
* List of asteroids

References

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