List of nearest stars

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

1. Sun - 8 light minutes from Earth\n# Alpha Centauri Star System\n#* Proxima Centauri (V645 Centauri) - 4.22 LY [YH]\n#* Alpha Centauri A (Rigel Kentaurus; Toliman) - 4.36 LY [YS]\n#* Alpha Centauri B (HD 128621) - 4.36 LY [YS]\n# Barnard's star (BD+04°3561a) - 5.96 LY [YH]\n# Teegarden's star (SO025300.5+165258) - 7.5 LY (discovered 2003; exact distance is still uncertain)\n# Wolf 359 (CN Leonis) - 7.78 LY [Y]\n# Lalande 21185 (BD+36°2147) - 8.29 LY [YH]\n# Sirius Star System\n#* Sirius A (Alpha Canis Majoris) - 8.58 LY [YH]\n#* Sirius B - 8.58 LY [YH]\n# UV Ceti Star System\n#* UV Ceti (L 726-8B) - 8.72 LY [Y]\n#* BL Ceti (L 726-8A) - 8.72 LY [Y]\n# Ross 154 (V1216 Sagittarii) - 9.68 LY [YH]\n# Ross 248 (HH Andromedae) - 10.32 LY [Y]\n# Epsilon Eridani (BD-09°697) - 10.52 LY [YH]\n# Lacaille 9352 (CD-36°15693) - 10.74 LY [YH]\n# Ross 128 (FI Virginis) - 10.91 LY [YH]\n# EZ Aquarii Star System\n#* EZ Aquarii (L 0789-006) - 11.26 LY [Y]\n#* Gl 866 B - 11.26 LY [Y]\n#* Gl 866 C - 11.26 LY [Y]\n# Procyon Star System (Alpha Canis Minoris)\n#* Procyon A - 11.40 LY [YH]\n#* Procyon B - 11.40 LY [YH]\n# 61 Cygni Star System\n#* 61 Cygni A (BD+38°4343) - 11.40 LY [YH]\n#* 61 Cygni B (BD+38°4344) - 11.40 LY [YH]\n# Gl 725 Star System\n#* Gl 725 A (BD+59°1915) - 11.52 LY [YH]\n#* Gl 725 B (HD 173740) - 11.52 LY [YH]\n# Gl 15 Star System\n#* Gl 15 A (GX Andromedae) - 11.62 LY [YH]\n#* Gl 15 B (GQ Andromedae) - 11.62 LY [YH]\n# Epsilon Indi (CP-57°10015) - 11.82 LY [YH]\n# DX Cancri (G051-015) - 11.82 LY [Y]\n# Tau Ceti (BD-16°295) - 11.88 LY [YH]\n# GJ 1061 (LHS 1565) - 11.92 LY [RECONS]\n# YZ Ceti (LHS 138) - 12.13 LY [YH]\n# Luyten's Star (BD+05°1668) - 12.36 LY [YH]\n# Kapteyn's Star (CD-45°1841) - 12.77 LY [YH]\n# AX Microscopium (CD-39°14192) - 12.86 LY [YH]\n# Kruger 60 Star System\n#* Kruger 60 A (BD+56°2783) - 13.14 LY [YS]\n#* Kruger 60 B (DO Cephei) - 13.14 LY [YS]\n# Ross 614 Star System\n#* Ross 614 (LHS 1849) - 13.34 LY [YS]\n#* Gl 234 B (V577 Monocerotis) - 13.34 LY [YS]\n# Gl 628 (BD-12°4523) - 13.81 LY [YH]\n# Gl 35 (LHS 7) - 14.06 LY [YH]\n# Gl 1 (CD-37°15492) - 14.22 LY [YH]\n# Wolf 424 Star System\n#* Wolf 424 (LHS 333) - 14.30 LY [Y]\n#* 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). \nThe sources for their determination were the Yale Parallax Catalog [Y], Hipparcos [H], Soderhjelm 1999 [S], Tinney 1996 [T].

See also:

\n* Astronomy\n* Star\n* List of stars\n* List of stars by constellation

External links

\n*NStars database -- NASA's database of stars within 25 parsecs of Earth\n* http://www.chara.gsu.edu/RECONS/TOP100.htm\n* HREF="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010318.html" class="external">Map of the 25 nearest star systems Category:Stars \n