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
   1. Proxima Centauri - 4.22 LY [YH]
   • Alpha Centauri A - 4.36 LY [YS]
   • Alpha Centauri B - 4.36 LY [YS]
3. Barnard's Star - 5.96 LY [YH]
4. HPMS - 7.50 LY
5. Wolf 359 - 7.78 LY [Y]
6. Lalande 21185 - 8.29 LY [YH]
7. Sirius Star System
   • Sirius A - 8.58 LY [YH]
   • Sirius B - 8.58 LY [YH]
8. UV Ceti Star System[?]
   • UV Ceti[?] - 8.72 LY [Y]
   • Gl 65 B[?] - 8.72 LY [Y]
9. Ross 154 - 9.68 LY [YH]
10. Ross 248 - 10.32 LY [Y]
11. Epsilon Eridani - 10.52 LY [YH]
12. Lacaille 9352 - 10.74 LY [YH]
13. Ross 128 - 10.91 LY [YH]
14. EZ Aquarii Star System[?]
    • EZ Aquarii[?] - 11.26 LY [Y]
    • Gl 866 B[?] - 11.26 LY [Y]
    • Gl 866 C[?] - 11.26 LY [Y]
15. Procyon Star System
    • Procyon A - 11.40 LY [YH]
    • Procyon B - 11.40 LY [YH]
16. 61 Cygni Star System
    • 61 Cygni A - 11.40 LY [YH]
    • 61 Cygni B - 11.40 LY [YH]
17. Gl 725 Star System[?]
    • Gl A[?] - 11.52 LY [YH]
    • Gl B[?] - 11.52 LY [YH]
18. Gl 15 Star System[?]
    • Gl A[?] - 11.62 LY [YH]
    • Gl B[?] - 11.62 LY [YH]
19. Epsilon Indi - 11.82 LY [YH]
20. DX Cancri[?] - 11.82 LY [Y]
21. Tau Ceti - 11.88 LY [YH]
22. GJ 1061 - 11.92 LY [RECONS]
23. YZ Ceti[?] - 12.13 LY [YH]
24. Luyten's Star[?] - 12.36 LY [YH]
25. Kapteyn's Star - 12.77 LY [YH]
26. AX Microscopium[?] - 12.86 LY [YH]
27. Kruger 60 Star System[?]
    • Kruger 60 A- 13.14 LY [YS]
    • Kruger 60 B - 13.14 LY [YS]
28. Ross 614 Star System[?]
    • Ross 614[?] - 13.34 LY [YS]
    • Gl 234 B[?] - 13.34 LY [YS]
29. Gl 628[?] - 13.81 LY [YH]
30. Gl 35[?] - 14.06 LY [YH]
31. Gl 1[?] - 14.22 LY [YH]
32. 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].

See also:

• Astronomy
• Star
• List of stars

External links

• NStars database (http://nstars.arc.nasa.gov/index.cfm) -- 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 (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010318.html)