List of nearest stars

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]
HPMS - 7.50 LY
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].

See also:

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