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This 'list of the nearest stars to Earth' is ordered by increasing distance out to a maximum of 5 parsecs (16.308 light-years), as measurements for greater distances introduce margins of error routinely greater than 2%. Including the sun, there are currently 66 stars comprising 50 systems known to lie within this distance.
Stars with an apparent magnitude greater than 6.5, and which consequently cannot be observed with the naked eye, are shown in dark gray. 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[1]	''m''	''M''	''Teff''	RA	Dec	Parallax(Arcsec)	Distance from Earth (ly)[2]	Sources
	System	Star
	Sun (Sol)		G2V	−26.72	4.85	5785	—	-	180°	0.0000158125 (8 min 19.005 s)
1	Alpha Centauri	Proxima Centauri (V645 Centauri)	M5.5Ve	11.01	15.53	2670			0.768 9(0 3)″	4.2420(16)	[3][4][5]
		Alpha Centauri A (Rigil Kentaurus; Toliman)	G2V	−0.01	4.38	5800			0.747 2(1 2)″	4.3649(69)	[6]
		Alpha Centauri B (HD 128621)	K0V	1.35	5.71	5300
2	Barnard's Star (BD+04°3561a)		M4.0Ve	9.53	13.22	3134			0.547 0(1 0)″	5.9629(110)
3	Wolf 359 (CN Leonis)		M6.0V	13.44	16.55	3500			0.419 1(2 1)″	7.7823(390)
4	Lalande 21185 (BD+36°2147)		M2.0V	7.47	10.44	3400			0.393 4(0 7)″	8.2903(148)
5	Sirius	Sirius A (α Canis Majoris)	A1V	−1.47	1.48	9900			0.380 0(1 3)″	8.5826(290)
		Sirius B	DA2	8.44	11.34	25200
6	Luyten 726-8	UV Ceti (L 726-8 B)	M5.5Ve	12.54	15.40	~2700			0.373 7(2 7)″	8.7278(631)
		BL Ceti (L 726-8 A)	M6.0Ve	12.99	15.85	~2600
7	Ross 154 (V1216 Sagittarii)		M3.5Ve	10.43	13.07	~2700			0.336 9(1 8)″	9.6811(512)
8	Ross 248 (HH Andromedae)		M5.5Ve	12.29	14.79	-			0.316 0(1 1)″	10.321(36)
9	Epsilon Eridani (BD-09°697)		K2V	3.73	6.19	5100			0.310 0(0 8)″	10.522(27)
10	Lacaille 9352 (CD-36°15693)		M1.5Ve	7.34	9.75	3340			0.303 6(0 9)″	10.742(31)
11	Ross 128 (FI Virginis)		M4.0Vn	11.13	13.51	-			0.298 7(1 4)″	10.918(50)
12	EZ Aquarii	EZ Aquarii (L 0789-006)	M5.0Ve	13.33	15.64	-			0.289 5(4 4)″	11.266(172)
		Gl 866 B	M?	13.27	15.58	-
		Gl 866 C	M?	14.03	16.34	-
13	Procyon	Procyon A (α Canis Minoris)	F5V-IV	0.38	2.66	-			0.286 1(0 9)″	11.402(33)
		Procyon B	DA	10.7	12.98	-
14	61 Cygni	61 Cygni A (BD+38°4343)	K5.0V	5.21	7.49	-			0.286 0(0 6)″	11.402(23)
		61 Cygni B (BD+38°4344)	K7.0V	6.03	8.31	-
15	Struve 2398	Struve 2398 A (GJ 725 A, BD+59°1915)	M3.0V	8.90	11.16	-			0.283 0(1 7)″	11.525(69)
		Struve 2398 B (HD 173740)	M3.5V	9.69	11.95	-
16	Groombridge 34	Gl 15 A (GX Andromedae)	M1.5V	8.08	10.32	-			0.280 6(1 0)″	11.624(40)
		Gl 15 B (GQ Andromedae)	M3.5V	11.06	13.30	-
17	Epsilon Indi (CP−57°10015)		K5Ve	4.69	6.89	-			0.275 8(0 7)″	11.824(30)
18	DX Cancri (G051-015)		M6.5Ve	14.78	16.98	-			0.275 8(3 0)″	11.826(129)
19	Tau Ceti (BD−16°295)		G8Vp	3.49	5.68	-			0.274 4(0 8)″	11.887(33)
20	GJ 1061 (LHS 1565)		M5.5V	13.03	15.19	-			0.272 0(1 3)″	11.991(58)
21	YZ Ceti (LHS 138)		M4.5V	12.02	14.17	-			0.268 8(3 0)″	12.132(14)
22	Luyten's Star (BD+05°1668)		M3.5Vn	9.86	11.97	-			0.263 8(1 3)″	12.366(59)
23	Teegarden's star (SO025300.5+165258)		M6.5V	15.40	18.50	-			0.260 6(2 7)″	12.514(130)	[7]
24	SCR 1845-6357		M8.5V	17.39	19.41	-			0.259 5(1 2)″	12.571(54)
25	Kapteyn's Star (CD−45°1841)		M1.5V	8.84	10.87	-			0.255 3(0 9)″	12.777(44)
26	Lacaille 8760 (AX Microscopii)		M0.0V	6.67	8.69	-			0.253 4(1 2)″	12.870(57)
27	Kruger 60	Kruger 60 A (BD+56°2783)	M3.0V	9.79	11.76	-			0.248 1(1 4)″	13.148(74)
		Kruger 60 B (DO Cephei)	M4.0V	11.41	13.38	-
28	DEN 1048-3956		M8.5 V	17.39	19.37	-			0.247 7(1 6)″	13.167(83)
29	Ross 614	Ross 614 (LHS 1849)	M4.5V	11.15	13.09	-			0.244 3(2 1)″	13.348(110)
		Gl 234 B (V577 Monocerotis)	M5.5V	14.23	16.17	-
30	Gl 628 (Wolf 1061, BD−12°4523)		M3.0V	10.07	11.93	-			0.236 0(1 7)″	13.820(98)
31	Van Maanen's Star (Gl 35, LHS 7)		DZ7	12.38	14.21	-			0.231 9(1 8)″	14.066(109)
32	Gl 1 (CD−37°15492)		M3.0V	8.55	10.35	-			0.229 2(1 1)″	14.230(67)
33	Wolf 424	Wolf 424 A (LHS 333)	M5.5Ve	13.18	14.97	-			0.227 9(4 6)″	14.311(289)
		Gl 473 B (FL Virginis)	M7Ve	13.17	14.96	-
34	TZ Arietis (GJ 83.1, Luyten 1159-16)		M4.5V	12.27	14.03	-			0.224 8(2 9)″	14.509(188)
35	Gl 687 (LHS 450, BD+68°946)		M3.0V	9.17	10.89	-			0.220 5(0 9)″	14.792(55)
36	LHS 292 (LP 731-58)		M6.5V	15.60	17.32	-			0.220 3(3 6)″	14.805(243)
37	Gl 674 (LHS 449)		M3.0V	9.38	11.09	-			0.220 3(1 6)″	14.808(107)
38	GJ 1245 (V1581 Cygni)	GJ 1245 A	M5.5V	13.46	15.17	-			0.220 2(1 0)″	14.812(68)
		GJ 1245 B	M6.0V	14.01	15.72	-
		GJ 1245 C	M?	16.75	18.46	-
39	GJ 440 (WD 1142-645)		DQ6	11.50	13.18	-			0.216 6(2 1)″	15.060(140)
40	GJ 1002		M5.5V	13.76	15.40	-			0.213 0(3 6)″	15.313(259)
41	Ross 780 (GJ 876)		M3.5V	10.17	11.81	-			0.212 6(2 0)″	15.342(142)
42	LHS 288 (Luyten 143-23)		M5.5V	13.92	15.66	-			0.209 0(2 8)″	15.609(204)
43	GJ 412	GJ 412 A	M1.0V	8.77	10.34	-			0.206 0(1 1)″	15.831(83)
		WX Ursae Majoris	M5.5V	14.48	16.05	-
44	GJ 380		K7.0V	6.59	8.16	-			0.205 8(0 7)″	15.847(52)
45	GJ 388		M3.0V	9.32	10.87	-			0.204 6(2 8)″	15.941(219)
46	GJ 832		M3.0V	8.66	10.20	-			0.202 8(1 4)″	16.084(105)
47	LP 944-020		M9.0V	18.50	20.02	-			0.201 4(4 2)″	16.194(338)	[8]
48	DEN 0255-4700		L7.5V	22.92	24.44	-			0.201 4(3 9)″	16.197(314)		-			0.199 7(2 3)″	16.336(189)
#	Designation		Stellar class[1]	''m''	''M''	''Teff''	RA	Dec	Parallax(Arcsec)	Distance from Earth (ly)[2]	Sources
	System	Star

Contents

Graphical representation of stellar classes

See also

References

Graphical representation of stellar classes

Size and color of the Sun compared to the stars in the Alpha Centauri system (#1). (2 yellow dwarfs, an orange dwarf & a red dwarf, respectively)

The Morgan-Keenan spectral classification.

See also

★ Astronomy

★ Parallax

★ Star

★ Lists of stars

★ Interstellar travel

★ Nearby Stars Database

★ List of nearest bright stars

★ List of nearest galaxies

References

1. Stellar class information was taken from http://www.chara.gsu.edu/RECONS/TOP100.htm
2. The light year distances for the nearest star systems taken from parallax data determined by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (or RECONS).
3. Hipparcos catalogue
4. Yale Parallax Catalog
5. Burgasser et al. 2000
6. Soderhjelm 1999
7. Recently discovered; exact distance is still uncertain
8. Tinney 1996
9. Stellar class information was taken from http://www.chara.gsu.edu/RECONS/TOP100.htm
10. The light year distances for the nearest star systems taken from parallax data determined by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (or RECONS).


★ NStars database

★ 100 nearest star systems (2006-05-23 archive)

★ Map of the 25 nearest star systems

★ Notable Nearby Stars

★ Cool stars in the solar Neighbourhood

★ The dynamics of the closest stars

★ Structure and Evolution of Nearby Stars with Planets II. Physical Properties of ~ 1000 Cool Stars from the SPOCS Catalog Takeda, G.