NEAREST STARS
Some of the nearest stars, not including recently discovered brown dwarfs. Source: ESO.
The table below lists the 50 nearest stars and brown dwarfs to the Sun. These all lie within a distance of 13½ light-years of the Sun. They include 40 main sequence stars (32 of them red dwarfs), two white dwarfs, and eight brown dwarfs.
| The 50 nearest stars and substellar objects to the Sun | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| star | distance (ly) | vis mag | abs mag | spec type | object type |
| Proxima Centauri | 4.24 | 11.09 | 15.53 | M5.5Ve | red dwarf |
| Alpha Centauri A | 4.37 | 0.01 | 4.38 | G2V | A star |
| Alpha Centauri B | 4.37 | 1.34 | 5.71 | K1V | K star |
| Barnard's Star | 5.96 | 9.53 | 13.22 | M4Ve | red dwarf |
| Luhman 16A | 6.60 | 10.07 | 14.2 | L8 | brown dwarf |
| Luhman 16B | 6.60 | - | - | T1 | brown dwarf |
| WISE 0855-0714 | 7.26 | - | - | Y | brown dwarf |
| Wolf 359 | 7.78 | 13.44 | 16.55 | M6.5Ve | red dwarf |
| Lalande 21185 | 8.29 | 7.47 | 10.44 | M2V | red dwarf |
| Sirius A | 8.58 | -1.46 | 1.42 | A1V | Am star |
| Sirius B | 8.58 | 8.44 | 11.34 | dA2 | white dwarf |
| Luyten 726-8A | 8.73 | 12.54 | 15.40 | M5.5Ve | red dwarf |
| Luyten 726-8B | 8.73 | 12.99 | 15.85 | M6Ve | red dwarf |
| Ross 154 | 9.68 | 10.43 | 13.07 | M3.5Ve | red dwarf |
| Ross 248 | 10.32 | 12.29 | 14.79 | M5.5Ve | red dwarf |
| Epsilon Eridani | 10.52 | 3.73 | 6.19 | K2V | K star |
| Lacaille 9352 | 10.74 | 7.34 | 9.75 | M0.5V | red dwarf |
| Ross 128 | 10.92 | 11.13 | 13.51 | M4Vn | red dwarf |
| WISE 1506+7027 | 11.09 | 14.3 | 16.6 | T6 | brown dwarf |
| Luyten 789-6 A | 11.27 | 13.33 | 15.64 | M5.5V | red dwarf |
| Luyten 789-6 B | 11.27 | 13.27 | 15.58 | M? | red dwarf |
| Luyten 789-6 C | 11.27 | 14.03 | 16.34 | M? | red dwarf |
| Procyon A | 11.40 | 0.38 | 2.66 | F5V-IV | F star |
| Procyon B | 11.40 | 10.70 | 12.98 | dA | white dwarf |
| 61 Cygni A | 11.40 | 5.21 | 7.49 | K5V | K star |
| 61 Cygni B | 11.40 | 6.03 | 8.31 | K7V | K star |
| Struve 2398 A | 11.53 | 8.94 | 11.18 | M3V | red dwarf |
| Struve 2398 B | 11.53 | 9.69 | 11.95 | M3.5V | red dwarf |
| Groombridge 34 A | 11.62 | 8.08 | 10.32 | M1.5V | red dwarf |
| Groombridge 34 B | 11.62 | 11.06 | 13.30 | M6V | red dwarf |
| Epsilon Indi A | 11.82 | 4.69 | 6.89 | K5Ve | K star |
| Epsilon Indi Ba | 11.82 | 12.3 | - | T1V | brown dwarf |
| Epsilon Indi Bb | 11.82 | 13.2 | - | T6V | brown dwarf |
| DX Cancri | 11.83 | 14.78 | 16.98 | M6.5V | red dwarf |
| Tau Ceti | 11.89 | 3.49 | 5.68 | G8Vp | G star |
| GJ 1061 | 11.99 | 13.09 | 15.26 | M5.5V | red dwarf |
| WISE 0350-5658 | 12.07 | 22.8 | - | Y1 | brown dwarf |
| YZ Ceti | 12.13 | 12.02 | 14.71 | M4.5V | red dwarf |
| Luyten's Star | 12.37 | 9.86 | 11.97 | M3.5Vn | red dwarf |
| Teegarden's star | 12.51 | 15.14 | 17.22 | M6.5V | red dwarf |
| SCR 1845-6357 A | 12.57 | 17.39 | 19.41 | M8.5V | red dwarf |
| SCR 1845-6357 B | 12.57 | 13.3 | - | T6 | brown dwarf |
| Kapteyn's Star | 12.78 | 8.84 | 10.87 | M1.5V | red dwarf |
| Lacaille 8760 | 12.87 | 6.67 | 8.69 | M0.0V | red dwarf |
| WISE 0535-7500 | 13.0 | 21.1 | - | Y1 | brown dwarf |
| Kruger 60 A | 13.15 | 9.79 | 11.76 | M3.0V | red dwarf |
| Kruger 60 B | 13.15 | 11.41 | 13.38 | M4.0V | red dwarf |
| DEN 1048-3956 | 13.17 | 17.39 | 19.37 | M8.5V | brown dwarf |
| UGPS 0722-05 | 13.26 | 16.52 | - | T9 | brown dwarf |
| Ross 614A | 13.35 | 11.15 | 13.09 | M4.5V | red dwarf |
| Ross 614B | 13.35 | 14.23 | 16.17 | M5.5V | red dwarf |
