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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
  3. Barnard's Star - 5.96 LY
  4. HPMS - 7.50 LY
  5. Wolf 359 - 7.78 LY
  6. Lalande 21185 - 8.29 LY
  7. Sirius Star System
  8. UV Ceti Star System
  9. Ross 154 - 9.68 LY
  10. Ross 248 - 10.32 LY
  11. Epsilon Eridani - 10.52 LY
  12. Lacaille 9352 - 10.74 LY
  13. Ross 128 - 10.91 LY
  14. EZ Aquarii Star System
  15. Procyon Star System
  16. 61 Cygni Star System
  17. Gl 725 Star System
  18. Gl 15 Star System
  19. Epsilon Indi - 11.82 LY
  20. DX Cancri - 11.82 LY
  21. Tau Ceti - 11.88 LY
  22. GJ 1061 - 11.92 LY
  23. YZ Ceti - 12.13 LY
  24. Luyten's Star - 12.36 LY
  25. Kapteyn's Star - 12.77 LY
  26. AX Microscopium - 12.86 LY
  27. Kruger 60 Star System
  28. Ross 614 Star System
  29. Gl 628 - 13.81 LY
  30. Gl 35 - 14.06 LY
  31. Gl 1 - 14.22 LY
  32. Wolf 424 Star System

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 , Hipparcos , Soderhjelm 1999 , Tinney 1996 .

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