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- Sun - 8 light minutes from Earth
- Alpha Centauri Star System - Proxima Centauri = 4.22 LY , Alpha Centauri A and B = 4.36 LY .
- Barnard's Star - 5.96 LY .
- Wolf 359 - 7.78 LY .
- Lalande 21185 - 8.29 LY
- Sirius Star System - Sirius and Sirius B = 8.58 LY .
- UV Ceti Star System - UV Ceti and Gl 65 B = 8.72 LY .
- Ross 154 - 9.68 LY .
- Ross 248 - 10.32 LY .
- Epsilon Eridani - 10.52 LY .
- Lacaille 9352 - 10.74 LY .
- Ross 128 - 10.91 LY .
- EZ Aquarii Star System - EZ Aquarii, Gl 866 B, and Gl 866 C = 11.26 LY .
- Procyon Star System - Procyon A and B = 11.40 LY .
- 61 Cygni Star System - 61 Cygni A and B = 11.40 LY .
- Gl 725 Star System - Gl A and B = 11.52 LY .
- Gl 15 Star System - Gl A and B = 11.62 LY .
- Epsilon Indi - 11.82 LY .
- DX Cancri - 11.82 LY .
- Tau Ceti - 11.88 LY .
- GJ 1061 - 11.92 LY .
- YZ Ceti - 12.13 LY .
- Luyten's Star - 12.36 LY .
- Kapteyn's Star - 12.77 LY .
- AX Microscopium - 12.86 LY .
- Kruger 60 Star System - Kruger 60 and Gl B = 13.14 LY .
- Ross 614 Star System - Ross 614 and Gl 234 B = 13.34 LY .
- Gl 628 - 13.81 LY .
- Gl 35 - 14.06 LY .
- Gl 1 - 14.22 LY .
- Wolf 424 Star System - Wolf 424 and Gl 473 B = 14.30 LY .
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 .
External link:
- NStars database -- NASA's database of stars within 25 parsecs of Earth
- http://www.chara.gsu.edu/RECONS/TOP100.htm
See also: Star