The nearest stars to Earth
TOP 50The nearest star in this catalogue is the Sun, 1.000 AU away. Next are Proxima Centauri and Rigil Kentaurus.
The solar neighbourhood, in order. Most of it is red dwarfs too faint to see without a telescope — which is a fair summary of the galaxy as a whole, not an accident of this list.
NAME
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Sun★
G2V yellow main-sequence star
1.00 M☉
1.000 AU
−26.74 V
—
Proxima Centauri★
M5.5Ve red dwarf
—
4.227 ly
11.01 V
Centaurus
Rigil Kentaurus★
G2V yellow main-sequence star
—
4.321 ly
−0.01 V
Centaurus
Toliman
K1V orange dwarf
—
4.321 ly
1.35 V
Centaurus
Barnard's Star★
M4V red dwarf
—
5.948 ly
9.54 V
Ophiuchus
Wolf 359
M6 red star
—
7.797 ly
13.45 V
Leo
Lalande 21185
M2+V red star
—
8.307 ly
7.49 V
Ursa Major
Gl 65A
dM5.5e red dwarf
—
8.567 ly
12.57 V
Cetus
Gl 65B
dM5.5e red dwarf
—
8.567 ly
12.70 V
Cetus
Gl 244B
DA2 white dwarf
—
8.601 ly
8.44 V
Canis Major
Sirius★
A0mA1Va white main-sequence star
—
8.601 ly
−1.44 V
Canis Major
Ross 154
M3.5Ve red dwarf
—
9.686 ly
10.37 V
Sagittarius
Ross 248
dM6 e red dwarf
—
10.33 ly
12.29 V
Andromeda
Ran
K2V orange dwarf
—
10.49 ly
3.72 V
Eridanus
Lacaille 9352
M2V red dwarf
—
10.68 ly
7.35 V
Piscis Austrinus
Ross 128
dM4 red dwarf
—
10.94 ly
11.12 V
Virgo
EZ Aqr
M5 e red star
—
11.08 ly
12.66 V
Aquarius
Struve 2398 B
M3.5V red dwarf
—
11.27 ly
9.70 V
Draco
61 Cyg A
K5V orange dwarf
~0.68 M☉
11.37 ly
5.20 V
Cygnus
Gl 280B
DA white dwarf
—
11.41 ly
10.70 V
Canis Minor
61 Cyg B
K7V orange dwarf
—
11.41 ly
6.05 V
Cygnus
Procyon★
F5IV-V+DQZ yellow-white subgiant
—
11.46 ly
0.40 V
Canis Minor
Gl 15B
M6 Ve red star
—
11.64 ly
11.06 V
Andromeda
Struve 2398 A
M3V red dwarf
—
11.64 ly
8.94 V
Draco
Groombridge 34
M2V red dwarf
—
11.70 ly
8.09 V
Andromeda
ε Ind
K5V orange dwarf
~0.74 M☉
11.81 ly
4.69 V
Indus
GJ 1111
M6.5 red star
—
11.83 ly
14.81 V
Cancer
52 τ Cet
G8V yellow main-sequence star
—
11.91 ly
3.49 V
Cetus
YZ Cet
M4.0Ve red dwarf
—
12.03 ly
12.10 V
Cetus
HIP 82724
Mp red star
—
12.06 ly
11.85 V
Ara
Luyten's Star
M3.5V red dwarf
—
12.40 ly
9.84 V
Canis Minor
Teegarden's Star
M7.0 V red star
~0.10 M☉
12.49 ly
15.13 V
Aries
Kapteyn's Star
M1VIp red subdwarf
—
12.76 ly
8.86 V
Pictor
Lacaille 8760
M1V red dwarf
—
12.87 ly
6.69 V
Microscopium
Kruger 60
M3 red star
—
13.05 ly
9.59 V
Cepheus
Gl 860B
M6 V red star
—
13.07 ly
11.30 V
Cepheus
Gl 234B
—
—
13.43 ly
14.60 V
Monoceros
Ross 614
M4.5V red dwarf
—
13.46 ly
11.12 V
Monoceros
HIP 82725
K0IV orange subgiant
—
13.52 ly
11.72 V
Ara
Van Maanen's Star
DZ7.5 white dwarf
—
13.90 ly
12.37 V
Pisces
GJ 1061
M4.5 red star
—
14.00 ly
13.03 V
Horologium
Wolf 1061
M3V red dwarf
—
14.00 ly
10.10 V
Ophiuchus
Gl 473A
dM5.5eJ red dwarf
—
14.05 ly
13.04 V
Virgo
Gl 473B
M7 red star
—
14.05 ly
13.30 V
Virgo
HD 225213
M2V red dwarf
—
14.15 ly
8.56 V
Sculptor
GJ 3522
K orange star
—
14.56 ly
10.89 V
Cancer
Gl 83.1
dM8 e red dwarf
—
14.57 ly
12.28 V
Aries
GJ 3618
M red star
—
14.64 ly
13.92 V
Carina
GJ 3622
M6.5 red star
—
14.76 ly
15.60 V
Sextans
HIP 86162
M3.0V red dwarf
—
14.77 ly
9.15 V
Draco