List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs
List
The classes of the stars and brown dwarfs are shown in the color of their spectral types (these colors are derived from conventional names for the spectral types and do not represent the star's observed color).

List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: The classes of the stars and brown dwarfs are shown in the color of their spectral types (these colors are derived from conventional names for the spectral types and do not represent the star's observed color).

Designation	Distance (light-years (±err))	Stellar class	Apparent magnitude (mV or mJ)	Absolute magnitude (MV or MJ)	Epoch J2000.0	Parallax (mas (±err))	Discovery date	Notes and additional references

System	Star	Right ascension	Declination

Solar System	Sun	0.0000158	G2V	−26.74	4.85	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	eight planets

Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus)	Proxima Centauri (V645 Centauri)	4.2441±0.0011	M5.5Ve	11.09	15.53	14h 29m 43.0s	−62° 40′ 46″	768.50±0.20	1915	flare star, one planet (b) (2016), tentative evidence for second planet (c) (2019)

α Centauri A (HD 128620)	4.3650±0.0068	G2V	0.01	4.38	14h 39m 36.5s	−60° 50′ 02″	747.23±1.17	N/A

α Centauri B (HD 128621)	K1V	1.34	5.71	14h 39m 35.1s	−60° 50′ 14″	1689	one suspected planet (c) (2013) (planet b refuted in 2015)

Barnard's Star (BD+04°3561a)	5.9577±0.0032	M4.0Ve	9.53	13.22	17h 57m 48.5s	+04° 41′ 36″	547.45±0.29	1916	flare star, largest known proper motion, one suspected planet

Luhman 16 (WISE 1049−5319)	Luhman 16A	6.5029±0.0011	L8±1	10.7 J	14.2 J	10h 49m 15.57s	−53° 19′ 06″	501.557±0.082	2013	one refuted planet (Ab in 2017)

Luhman 16B	T1±2

WISE 0855−0714	7.26±0.13	Y2	25.0 J	08h 55m 10.83s	−07° 14′ 42.5″	449±8	2014	sub-brown dwarf

Wolf 359 (CN Leonis)	7.856±0.031	M6.0V	13.44	16.55	10h 56m 29.2s	+07° 00′ 53″	415.16±1.62	1919	flare star

Lalande 21185 (BD+36°2147)	8.307±0.014	M2.0V	7.47	10.44	11h 03m 20.2s	+35° 58′ 12″	392.64±0.67	1801	one suspected planet (2017)

Sirius (α Canis Majoris)	Sirius A	8.659±0.010	A1V	−1.46	1.42	06h 45m 08.9s	−16° 42′ 58″	376.68±0.45	N/A	brightest star in the night sky

Sirius B	DA2	8.44	11.34	1844

Luyten 726-8	Luyten 726-8 A (BL Ceti)	8.791±0.012	M5.5Ve	12.54	15.40	01h 39m 01.3s	−17° 57′ 01″	371.0±0.5	1949	flare star (Archetypal member)

Luyten 726-8 B (UV Ceti)	M6.0Ve	12.99	15.85

Ross 154 (V1216 Sagittarii)	9.7035±0.0019	M3.5Ve	10.43	13.07	18h 49m 49.4s	−23° 50′ 10″	336.123±0.064	1925	flare star

Ross 248 (HH Andromedae)	10.2903±0.0041	M5.5Ve	12.29	14.79	23h 41m 54.7s	+44° 10′ 30″	316.96±0.13	1925	flare star

Epsilon Eridani (BD−09°697)	10.446±0.016	K2V	3.73	6.19	03h 32m 55.8s	−09° 27′ 30″	312.22±0.47	150	three circumstellar disks, two suspected planets (AEgir (debated) and c) (2000 & 2002)

Lacaille 9352 (CD−36°15693)	10.7211±0.0016	M0.5V	7.34	9.75	23h 05m 52.0s	−35° 51′ 11″	304.219±0.045	1753

Ross 128 (FI Virginis)	11.0074±0.0026	M4.0Vn	11.13	13.51	11h 47m 44.4s	+00° 48′ 16″	296.307±0.070	1925	flare star, one planet (b) (2017)

EZ Aquarii (Gliese 866, Luyten 789-6)	EZ Aquarii A	11.109±0.034	M5.0Ve	13.33	15.64	22h 38m 33.4s	−15° 17′ 57″	293.60±0.9	1937	A & B flare stars

EZ Aquarii B	M?	13.27	15.58	1937

EZ Aquarii C	M?	14.03	16.34	1995

61 Cygni	61 Cygni A (BD+38°4343)	11.4008±0.0012	K5.0V	5.21	7.49	21h 06m 53.9s	+38° 44′ 58″	286.08±0.03	N/A	B flare star, first star (besides Sun) to have measured distance possible circumstellar disk.

61 Cygni B (BD+38°4344)	K7.0V	6.03	8.31	21h 06m 55.3s	+38° 44′ 31″	1725

Procyon (α Canis Minoris)	Procyon A	11.402±0.032	F5V–IV	0.38	2.66	07h 39m 18.1s	+05° 13′ 30″	286.05±0.81	N/A

Procyon B	DQZ	10.70	12.98	1844

Struve 2398 (Gliese 725, BD+59°1915)	Struve 2398 A (HD 173739)	11.4880±0.0012	M3.0V	8.90	11.16	18h 42m 46.7s	+59° 37′ 49″	283.91±0.03	1835	flare stars

Struve 2398 B (HD 173740)	M3.5V	9.69	11.95	18h 42m 46.9s	+59° 37′ 37″	1835

Groombridge 34 (Gliese 15)	Groombridge 34 A (GX Andromedae)	11.6182±0.0008	M1.5V	8.08	10.32	0h 18m 22.9s	+44° 01′ 23″	280.73±0.02	1813	flare star, two suspected planets (Ac, 2017) and Ab, 2014)

Groombridge 34 B (GQ Andromedae)	M3.5V	11.06	13.30	1813	flare star

DX Cancri (G 51-15)	11.6780±0.0056	M6.5Ve	14.78	16.98	08h 29m 49.5s	+26° 46′ 37″	279.29±0.13	1972	flare star

Tau Ceti (BD−16°295)	11.753±0.022	G8Vp	3.49	5.68	01h 44m 04.1s	−15° 56′ 15″	277.52±0.52	N/A	one debris disk two planets (e and f) (2012), three suspected planets (d, g and h) (2012, 2017), two refuted planets (b and c in 2017)

Epsilon Indi (CPD−57°10015)	Epsilon Indi A	11.869±0.011	K5Ve	4.69	6.89	22h 03m 21.7s	−56° 47′ 10″	274.80±0.25	N/A	one planet (b) (2018)

Epsilon Indi Ba	T1.0V	12.3 J	22h 04m 10.5s	−56° 46′ 58″	2003

Epsilon Indi Bb	T6.0V	13.2 J	2003

GJ 1061 (LHS 1565)	11.9803±0.0029	M5.5V	13.09	15.26	03h 35m 59.7s	−44° 30′ 45″	272.245±0.066	1995

YZ Ceti (LHS 138)	12.1084±0.0035	M4.5V	12.02	14.17	01h 12m 30.6s	−16° 59′ 56″	269.363±0.078	1961	flare star, three planets (b, c, and d) (2017), one suspected planet (e)

Luyten's Star (BD+05°1668)	12.199±0.036	M3.5Vn	9.86	11.97	07h 27m 24.5s	+05° 13′ 33″	267.36±0.79	1935	two planets (b, c) (2017)

Teegarden's Star (SO025300.5+165258)	12.496±0.013	M6.5V	15.14	17.22	02h 53m 00.9sg	+16° 52′ 53″	261.01±0.27	2003	tentative radial velocity variation (2010)

SCR 1845-6357	SCR 1845-6357 A	12.571±0.054	M8.5V	17.39	19.41	18h 45m 05.3s	−63° 57′ 48″	259.45±1.11	2004

SCR 1845-6357 B	T6	13.3 J	18h 45m 02.6s	−63° 57′ 52″	2006

Kapteyn's Star (CD−45°1841)	12.8294±0.0013	M1.5VI	8.84	10.87	05h 11m 40.6s	−45° 01′ 06″	254.226±0.026	1898	two suspected planets (b and c) (2014)

Lacaille 8760 (AX Microscopii)	12.9515±0.0029	M0.0V	6.67	8.69	21h 17m 15.3s	−38° 52′ 03″	251.829±0.056	1753	flare star

Kruger 60 (BD+56°2783)	Kruger 60 A	13.0724±0.0052	M3.0V	9.79	11.76	22h 27m 59.5s	+57° 41′ 45″	249.5±0.1	1880	B flare star

Kruger 60 B (DO Cephei)	M4.0V	11.41	13.38	1890?

DEN 1048-3956	13.1932±0.0066	M8.5V	17.39	19.37	10h 48m 14.7s	−39° 56′ 06″	247.22±0.12	2001

Ross 614 (V577 Monocerotis, Gliese 234)	Ross 614A (LHS 1849)	13.424±0.049	M4.5V	11.15	13.09	06h 29m 23.4s	−02° 48′ 50″	242.97±0.88	1927	A flare star

Ross 614B (LHS 1850)	M5.5V	14.23	16.17	1936

UGPS J0722-0540	13.43±0.13	T9	16.52 J	07h 22m 27.3s	–05° 40′ 30″	242.8±2.4	2010

Wolf 1061 (Gliese 628, BD−12°4523)	14.0458±0.0038	M3.0V	10.07	11.93	16h 30m 18.1s	−12° 39′ 45″	232.210±0.063	1919	three planets (b, c, and d) (2015)

Wolf 424 (FL Virginis, LHS 333, Gliese 473)	Wolf 424 A	14.05±0.26	M5.5Ve	13.18	14.97	12h 33m 17.2s	+09° 01′ 15″	232.2±4.3	1919	flare stars

Wolf 424 B	M7Ve	13.17	14.96	1941

Van Maanen's star (Gliese 35, LHS 7)	14.0744±0.0023	DZ7	12.38	14.21	00h 49m 09.9s	+05° 23′ 19″	231.737±0.038	1896	closest known free-floating white dwarf, third known white dwarf possible debris disk (1917), possible planet (b) (2004) (debated)

Gliese 1 (CD−37°15492)	14.1725±0.0037	M1.5 V	8.55	10.35	00h 05m 24.4s	−37° 21′ 27″	230.133±0.060	1884

WISE 1639-6847	14.30±0.56	Y0.5	20.57 J	22.10 J	16h 39m 40.9s	−68° 47′ 46″	228.1±8.9	2012

L 1159-16 (TZ Arietis, Gliese 83.1)	14.5843±0.0070	M4.5V	12.27	14.03	02h 00m 13.2s	+13° 03′ 08″	223.63±0.11	unknown	flare star

Gliese 674 (LHS 449)	14.8387±0.0033	M3.0V	9.38	11.09	17h 28m 39.9s	−46° 53′ 43″	219.801±0.049	unknown	one planet (b) (2007)

Gliese 687 (LHS 450, BD+68°946)	14.8401±0.0022	M3.0V	9.17	10.89	17h 36m 25.9s	+68° 20′ 21″	219.781±0.032	unknown	possible flare star, one planet (b) (2014)

LHS 292 (LP 731-58)	14.885±0.011	M6.5V	15.60	17.32	10h 48m 12.6s	−11° 20′ 14″	219.12±0.16	unknown	flare star

WISE J0521+1025	16.3±4.2	T7.5	15.26 J	16.95 J	05h 21m 26.3s	+10° 25′ 28″	217.5±40	2012	distance highly uncertain

LP 145-141 (WD 1142-645, Gliese 440)	15.1182±0.0023	DQ6	11.50	13.18	11h 45m 42.9s	−64° 50′ 29″	215.737±0.032	1917

G 208-44 G 208-45 (GJ 1245)	G 208-44 A (V1581 Cyg)	15.2090±0.0050	M5.5V	13.46	15.17	19h 53m 54.2s	+44° 24′ 55″	214.45±0.07	1967	flare stars

G 208-45	M6.0V	14.01	15.72	19h 53m 55.2s	+44° 24′ 56″	1967

G 208-44 B	M5.5	16.75	18.46	19h 53m 54.2s	+44° 24′ 55″	1984

Gliese 876 (Ross 780)	15.2504±0.0054	M3.5V	10.17	11.81	22h 53m 16.7s	−14° 15′ 49″	213.867±0.076	unknown	four planets (d (2005), c (2001), b (1998), and e (2010)) two possible planets (f and g) (2014) (debated)

LHS 288 (Luyten 143-23)	15.7703±0.0056	M5.5V	13.90	15.51	10h 44m 21.2s	−61° 12′ 36″	206.817±0.074	unknown	one tentative planet (b) (2007)

GJ 1002	15.8164±0.0098	M5.5V	13.76	15.40	00h 06m 43.8s	−07° 32′ 22″	206.21±0.13	unknown

Groombridge 1618 (Gliese 380)	15.8797±0.0026	K7.0V	6.59	8.16	10h 11m 22.1s	+49° 27′ 15″	205.392±0.034	1838	flare star, one suspected debris disk, one suspected planet (b) (1989) (tentative)

DEN 0255-4700	15.885±0.020	L7.5V	22.92	24.44	02h 55m 03.7s	−47° 00′ 52″	205.33±0.25	1999

Gliese 412	Gliese 412 A	15.983±0.013	M1.0V	8.77	10.34	11h 05m 28.6s	+43° 31′ 36″	204.06±0.17	1850s?

Gliese 412 B (WX Ursae Majoris)	M5.5V	14.48	16.05	11h 05m 30.4s	+43° 31′ 18″	1850s?	flare star

Gliese 832	16.1939±0.0034	M1.5 V	8.66	10.20	21h 33m 34.0s	−49° 00′ 32″	201.407±0.043	1910s?	possible flare star, two planets (b (2008) and c (2014))

AD Leonis	16.1970±0.0055	M3.0V	9.32	10.87	10h 19m 36.4s	+19° 52′ 10″	201.368±0.068	1850s?	flare star

GJ 1005	GJ 1005 A	16.26±0.76	M4V	11.48	00h 15m 28.11s	−16° 08′ 01.6″	200.5±9.4	unknown

GJ 1005 B	M7V	?	?	unknown

System	Star	Distance (Light-years (±err))	Stellar class	Apparent magnitude (mV or mJ)	Absolute magnitude (MV or MJ)	Right ascension	Declination	Parallax (mas (±err))	Discovery date	Notes and Additional references

Designation	Epoch J2000.0

Sentence(s)

The Procyon system is one of nearest stellar neighbours.

final_sentence: The Procyon system is one of nearest stellar neighbours.