From: colorado@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (Martin Snow)
Subject: Re: Stars
Summary:  List of stars within 5 parsecs of Earth
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: NASA/GSFC-Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:20:00 GMT

Here is a list of all the stars within 5 parsecs of the sun.  The columns
are Parallax (which gives you the distance), Right Ascension & Declination
(which tell you what direction in the sky), and the Spectral Type & Luminosity
Class (which describe the star itself).

Quick Astronomy Lesson:
Distance(in parsecs) = 1/p (where p is the parallax)
1 parsec=3.26 Light Years
Right Ascension is the "longitude" on the sky, measured in hours (24h=360 deg)
Declination is the "latitude" on the sky, positive is North, negative is South
Spectral Type measures temperature, OBAFGKM (O=hottest, M=coolest)
Luminosity Class measures star's diameter.  Largest=1, smallest=7 (this one
is normally written as a roman numeral, to distinguish it from gradations
in Spectral Type)  
The Sun is a G2 V star


 Stars within 25 parsecs of the SUN       
 -------------------------------------
                           spec  lum  
  prllax   ra       dec    type  class
  arcsec (indx)   (indx)         code 
 -------------------------------------
  0.225    0.041  -37.603   M4      5
  0.282    0.259   43.740   M1      5
  0.282    0.259   43.745   M6E     5
  0.239    0.775    5.153   F3      7
  0.367    1.607  -18.212   M6E     5
  0.367    1.607  -18.213   M4E     5
  0.277    1.696  -16.200   G8P     5
  0.213    1.958   12.835   M5E     5
  0.302    3.509   -9.627   K2      5
  0.205    4.216   -7.730   K1      5
  0.205    4.218   -7.735   A       7
  0.205    4.218   -7.735   M4E     5
  0.256    5.161  -44.998   M0      5
  0.252    6.448   -2.770   M4E     5
  0.252    6.448   -2.770           0
  0.377    6.716  -16.647   A1      5
  0.377    6.716  -16.647   A5      7
  0.270    7.412    5.378   M4      5
  0.287    7.611    5.355   F5      4
  0.287    7.611    5.355   F       7
  0.222   10.139   49.708   K7      5
  0.206   10.282   20.122   M4E     5
  0.429   10.901    7.317   M6E     5
  0.396   11.010   36.305   M2      5
  0.206   11.716  -64.558   A       7
  0.301   11.752    1.100   M5      5
  0.231   12.514    9.295   M4E     5
  0.231   12.514    9.295   M7      0
  0.205   13.720   15.162   M4      5
  0.761   14.439  -62.468   M5E     5
  0.743   14.603  -60.630   G2      5
  0.743   14.603  -60.630   K0      5
  0.249   16.459  -12.538   M4      5
  0.216   17.415  -46.843   M4      0
  0.213   17.558  -44.277   M5      0
  0.214   17.612   68.385   M4      5
  0.548   17.923    4.555   M5      5
  0.284   18.704   59.555   M4      5
  0.284   18.704   59.550   M5      5
  0.345   18.779  -23.892   M4E     5
  0.296   21.078   38.500   K5      5
  0.296   21.078   38.500   K7      5
  0.260   21.239  -39.062   M0      5
  0.214   21.504  -49.220   M1      5
  0.291   21.993  -56.993   K4      5
  0.253   22.437   57.447   M4      5
  0.253   22.437   57.447   M4E     5
  0.305   22.596  -15.592   M6E     5
  0.209   22.843  -14.520   M5      5
  0.279   23.044  -36.142   M2      5
  0.318   23.657   43.920   M6E     5



Martin Snow

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