The Closest Stars
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| SOL The Sun
| - | 0 | -27 | G2 V | Yellow Main Sequence | Hey, it's Ours ! |
| • | Proxima
aka - Proxima Centauri Alpha Centauri C
| 14h 39' 36.2 -60° 50' 7 | 4.3 | 11 | M5 | Red Dwarf | Orbits the Alpha Centauri Binary at .1 ly distance |
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Alpha
Centauri aka - Rigel Kentaurus
Toliman, Bungula | 4.4 | - .3 A = 0
B = 1.35 | G2 V K1 V | Binary of Yellow and Orange Main Sequence | Closest System 3rd Brightest 80.1 year orbit |
| 5 Light Years | |
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Barney
Barnard's Star
GJ 699 - in Ophiuchus
| ~ 17h 50' ~ +4° | 5.96 | 9.54 | M4V | Red Main Sequence | 2nd Closest Star Largest Proper Motion 2 planets suspected - likely Gas Giants - |
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| Wolf 359
| - | 7.7 | 13.5 | M6 V | Red Main Sequence | 3rd Closest Star |
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La-La Land
Lalande 21185
GJ 411 - in Ursae Majoris
| 11h 3' 20.2 +35° 58' 13 | 8.3 | 7.49 | M2V | Red Main Sequence | |
 • | Sirius
aka: Isis
say: "SEAR-ee-us" The Dog Star
Alpha Canis Majoris
| 6h 45' 9 -16° 42' 58 | 8.6 | -1.5 | A1 V | Blue-White Sub-Giant 1 Companion White Dwarf | Brightest Star 5th Closest shone bright Red only 2000 yrs. ago |
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| Luyten
L 726-8 A
L 726-8 B UV Ceti - "Luyten's Flare"
| 1h 39' 1 -17' 57 0 | 8.7 | 9.86 | M5.6 Ve M6.0 V | Red Dwarf Binary one highly variable | between 2.1 and 8.8 AUs apart in a 26.5 yr. orbit |
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| Ross 154
in Sagittarius
| 18h 49' 49.4 -23° 50' 10 | 9.7 | 10.37 | M3.5 V | Red Dwarf |
| 10 Light Years | |
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| Ross 248
| 23h 41' 54.7 +44° 10 30 | 10.4 | 12.3 | M5.5 V | Red Dwarf | |
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Eridani | 3h 32' 55.8 -9° 27' 30 | 10.5 | 3.72 | K2 V | Orange Main Sequence | 9th Closest |
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Lacaille 9352
Gliese 887
| 23:05:47 -35:51:22 | 10.73 | 7.35 | M2/M3V | Red Dwarf | |
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Ross 128
Gliese 447
HIP57548
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11:47:44 +00:48:27 11:45:08 +01:06:00 | 10.85 | 11.12 | M4.5V | Red Dwarf | |
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EZ Aquarii
Gl 866 ABC
| 22:35:44 -15:35:06 | 11.26 | 12.66 | M5 e | Red Dwarf | |
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| Procyon
say: "pro-SIGH-on" Alpha Canis Minoris
| 7h 39' 18.1 +5° 13' 30 | 11.3 | .4 | F5 IV | Yellow-White Sub-Giant 1 Companion White Dwarf | 8th Brightest star in the sky 14th Nearest known |
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| 61 A Cygni
Oompa & Loompa 61 B Cygni
| 21h 6' 53.7 +38° 44' 57 | 11.4 | 5.20 | K5 V | Wide pair of Orange Dwarfs | One of Closest Star Systems |
| 21h 6' 55.2 +38° 44' 30 | 6.05 | K7 V | |||||
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Gliese 725 AB
BD +59 1915 A
BD +59 1915 B | 18h 43' +59° 37' | 11.46 | 9.7 | M3V M4V | Red Dwarf Binary | |
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| Teegarden
SO 025300.5+165258
in the constellation Aries Teegarden's Star
| 2h 53' 0.84 +16° 52' 53.2 | 11.7 | 16 | M6.5 V | Red Dwarf | |
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| Epsilon Indi
| 22h 3' 21.3 -56° 47' 10 | 11.8 | 4.69 | K5 V | Orange Main Sequence | One of the Nearest stars to our Sun |
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| Tau Ceti
| 1h 44' 4 -15° 56' 15 | 11.9 | 3.49 | G8 V | Yellow Dwarf | 18th Nearest - and most similar to ours of all nearby stars |
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Kapteyn's Star
The Captain - in Pictor
| - | 12.7 | 9 | M | Red Dwarf | 2nd Largest Proper Motion 414 years per 1° |
| 15 Light Years | |
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| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| Omicron 2
Eridani | 4h 15' 16.3 -7° 39' 10 | 16.4 | 4.43 | K1V | Orange Main Sequence | One of the Closest Stars |
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70 A
70 Ophiuchi
70 B
| 18h 5' 27.2 +2° 29' 58 | 16.6 | 4.33 6.17 | K0V K4V | Orange Main Sequence | |
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| Altair
pronounced: "ALL-tare" Alpha Aquillae
| 19h 50' 47 +08° 52' 6 | 16.8 | .8 | A7 IV-V | Blue White Sub-Giant | part of the - Summer Triangle - Among the Closest stars |
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| Sigma
Draconis | 19h 32' 21.5 +69° 39' 40 | 18.8 | 3.55 | K0 V | Orange Main Sequence | |
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| Ga Librae Gb Librae | 14h 57' 28 -21° 24' 56 | 19.3 | 5.74 | K4V | Orange Main Sequence | |
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| Eta 1 Cassiopeiae
Segin Eta 2 Cassiopeiae
| 0h 49' 6 +57° 48' 56 | 19.4 | 3.58 3.4 7.36
| G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | One of the Nearest Stars with one faint Red Dwarf Companion |
| 0h 49' 6 +57° 48' 57 | M0 V | Red Main Sequence | |||||
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36 A
36 Ophiuchi
36 B
| 17h 15' 20.9 -26° 36' 10 | 19.5 | 5.22 | K2V | Orange Main Sequence Binary | |
| 17h 15' 20.7 -26° 36' 5 | 5.21 | K0V | |||||
| Delta Pavonis | 20h 8' 43.2 -66° 10' 56 | 19.9 | 3.55 | G5V-IV | Yellow Sub Giant |
| 20 Light Years | |
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| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
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| e Eridani
| 3h 19' 55.7 -43° 4' 11 | 20 | 4.26 | G8 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| Xi 1 Bootis Xi 2 Bootis | 14h 52' 23 +19° 6' 3 | 21.8 | 4.5 7 | G8 V K4 V | Yellow and Orange Main Sequence | Orbital Binary |
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| Beta Hydra
| 0h 25' 45.3 -77° 15' 16 | 24.4 | 2.82 | G2 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
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| Mu Cassiopeiae | 1h 8' 16.3 +54° 55' 14 | 24.6 | 5.17 | G5 V | Yellow Main Sequence |
| 25 Light Years | |
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| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
| Fomalhaut
"fish's mouth" Alpha Pisces Austrini
| 22h 57' 39.0 -29° 37' 20 | 25 | 1.17 | A3V | Blue White Main Sequence | - among brightest -
only 1st mag star in this part of the sky |
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| Vega
VAY - ga "eagle" or "vulture" Alpha Lyrae
| 18h 36' 56.2 +38° 47' 1 | 25.3 | .03 | A0 V | Blue White Main Sequence | - Summer Triangle - |
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| Xi 1 Ursae Majoris
Alula Australis "southern second leap"
Xi 2 Ursae Majoris
| 11h 18' 10.9 +31° 31' 45 | 25.8 | 4.41 4.87 | G0V G0V | Yellow Main Sequence Binary | |
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Draconis | 18h 21' 3.2 +72° 43' 58 | 26 | 4.67 | F7 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Chara
means: "beloved" Beta Canum
Venaticorum | 12h 33' 45 +41° 21' 27 | 27 | 4.3 | G0 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| p Eridani
| 1h 39' 47.2 -56° 11' 44 | 27 | 5.76 | K0 V | Orange Main Sequence | |
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| Mu Herculis
| 17h 46' 27.5 +27° 43' 15 | 27.4 | 3.42 | G5 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | |
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| Chi 1 Orionis | 5h 54' 22.9 +20° 16' 34 | 28 | 4.39 | G0V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| 61 Virginis | 13h 18' 24.2 -18° 18' 41 | 27.8 | 4.74 | G6V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| Zeta Tucanae | 0h 20' 4.2 -64° 52' 30 | 28 | 4.23 | F9V | White Main Sequence | |
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| Kappa 1 Ceti | 3h 19' 21.6 +3° 22' 13 | 30 | 4.84 | G5 V | Yellow Main Sequence |