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List of nearest stars

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This list covers all known stars, white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, and sub-brown dwarfs/rogue planets within 20 ly of the Sun. So far, 131 such objects have been found. Only 22 are bright enough to be visible without a telescope, for which the star's visible light needs to reach or exceed the dimmest brightness visible to the naked eye from Earth, which is typically around 6.5 apparent magnitude.{{cite journal

The known 131 objects are bound in 94 stellar systems. Of those, 103 are main sequence stars: 80 red dwarfs and 23 "typical" stars having greater mass. Additionally, astronomers have found 6 white dwarfs (stars that have exhausted all fusible hydrogen), 21 brown dwarfs, as well as 1 sub-brown dwarf, WISE 0855−0714 (possibly a rogue planet). The closest system is Alpha Centauri, with Proxima Centauri as the closest star in that system, at 4.2465 light-years from Earth. The brightest, most massive and most luminous object among those 131 is Sirius A, which is also the brightest star in Earth's night sky; its white dwarf companion Sirius B is the hottest object among them. The largest object within the 20 light-years is Procyon.

The Solar System, and the other stars/dwarfs listed here, are currently moving within (or near) the Local Interstellar Cloud, roughly 30 ly across. The Local Interstellar Cloud is, in turn, contained inside the Local Bubble, a cavity in the interstellar medium about 300 ly across. It contains Ursa Major and the Hyades star cluster, among others. The Local Bubble also contains the neighboring G-Cloud, which contains the stars Alpha Centauri and Altair. In the galactic context, the Local Bubble is a small part of the Orion Arm, which contains most stars that we can see without a telescope. The Orion Arm is one of the spiral arms of our Milky Way galaxy.

Astrometrics

The easiest way to determine stellar distance to the Sun for objects at these distances is parallax, which measures how much stars appear to move against background objects over the course of Earth's orbit around the Sun. As a parsec (parallax-second) is defined by the distance of an object that would appear to move exactly one second of arc against background objects, stars less than 5 parsecs away will have measured parallaxes of over 0.2 arcseconds, or 200 milliarcseconds. Determining past and future positions relies on accurate astrometric measurements of their parallax and total proper motions (how far they move across the sky due to their actual velocity relative to the Sun), along with spectroscopically determined radial velocities (their speed directly towards or away from us, which combined with proper motion defines their true movement through the sky relative to the Sun). Both of these measurements are subject to increasing and significant errors over very long time spans, especially over the several thousand-year time spans it takes for stars to noticeably move relative to each other.{{cite journal

Based on results from the Gaia telescope's second data release from April 2018, an estimated 694 stars will approach the Solar System to less than 5 parsecs in the next 15 million years. Of these, 26 have a good probability to come within 1.0 pc and another 7 within 0.5 pc.{{Cite journal|last1=Bailer-Jones|first1=C. A. L. |access-date=2 June 2018}} It is currently predicted to pass ( au) from the Sun in million years from the present, close enough to significantly disturb the Solar System's Oort cloud.{{cite journal

ly}}. The number in square brackets is height above or below the galactic plane. The distance between stars is colour coded:

List

/distance/system/star: no sort stellar class: 3-digit 0-padded spectral type in intervals of 10: A0 = 000, A5 = 005, F5 = 015, etc. A0 = 000, F0 = 010, G0 = 020, K0 = 030, M0 = 040, L0 = 050, T0 = 060, Y0 = 070, D0 = 080 apparent magnitude/absolute magnitude: 2-digit 0-padded value.

	Nearest in constellation

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 necessarily represent the star's observed color). Many brown dwarfs are not listed by visual magnitude but are listed by near-infrared J band apparent magnitude due to how dim (and often invisible) they are in visible color bands (U, B or V). Absolute magnitude (with electromagnetic wave, 'light' band denoted in subscript) is a measurement at a 10-parsec distance across imaginary empty space devoid of all its sparse dust and gas. Some of the parallaxes and resultant distances are rough measurements.{{cite journal |access-date=2007-11-06}}

Designation	[](distance)(ly)	Cons.	RA/Dec(Ep. & Eq. J2000)	Stellarclass	Mass(M☉)	Magnitude (mV or mJ)	Parallax(mas)	Notes and additional references	System	Name	App.	Abs.	System	Name	Distance(ly	Cons.	RA/Dec(Ep. & Eq. J2000)	Stellarclass	Mass(M☉)	App.	Abs.	Parallax(mas)	Notes and additionalreferences	Designation	Magnitude (mV or mJ)
Solar System	Sun (Sol)	0.0000158			G}};"	G2V	1	−26.74	4.85		8 confirmed major planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune), at least 9 likely dwarf planets (Ceres, Pluto, Orcus, Gonggong, Haumea, Makemake, Quaoar, Eris, and Sedna), 2 asteroid belts and one possible candidate planet (Planet 9)
Alpha Centauri	Proxima Centauri (C, V645 Centauri)	4.2465	Cen		M}};"	M5.5Ve	0.122	11.09	15.53	768.0665	flare star, two confirmed planets (b, 2016 and d, 2025) and a candidate planet (c, 2019)
Rigil Kentaurus (A)	4.3441		G}};"	G2V	1.079	0.01	4.38	750.81	one directly imaged habitable-zone planet candidate (Alpha Centauri Ab) (2021)
Toliman (B)		K}};"	K1V	0.909	1.34	5.71	planet b refuted in 2015
Barnard's Star (BD+04°3561a)	5.9629	Oph		M}};"	M4.0Ve	0.144	9.53	13.22	546.9759	flare star, largest-known proper motion,{{cite journal	last=Barnard	date=1916	title=A small star with large proper motion	volume=29	issue=695	bibcode = 1916AJ.....29..181B	b]], c, and e)
Luhman 16(WISE 1049−5319)	A§	6.5029	Vel		L}};"	L8±1	0.032	10.7 J	14.2 J	501.557	nearest brown dwarfs
B§	T}};"	T1±2	0.027
WISE 0855−0714	7.430	Hya		Y}};"	Y4	0.003-0.010	25.0 J	28.2 J	439.0	sub-brown dwarf
Wolf 359 (CN Leonis)	7.8558	Leo		M}};"	M6.0V	0.090	13.44	16.55	415.1794	last1=Tuomi	first1=M.	last2=el	first2=al.	date=2019-06-11	title=Frequency of planets orbiting M dwarfs in the Solar neighbourhood	class=astro-ph.EP	language=en	eprint=1906.04644}}
Lalande 21185 (BD+36°2147, Gliese 411, HD 95735)	8.3044	UMa		M}};"	M2.0V	0.390	7.47	10.44	392.7529	arxiv=2107.09087	year=2021	title=Confirmation of the Long-Period Planet Orbiting Gliese 411 and the Detection of a New Planet Candidate	last1=Hurt	first1=Spencer A.	last2=Fulton	first2=Benjamin	last3=Isaacson	first3=Howard	last4=Rosenthal	first4=Lee J.	last5=Howard	first5=Andrew W.	last6=Weiss	first6=Lauren M.	last7=Petigura	first7=Erik A.	doi=10.3847/1538-3881/ac5c47	journal=The Astronomical Journal	volume=163	issue=5	page=218	bibcode=2022AJ....163..218H	s2cid=236134034	doi-access=free }}
Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris)	A	8.7094	CMa		A}}"	A1V	2.063	−1.46	1.42	374.4896	brightest star in the night sky
B	DA2	1.018	8.44	11.34
Gliese 65 (Luyten 726–8)	A (BL Ceti)	8.724	Cet		M}};"	M5.5Ve	0.102	12.54	15.40	373.8443	flare star (Archetypal member), has 1 candidate planet
B (UV Ceti)	M}};"	M6.0Ve	0.100	12.99	15.85
Ross 154 (V1216 Sagittarii)	9.7063	Sgr		M}};"	M3.5Ve	0.17	10.43	13.07	336.0266	flare star
Ross 248 (HH Andromedae)	10.3057	And		M}};"	M5.5Ve	0.136	12.29	14.79	316.4812	flare star
Epsilon Eridani (Ran)	10.4749	Eri		K}};"	K2V	0.820	3.73	6.19	311.37{{citation	first1=G. Fritz	first2=Barbara E.	first3=George	first4=Edmund	first5=William D.	first6=Artie	first7=Michael	first8=Robert	first9=Sallie L.	first10=Gordon A. H.	last11=Yang	first11=Stephenson	last12=Kürster	first12=Martin	last13=Els	first13=Sebastian	last14=Paulson	first14=Diane B.	date=November 2006	title=The extrasolar planet e Eridani b – orbit and mass	journal=The Astronomical Journal	volume=132	issue=5	pages=2206–2218	bibcode=2006AJ....132.2206B	doi=10.1086/508323	arxiv=astro-ph/0610247	s2cid=18603036	postscript=. }}	three circumstellar disks,one confirmed planet (AEgir, 2000) and one candidate (c, 2002)
Lacaille 9352 (Gliese 887)	10.7241	PsA		M}};"	M0.5V	0.486	7.34	9.75	304.1354	last1=Loyd	first1=R. O. Parke	last2=Shkolnik	first2=Evgenya L.	last3=France	first3=Kevin	last4=Wood	first4=Brian E.	last5=Youngblood	first5=Allison	display-authors=1	title=When "Boring" Stars Flare: The Ultraviolet Activity of GJ 887, a Bright M Star Hosting Newly Discovered Planets	journal=Research Notes of the AAS	volume=4	issue=7	date=July 2020	doi=10.3847/2515-5172/aba94a	doi-access=free	page=119	bibcode=2020RNAAS...4..119L }} four planets, b, c, d, and e with equivocal evidence for a fifth in the inner system as well as a possible outer giant.
Ross 128 (FI Virginis)	11.0074	Vir		M}};"	M4.0Vn	0.168	11.13	13.51	296.3053	flare star, one planet (b) (2017)
EZ Aquarii(Gliese 866, Luyten 789-6)	A	11.109	Aqr		M}};"	M5.0Ve	0.11	13.33	15.64	293.60	A & B flare stars
B	M}};"	M?	0.11	13.27	15.58
C	M}};"	M?	0.10	14.03	16.34
61 Cygni	A (BD+38°4343)	11.4039	Cyg		K}};"	K5.0V	0.70	5.21	7.49	286.0054	first star (besides Sun) to have its distance measured.B flare star, with possible planet or brown dwarf.Possible circumstellar disk.
B (BD+38°4344)		K}};"	K7.0V	0.63	6.03	8.31
Procyon (Alpha Canis Minoris)	A	11.463	CMi		F}}"	F5IV–V	1.499	0.38	2.66	284.56
B	DQZ	0.602	10.70	12.98
Struve 2398(Gliese 725, BD+59°1915)	A (HD 173739)	11.4908	Dra		M}};"	M3.0V	0.334	8.90	11.16	283.8401	flare stars, star B has 2 candidate planets
B (HD 173740)		M}};"	M3.5V	0.248	9.69	11.95
Groombridge 34(Gliese 15)	A (GX Andromedae)	11.6191	And		M}};"	M1.5V	0.38	8.08	10.32	280.7068	flare star, two known planets (Ab, 2014, and Ac, 2018)
B (GQ Andromedae)	M}};"	M3.5V	0.15	11.06	13.30	flare star
DX Cancri (G 51-15)	11.6797	Cnc		M}};"	M6.5Ve	0.09	14.78	16.98	279.2496	flare star
Epsilon Indi(CPD−57°10015)	A	11.8670	Ind		K}};"	K5Ve	0.754	4.69	6.89	274.8431	title=Detection of the nearest Jupiter analog in radial velocity and astrometry data	first1=Fabo	last1=Feng	first2=Guillem	last2=Anglada-Escudé	first3=Mikko	last3=Tuomi	first4=Hugh R. A.	last4=Jones	first5=Julio	last5=Chanamé	first6=Paul R.	last6=Butler	first7=Markus	last7=Janson	journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	arxiv=1910.06804	date=14 October 2019	volume=490	issue=4	pages=5002–5016	doi=10.1093/mnras/stz2912	doi-access=free	bibcode=2019MNRAS.490.5002F	s2cid=204575783 }}
Ba§		T}};"	T1.0V	0.065	12.3 J{{cite web	title=DwarfArchives.org: Photometry, spectroscopy, and astrometry of M, L, and T dwarfs	publisher=caltech.edu	Davy Kirkpatrick]], Adam Burgasser	url=http://ldwarf.ipac.caltech.edu/archive/version5/viewlist.php?table=ltdwarf&format=text	access-date=2012-06-10	archive-date=13 November 2013	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113142759/http://ldwarf.ipac.caltech.edu/archive/version5/viewlist.php?table=ltdwarf&format=text	url-status=dead	14.5 J
Bb§	T}};"	T6.0V	0.050	13.2 J	15.4 J
Tau Ceti (BD−16°295)	11.9118	Cet		G}};"	G8.5Vp	0.783	3.49	5.68	273.8097	debris disk, and evidence for four planets (e, f, g, and h) (2012, 2017), and further four suspected planets (b, c, d, and "i") (2012, 2019)
GJ 1061 (LHS 1565)	11.9839	Hor		M}};"	M5.5V	0.113	13.09	15.26	272.1615	has 3 known planets (2019){{Cite journal	journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	first1=S.	first2=S. V.	first3=E.	first4=M.	first5 = J.R.	first6=C.A.	first7=G. A. L.	first8=S.	first9=D.	first10=J.B.P.	first11=F-J.	first12=M. J.	first13=N.	first14=C.	first15=Z. M.	first16=I.
YZ Ceti (LHS 138)	12.1222	Cet		M}};"	M4.5V	0.130	12.02	14.17	269.0573	flare star, three planets (b, c, and d) (2017)
Luyten's Star (BD+05°1668)	12.3485	CMi		M}};"	M3.5Vn	0.26	9.86	11.97	264.1269	two planets (b, c) (2017){{cite journal	doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201630153	first1=Nicola	last2=Forveille	first2=Thierry	first3=Xavier	last4=Ségransan	first4=Damien	first5=François	last6=Delfosse	first6=Xavier	first7=Christophe	last8=Mayor	first8=Michel	first9=Felipe	last10=Pepe	first10=Francesco	first11=Nuno C.	last12=Udry	first12=Stéphane	first13=Anaël	display-authors=6	year=2017	title=The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XLI. A dozen planets around the M dwarfs GJ 3138, GJ 3323, GJ 273, GJ 628, and GJ 3293	journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics	at=A88	bibcode=2017A&A...602A..88A	s2cid=119418595	url=https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2017/06/aa30153-16/aa30153-16.html
Teegarden's Star (SO025300.5+165258)	12.4970	Ari		M}};"	M6.5V	0.08	15.14	17.22	260.9884	has 3 known planets (2019, 2024)
Kapteyn's Star (CD−45°1841)	12.8308	Pic		M}};"	M1.5VI	0.281	8.84	10.87	254.1986	title=Two planets around Kapteyn's star : a cold and a temperate super-Earth orbiting the nearest halo red-dwarf	date=2014	arxiv=1406.0818	doi=10.1093/mnrasl/slu076	volume=443	journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters	pages=L89–L93	bibcode = 2014MNRAS.443L..89A	hdl=2299/19219	last1=Anglada-Escude	first1=G.	doi-access=free	s2cid=67807856	display-authors=etal}}
Lacaille 8760 (AX Microscopii)	12.9472	Mic		M}};"	M0.0V	0.60	6.67	8.69	251.9124	brightest M dwarf star in night sky, flare star
SCR 1845−6357	A	13.0638	Pav		M}};"	M8.5V	0.07	17.39	19.41	249.6651
B§		T}};"	T6	0.03	13.3 J	15.3 J
Kruger 60(BD+56°2783)	A	13.0724	Cep		M}};"	M3.0V	0.271	9.79	11.76	249.5	B flare star
B (DO Cephei)	M}};"	M4.0V	0.176	11.41	13.38
DENIS J1048−3956	13.1932	Ant		M}};"	M8.5V	0.08	17.39	19.37	247.2156
Ross 614(V577 Monocerotis, Gliese 234)	A (LHS 1849)	13.363	Mon		M}};"	M4.5V	0.223	11.15	13.09	244.07{{cite journal	title=An Astrometric Study of the Low-Mass Binary Star Ross 614	author=George Gatewood	author-link=George Gatewood	display-authors=etal	url=http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/125/3/1530/202454.web.pdf?request-id=b6f1cb86-b810-4d37-8eb5-4adea768585d	date=2003	journal=The Astronomical Journal	volume=125	issue=3	pages=1530–1536	doi=10.1086/346143	bibcode=2003AJ....125.1530G	s2cid=119597659	access-date=15 March 2022	archive-date=19 December 2021	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219130826/https://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/125/3/1530/202454.web.pdf?request-id=b6f1cb86-b810-4d37-8eb5-4adea768585d
B (LHS 1850)	M}};"	M5.5V	0.111	14.23	16.17
UGPS J0722-0540&	13.43	Mon		T}};"	T9	0.010-0.025	16.52 J	18.45 J	242.8	title=Discovery of a very cool brown dwarf amongst the ten nearest stars to the Solar System	date=2010	eprint=1004.0317v1	class=astro-ph.SR	last1=Bailer-Jones	first1=C. A. L.	last2=Rybizki	first2=J.	last3=Andrae	first3=R.	last4=Fouesneau	first4=M.}}
Wolf 1061 (Gliese 628, BD−12°4523)	14.0500	Oph		M}};"	M3.0V	0.294	10.07	11.93	232.1390	three planets (b, c, and d) (2015){{cite web	url =http://phys.org/news/2015-12-nearby-star-hosts-closest-alien.html	title =Nearby star hosts closest alien planet in the 'habitable zone'	date =December 16, 2015	website =Phys.org	access-date =2015-12-16	quote =The planet, more than four times the mass of the Earth, is one of three that the team detected around a red dwarf star called Wolf 1061.}}
Van Maanen's Star (Gliese 35, LHS 7)	14.0718	Psc		DZ7	0.67	12.38	14.21	231.7800	closest-known free-floating white dwarf,third-known white dwarfpossible debris disk (1917)
Gliese 1 (CD−37°15492)	14.1747	Scl		M}};"	M1.5 V	0.45-0.48	8.55	10.35	230.0970
TZ Arietis (Gliese 83.1, L 1159–16)	14.5780	Ari		M}};"	M4.5V	0.14	12.27	14.03	223.7321	postscript=.	arxiv=2203.16504	last1=Quirrenbach	first1=A.	last2=Passegger	first2=V. M.	last3=Trifonov	first3=T.	last4=Amado	first4=P. J.	last5=Caballero	first5=J. A.	last6=Reiners	first6=A.	last7=Ribas	first7=I.	last8=Aceituno	first8=J.	last9=Bejar	first9=V. J. S.	last10=Chaturvedi	first10=P.	last11=Gonzalez-Cuesta	first11=L.	last12=Henning	first12=T.	last13=Herrero	first13=E.	last14=Kaminski	first14=A.	last15=Kuerster	first15=M.	last16=Lalitha	first16=S.	last17=Lodieu	first17=N.	last18=Lopez-Gonzalez	first18=M. J.	last19=Montes	first19=D.	last20=Palle	first20=E.	last21=Perger	first21=M.	last22=Pollacco	first22=D.	last23=Reffert	first23=S.	last24=Rodriguez	first24=E.	last25=Rodriguez Lopez	first25=C.	last26=Shan	first26=Y.	last27=Tal-Or	first27=L.	last28=Zapatero Osorio	first28=M. R.	last29=Zechmeister	first29=M.	display-authors=1	title=The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs	journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics	year=2022	volume=663	pages=A48	doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202142915	s2cid=247835988	bibcode=2022A&A...663A..48Q}}
Wolf 424(FL Virginis, LHS 333, Gliese 473)	A	14.595	Vir		M}};"	M5.5Ve	0.143	13.18	14.97	223.4775	flare stars
B	M}};"	M7Ve	0.131	13.17	14.96
Gliese 687 (LHS 450, BD+68°946)	14.8395	Dra		M}};"	M3.0V	0.401	9.17	10.89	219.7898	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327221259/http://www.oklo.org/GL687.pdf	date=March 27, 2014 }} and (c) (2020)
Gliese 674 (LHS 449)	14.8492	Ara		M}};"	M3.0V	0.35	9.38	11.09	219.6463	one planet (b) (2007)
LHS 292 (LP 731-58)	14.8706	Sex		M}};"	M6.5V	0.08	15.60	17.32	219.3302	flare star
Gliese 440 (WD 1142-645, LP 145-141)	15.1226	Mus		DQ6	0.75	11.50	13.18	215.6753
GJ 1245	A (G 208-44 A)	15.2001	Cyg		M}};"	M5.5V	0.11	13.46	15.17	214.5745	flare stars
B (G 208-45)		M}};"	M6.0V	0.10	14.01	15.72
C (G 208-44 B)		M}};"	M5.5	0.07	16.75	18.46
WISE 1741+2553§	15.22	Her		T}};"	T9		16.53 J	18.18 J	214.3{{Cite journal	doi = 10.3847/1538-4365/aaf6af	title = Preliminary Trigonometric Parallaxes of 184 Late-T and Y Dwarfs and an Analysis of the Field Substellar Mass Function into the "Planetary" Mass Regime	journal = The Astrophysical Journal Supplement	volume = 240	issue = 19	year = 2019	first1 = J. Davy	first2 = Emily C.	first3 = Richard L.	first4 = Alfred J.	first5 = Charles A.	first6 = Federico	first7 = Christopher R.	first8 = Jacqueline K.	first9 = Michael C.	first10 = Adam C.	first11 = Gregory N.
Gliese 876 (Ross 780)	15.2382	Aqr		M}};"	M3.5V	0.37	10.17	11.81	214.0380	four planets (d (2005), c (2001), b (1998), and e (2010))
WISE 1639−6847§	15.336	TrA		Y}};"	Y0.5		20.57 J	22.10 J	212.67
LHS 288 (Luyten 143-23)	15.7586	Car		M}};"	M5.5V	0.11	13.90	15.51	206.9698
GJ 1002	15.8060	Cet		M}};"	M5.5V	0.11	13.76	15.40	206.3500	last1=Suárez Mascareño	first1=A.	last2=González-Alvarez	first2=E.	display-authors=etal	date=November 2022	title=Two temperate Earth-mass planets orbiting the nearby star GJ 1002	journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics	volume= 670	issue=	pages= A5	doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202244991	arxiv=2212.07332	bibcode=2023A&A...670A...5S	s2cid=254353639 }}
DENIS 0255−4700§	15.877	Eri		L}};"	L7.5V	0.025-0.065	22.92	24.44	205.4251
Groombridge 1618 (Gliese 380)	15.8857	UMa		K}};"	K7.0V	0.67	6.59	8.16	205.3148	flare star, one suspected debris disk
Gliese 412	A	15.9969	UMa		M}};"	M1.0V	0.48	8.77	10.34	203.8876
B (WX Ursae Majoris)		M}};"	M5.5V	0.10	14.48	16.05	flare star
AD Leonis	16.1939	Leo		M}};"	M3.0V	0.39-0.42	9.32	10.87	201.4064	last1=Carleo	first1=I.	last2=29 more	display-authors=1	year=2020	title=The GAPS Programme at TNG XXI – A GIARPS case-study of known young planetary candidates: Confirmation of HD 285507 b and refutation of AD Leo b	journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics	volume=A5	page=638	doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201937369	arxiv=2002.10562	bibcode=2020A&A...638A...5C	s2cid=211296466}}
Gliese 832	16.2005	Gru		M}};"	M1.5 V	0.45	8.66	10.20	201.3252	possible flare star, two planets; one confirmed (b (2008)), and the other now refuted (c (2014))
Gliese 682 (CD-44 11909)	16.3328	Sco		M}};"	M4 V	0.27	10.95	12.45	199.6944	has two disputed planets
Omicron2 Eridani
(40 Eridani, Gliese 166)	Keid (A)	16.3330	Eri		K}};"	K0.5 V	0.84	4.43	5.93	199.6911	has one refuted planet
B		DA4	0.573	9.52	11.02
C		M}};"	M4 V	0.2036	11.24	12.74
EV Lacertae	16.4761	Lac		M}};"	M3.5 V	0.35	10.22	11.70	197.9573	record setting stellar flare observed
70 Ophiuchi (Gliese 702)	A	16.7074	Oph		K}};"	K0 V	0.90	4.21	5.66	195.2166
B		K}};"	K5 V	0.70	6.01	7.46
Altair (Alpha Aquilae)	16.730	Aql		A}}"	A7 IV-Vn	1.79	0.77	2.22	194.95
EI Cancri (GJ 1116, G 9-38)	A	16.800	Cnc		M}};"	M5.5 V	0.12	14.06	15.50	194.1443
B	M}};"	M V	0.10	14.92	16.36
WISE J150649.97+702736.1§	16.856	UMi		T}};"	T6		13.74 J	15.17 J	193.5
GJ 3379 (G 99-49)	16.9861	Ori		M}};"	M3.5 V	0.2312	11.31	12.73	192.0135
DENIS J081730.0−615520§	17.002	Car		T}};"	T6	0.015	13.61 J	15.03 J	191.8362
Gliese 445 (LHS 2459, G 254-29)	17.1368	Cam		M}};"	M3.5 V	0.14	10.79	12.19	190.3251
2MASS J15404342−5101357	17.3738	Nor		M}};"	M7 V	0.090	15.26	16.63	187.7290
2MASS 0939−2448	A§	17.41	Ant		T}};"	T8 V	0.019–0.048	15.61 J	16.97 J	187.3	binary brown dwarf
B§	T}};"	T8 V	0.019–0.038
GJ 3323 (LHS 1723, LP 656-38)	17.5309	Eri		M}};"	M4 V	0.1705	12.22	13.57	186.0466	has two known planets
Gliese 526 (Wolf 498, HD 119850)	17.7263	Boo		M}};"	M1 V	0.28	8.46	9.78	183.9962
WISE 0350−5658§	17.84	Ret		Y}};"	Y1		22.47 J	23.70 J	182.9
Stein 2051 (Gliese 169.1, G 175-34)	A	17.9925	Cam		M}};"	M4 V	0.252	11.04	12.33	181.2730
B		DC5	0.675	12.43	13.72
2MASS J11145133−2618235§	18.20	Hya		T}};"	T7.5	0.029–0.048	15.86 J	17.12 J	179.2
Gliese 251 (Wolf 294, HD 265866)	18.2146	Gem		M}};"	M3 V	0.360	10.02	11.29	179.0629	has one known planet
LP 816-60	18.3305	Cap		M}};"	M3.5 V	0.224	11.50	12.75	177.9312
LSR J1835+3259	18.5534	Lyr		M}};"	M8.5 V	0.053	18.27	19.50	175.7930
Gliese 205 (Wolf 1453, HD 36395)	18.6042	Ori		M}};"	M1 V	0.556	7.95	9.17	175.3131
2MASS J04151954−0935066§	18.62	Eri		T}};"	T8	0.03	15.34 J	16.56 J	175.2
Gliese 229 (HD 42581)	A	18.7906	Lep		M}};"	M1.5 V	0.579	8.14	9.34	173.5740
Ba§	T}};"	T7	0.036	14.01 J	15.21 J
Bb§	T}};"	T8	0.033
Alsafi (Sigma Draconis)	18.7993	Dra		G}};"	G9 V	0.85	4.67	5.87	173.4939
Ross 47 (Gliese 213)	18.8883	Ori		M}};"	M4 V	0.35	11.57	12.76	172.6762
WISE 1541−2250§	18.93	Lib		Y}};"	Y0.5	0.011	20.99 J	22.10 J	172.3
Gliese 570
(Lalande 27173, 33 G. Librae)	A	19.1987	Lib		K}};"	K4 V	0.802	5.64	6.79	169.8843
B	M}};"	M1.5 V	0.55	8.30	9.45
C	M}};"	M	0.35	9.96	11.11
D§	T}};"	T7.5	0.05	15.32 J	16.47 J
Gliese 693 (Luyten 205–128)	19.2078	Pav		M}};"	M3 V	0.26	10.76	11.91	169.8042
Gliese 754 (Luyten 347–14)	19.2724	Tel		M}};"	M4 V	0.173	12.23	13.37	169.2351	has one candidate planet
Gliese 908 (Lalande 46650, BR Piscium)	19.2745	Psc		M}};"	M1 V	0.37	8.98	10.12	169.2163
Gliese 752 (Wolf 1055, HD 180617)	A	19.2922	Aql		M}};"	M2.5 V	0.46	9.10	10.24	169.0615	has one known planet
B (VB 10)		M}};"	M8 V	0.075	17.45	18.59	very small and very dim red dwarf
Gliese 588 (CD-40 9712)	19.2996	Lup		M}};"	M2.5 V	0.43	9.31	10.45	168.9965	has two candidate planets
Eta Cassiopeiae (Gliese 34)	Achird (A)	19.3314	Cas		G}};"	G3 V	0.972	3.46	4.60	168.7186
B	K}};"	K7 V	0.57	7.51	8.65
36 Ophiuchi (Gliese 663)	Guniibuu (A)	19.4185	Oph		K}};"	K1.5 V	0.85	5.07	6.20	167.9617
B		K}};"	K1 V	0.85	5.08	6.21
C		K}};"	K5 V	0.71	6.32	7.45
YZ Canis Minoris (Ross 882, Gliese 285)	19.5330	CMi		M}};"	M4 V	0.308	11.19	12.30	166.9769
GJ 1005 (Luyten 722-22, G 158-50)	A	19.577	Cet		M}};"	M3.5 V	0.179	11.60	12.71	166.6	distance uncertain: 16.28±0.75, 17.91±0.67, 17.0±1.5, 16.26±0.76, 17.26, 19.695±0.095 ly
B	M}};"	M V	0.112	14.02	15.13
HR 7703 (279 G. Sagittarii, HD 191408, Gliese 783, IRAS 20079-3614)	A	19.609	Sgr		K}};"	K2.5 V	0.65	5.31	6.41	166.3272
B	M}};"	M4 V	0.24	11.50	12.60
82 G. Eridani (e Eridani, Gliese 139, HD 20794)	19.7045	Eri		G}};"	G8 V	0.70	4.26	5.35	165.5242	has three confirmed planets, three candidate planets, hot and cold dust disks
Gliese 268 (Ross 986, QY Aurigae)	A	19.7414	Aur		M}};"	M4.5 V	0.226	12.05	13.14	165.2147
B	M}};"	M V	0.192	12.45	13.54
Delta Pavonis	19.893	Pav		G}};"	G8 IV	1.051	3.55	4.62	163.9544	has one candidate planet
SIMP J013656.5+093347§	19.955	Psc		T}};"	T2.5	0.012	13.25 J	14.32 J	163.4478	rogue planet, 12.7 MJ
2MASS 0937+2931§	19.96	Leo		T}};"	T7	0.040	14.65 J	15.71 J	163.39

Distant future and past encounters

Graph of the distances of various stars from the Sun during the past 20,000 to future 80,000 years. — Distances of the nearest stars from 20,000 years ago until 80,000 years in the future

quote= After more than 1,000 nights of observations spread over 15 years, they have determined the spatial motions of more than 14,000 solar-like stars residing in the neighbourhood of the Sun.}}</ref>

Over long periods of time, the slow independent motion of stars change in both relative position and in their distance from the observer. This can cause other currently distant stars to fall within a stated range, which may be readily calculated and predicted using accurate astrometric measurements of parallax and total proper motions, along with spectroscopically determined radial velocities. Although extrapolations can be made into the past or future, they are subject to increasingly significant cumulative errors over very long periods. Inaccuracies of these measured parameters make determining the true minimum distances of any encountering stars or brown dwarfs fairly difficult.

One of the first stars known to approach the Sun particularly close is Gliese 710. The star, whose mass is roughly half that of the Sun, is currently 62 light-years from the Solar System. It was first noticed in 1999 using data from the Hipparcos satellite, and was estimated to pass less than 1.3 ly from the Sun in 1.4 million years. With the release of Gaia's observations of the star, it has since been refined to a much closer 0.178 ly, close enough to significantly disturb objects in the Oort cloud, which extends 1.2 ly from the Sun.

Gaia third data release has provided updated values for many of the candidates in the table below.{{cite journal |last1=de la Fuente Marcos |first1=Raúl

Star name	Minimum distance
(light-years)	Date of approach
in thousands of years	Current distance
(light-years)	Stellar	Mass in M☉	Current
apparent	Current [](constellation)	Current
Right ascension	Current
Declination
Gliese 710				K7V	0.4–0.6		Serpens
WD 0810-353				WD	0.65		Puppis	--
HD 7977				G0V	~1.2		Cassiopeia
Scholz's Star and companion brown dwarf				A: M9V
B: T5	A: 0.095
B: 0.063		Monoceros
2MASS J0628+1845				M2.5V	0.28		Gemini
2MASS J0805+4624				M3V	0.25		Lynx
CD-69 2001				K4V	0.61		Indus
HD 49995				A: F3V
B: M1V	A: 1.48
B: 0.49	8.78	Canis Major
2MASS J0621-0101				G5V	0.96	11.9	Orion
LSPM J2146+3813				M5V	~0.15		Cygnus
2MASS J0455+1144				M0V	0.50		Orion
2MASS J0734-0637				M0V	0.50		Monoceros
2MASS J1151-0313				M3.5V	0.23		Virgo
UCAC4 076–006432				mid K	~0.6		Mensa
2MASS J0120+4739				M3.5V	0.25		Andromeda
TYC 6760–1510–1				M1.5V	0.58		Hydra
UCAC2 15719371				K4V	0.66		Antlia
TYC 1662–1962–1				Early K	~0.8		Vulpecula
HD 179939				A3V	1.7		Aquila
BD-21 1529				G5V	~0.95		Canis Major
2MASS J1310-1307				M2.5V	0.34		Virgo
UPM J1121-5549				M3V	0.29		Centaurus
UCAC4 464–006057				Early M	~0.4		Taurus
UCAC4 213–008644				M5.0	0.17		Puppis
GJ 3649				M1	0.49		Leo
Ross 248				M6V	0.136		Andromeda
2MASS J1921-1244				K6V	0.69		Sagittarius
Proxima Centauri				M5Ve	0.15		Centaurus
TYC 9387–2515–1				K1V	0.86		Mensa
Alpha Centauri AB				A: G2V
B: K1V	url=https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0307/	title=A Family Portrait of the Alpha Centauri System - VLT Interferometer Studies the Nearest Stars	publisher=European Southern Observatory	language=en-GB	date=15 March 2003	access-date=24 January 2011}}	A: -0.01
B: +1.33	Centaurus
Gliese 445				M4	0.15?		[](camelopardalis)
2MASS J1638-6355				K2V	0.82		Triangulum Australe
2MASS J0542+3217				A: G4V
B: K0V	A: 1.01
B: 0.85		Auriga
2MASS J0625-2408				K/M	~0.5		Canis Major
Barnard's Star				sdM4	0.144		Ophiuchus
BD+05 1792				G2V	1.07		Gemini
2MASS J2241-2759				K7V	~0.5		Piscis Austrinus
2MASS J1724-0522				K0V	0.86		Ophiuchus
StKM 1–554				M0V	0.65		Orion
GJ 3379				M3.5V	0.19		Orion
2MASS J1936+3627				G5.5V	0.95	12.2	Cygnus
2MASS J0710+5228				M3V	0.33		Lynx
HD 146248				G2/3IV	1.23		Triangulum Australe
2MASS J1724+0355				G8V	0.85		Ophiuchus
StKM 1–1456				A: K5V
B: M8V	A: 0.81
B: 0.09		Hercules
Zeta Leporis				A2Vann	2.0		Lepus
Lalande 21185				M2V	0.39		Ursa Major
HD 68814				G6V	0.98		Hydra
2MASS J1941-4602				M4-M6	~0.15		Telescopium

Schematic view to scale of past and future close approaches of stars to the Sun (Up to 4.5 light-years)}}

Notes

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