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The following table lists the nearest stars to Earth (Seeds 1995, Gupta 2000).
| star |
spectral type |
 |  | Dist (ly) |
| Sol |
G2 V |
4.83 |
 | 0.0 |
 Centauri A |
G2 V |
4.38 |
0.1 |
4.3 |
| Centauri B |
K5 V |
5.76 |
1.5 |
4.3 |
| Centauri C |
M5 V |
15 |
19.4 |
4.3 |
| Barnard's Star |
M5 V |
13.21 |
9.5 |
5.9 |
| Wolf 359 |
M6 V |
16.80 |
13.6 |
7.6 |
Lalande 21185 [BD  2147] |
M2 V |
10.42 |
7.5 |
8.1 |
| Sirius A |
A1 V |
1.41 |
 | 8.6 |
| Sirius B |
A5 wd |
11.54 |
7.2 |
8.6 |
| Luyten 726-8 A |
M5 V |
15.27 |
12.5 |
8.9 |
| Luyten 726-8 B [UV Ceti] |
M6 V |
15.8 |
13.0 |
8.9 |
| Ross 154 |
M5 V |
13.3 |
10.6 |
9.4 |
| Ross 248 |
M6 V |
14.8 |
12.2 |
10.3 |
 Eridani |
K2 V |
6.13 |
3.7 |
10.7 |
| Luyten 789-6 |
M7 V |
14.6 |
12.2 |
10.8 |
| Ross 128 |
M5 V |
13.5 |
11.1 |
10.8 |
| 61 Cygni A |
K5 V |
7.58 |
5.2 |
11.2 |
| 61 Cygni B |
K7 V |
8.39 |
6.0 |
11.2 |
| Indi |
K5 V |
7.0 |
4.7 |
11.2 |
| Procyon A |
F5 IV-V |
2.64 |
0.3 |
11.4 |
| Procyon B |
F5 wd |
13.1 |
10.8 |
11.4 |
 2398 A |
M4 V |
11.15 |
8.9 |
11.5 |
| 2398 B |
M5 V |
11.94 |
9.7 |
11.5 |
| Groombridge 34 A |
M1 V |
10.32 |
8.1 |
11.6 |
| Groombridge 34 B |
M6 V |
13.29 |
11.0 |
11.6 |
| Lacaille 9352 |
M2 V |
9.59 |
7.4 |
11.7 |
 Ceti |
G8 V |
5.72 |
3.5 |
11.9 |
BD  1668 |
M5 V |
11.98 |
9.8 |
12.2 |
| L 725-32 |
M5 V |
15.27 |
11.5 |
12.4 |
| Lacaille 8760 |
M0 V |
8.75 |
6.7 |
12.5 |
| Kapteyn's Star |
M0 V |
10.85 |
8.8 |
12.7 |
| Kruger 60 A |
M3 V |
11.87 |
9.7 |
12.8 |
| Kruger 60 B |
M4 V |
13.3 |
11.2 |
12.8 |
BD  44 A |
M2 V |
10.3 |
? |
? |
| BD 44 B |
M4 V |
13.2 |
? |
? |
| CD -36° 15693 |
M2 V |
9.6 |
? |
? |
| v Maanen's Star |
F5 V |
14.3 |
? |
? |
BD  1725 |
M0 V |
8.3 |
? |
? |
| Ross 780 |
M5 V |
11.8 |
? |
? |
| CC 658 |
A5 wd |
12.5 |
? |
? |
| 40 Eridani A |
K0 V |
6.0 |
? |
? |
| 40 Eridani B |
A3 wd |
10.7 |
? |
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