The 100 Closest Star Systems

 Rank

Name

No. Stars

Distance (LY)

Spectral Type

Apparent Magnitude

Coordinates

Notes

1

alpha Centauri Sys.

3

4.22 - 4.36

M5.5, G2, K0

11.09, 0.01, 1.34

14 39 36.5  -60 50 02

3rd Brightest Star

2

Barnard's  Star

1

5.96

M4.0

9.53

17 57 48.5  +04 41 36

 

3

GJ 406

1

7.78

M6.0

13.44

10 56 29.2  +07 00 53

 

4

GJ 411

1

8.29

M2.0

7.47

11 03 20.2  +35 58 12

 

5

Sirius

2

8.58

A1, DA2

-1.43, 8.44

 06 45 08.9  -16 42 58

The Brightest Star

6

GJ 65 A, B

2

8.72

M5.5, M6.0

12.54, 12.99

01 39 01.3  -17 57 01

 

7

GJ 729

1

9.68

M3.5

10.43

18 49 49.4  -23 50 10

 

8

GJ 905

1

10.32

M5.5 V 

12.29

23 41 54.7  +44 10 30

 

9

eps Eri

1

10.52

K2

3.73

03 32 55.8  -09 27 30

 

10

GJ 887

1

10.74

M1.5 V 

7.34

23 05 52.0  -35 51 1

 

11

GJ 447

1

10.91

M4.0

11.13

11 47 44.4  +00 48 16

 

12

GJ 866 A, B, C

3

11.26

M5.0 J

13.33, 13.27, 14.03

22 38 33.4  -15 18 07

 

13

Procyon 

2

11.40

F5, DA

0.38, 10.7

07 39 18.1  +05 13 30

 

14

GJ 820 A, B

2

11.40

K5, K7

5.21, 6.03

21 06 53.9  +38 44 5

 

15

GJ 725 A, B

2

11.52

M3.0, M3.5

8.90, 9.69

18 42 46.7  +59 37 49

 

16

GJ 15 A, B

2

11.62

M1.5, M3.5

8.08, 11.06

00 18 22.9  +44 01 23

 

17

eps Indi  A, B, C

3

11.82

K5

4.69

22 03 21.7  -56 47 10

 

18

GJ 1111

1

11.82

M6.5

14.78

08 29 49.5  +26 46 37

 

19

tau Cet

1

11.88

G8

3.49

01 44 04.1  -15 56 15

20

GJ 1061

1

12.04

M5.5

13.03

03 36 00.0  -44 30 46

 

21

GJ 54.1

1

12.13

M4.5

12.02

01 12 30.6  -16 59 57

 

22

GJ 273

1

12.36

M3.5

9.86

07 27 24.5  +05 13 33

 

23

SO 0253-1652

1

12.53

M7.0

15.40

02 55 10.6  +16 17 01

 

24

GJ 191

1

12.77

M1.5

8.84

05 11 40.6  -45 01 06

 

25

SCR 1845-635

1

12.84

M8.5

17.39

18 45 02.6  -63 57 52

 

26

GJ 825

1

12.86

M0.0

6.67

21 17 15.3  -38 52 03

 

27

GJ 860 A, B

2

13.14

M3.0, M4.0

9.79, 11.41

22 27 59.5  +57 41 45

 

28

DEN 1048-3956

1

13.16

M8.5

17.29

10 48 14.7  -39 56 06

 

29

GJ 234 A, B

2

13.34

M4.5 J

11.15, 14.23

06 29 23.4  -02 48 50

 

30

GJ 628

1

13.81

M3.0

10.07

16 30 18.1  -12 39 45

 

31

GJ 35

1

14.06

DZ7

12.38

00 49 09.9  +05 23 19

 

32

GJ 1

1

14.22

M3.0

8.55

00 05 24.4  -37 21 27

 

33

GJ 473 A,B

2

14.30

M5.5 J

13.18, 13.17

12 33 17.2  +09 01 15

 

34

GJ 83.1

1

14.50

M4.5

12.27

02 00 13.2  +13 03 08

 

35

GJ 687

1

14.79

M3.0

9.17

17 36 25.9  +68 20 21

 

36

LHS 292

1

14.80

M6.5

15.60

10 48 12.6  -11 20 14

 

37

GJ 674

1

14.80

M3.0

9.38

17 28 39.9  -46 53 43

 

38

GJ 1245 A, B, C

3

14.80

M5.5, M6.0

13.46, 14.01, 16.75

19 53 54.2  +44 24 55

 

39

GJ 440

1

15.05

DQ6

11.50

11 45 42.9  -64 50 29

 

40

GJ 1002

1

15.31

M5.5

13.76

00 06 43.8  -07 32 22

 

41

GJ 876

1

15.33

M3.5 J

10.17

22 53 16.7  -14 15 49

 

42

GJ 412 A, B

2

15.82

M1.0, M5.5

8.77, 14.48

11 05 28.6  +43 31 36

43

LHS 288

1

15.83

M5.5

13.92

10 44 31.8  -61 11 38

 

44

GJ 380

1

15.84

K7.0

6.59

10 11 22.1  +49 27 15

 

45

GJ 388

1

15.93

M3.0

9.32

10 19 36.4  +19 52 10

 

46

GJ 832

1

16.08

M3.0

8.66

21 33 34.0  -49 00 32

 

47

LP 944-020

1

16.19

M9.0

18.50

03 39 35.2  -35 25 41

 

48

GJ 682

1

16.33

M4.5

10.95

17 37 03.7  -44 19 09

 

49

40 Eri  

3

16.38

K1, DA4, M4.5

4.43, 9.52, 11.19

04 15 16.3  -07 39 10

 

50

GJ 873

1

16.46

M3.5

10.22

22 46 49.7  +44 20 02

51

70 Oph

2

16.64

K0, K5

4.20, 6.05

18 05 27.3 +02 30 00

 

52

Altair

1

16.72

A7

.77

19 50 47.0 +08 52 06

 

53

GJ 1116 A, B

2

17.05

M 5.5 J

14.06, 14.92

08 58 14.9 +19 45 43

 

54

G 099-049

1

17.22

M3.5

11.33

06 00 03.6 +02 42 20

 

55

GJ 445

1

17.54

M3.5

10.79

11 47 41.4 +78 41 28

 

56

GJ 1005 A, B

2

17.54

M4.0 J

11.58, 14.33

00 15 28.1 -16 08 02

 

57

GJ 526

1

17.70

M1.5 

8.46 

13 45 43.8 +14 53 29

 

58

LHS 1723

1

17.70

M4.5

12.15

05 01 57.0 -06 56 47

 

59

LP 816-060

1

17.90

m

11.41

20 52 33.0 -16 58 29

 

60

GJ 169.1 A, B

2

18.05

M4.0, DC5

11.04, 12.44

04 31 11.8 +58 58 38

61

GJ 251

1

18.15

M3.0

10.02

06 54 49.0 +33 16 05

 

62

2MASS 1835+3259

1

18.47

M8.5

18.27

18 35 37.9 +32 59 54

 

63

GJ 205

1

18.61

M1.5

7.95

05 31 27.4 -03 40 38

 

64

2MASS 0415-0935

1

18.70

T8.5

 

04 15 19   -09 35

 

65

sig Dra

1

18.78

K0

4.68

19 32 21.6 +69 39 40

 

66

GJ 229 A, B

2

18.83

M1.0, M6.0

8.12

06 10 34.6 -21 51 53

 

67

GJ 693

1

18.99

M4.0

10.75

17 46 34.2 -57 19 09

 

68

GJ 752 A, B

2

19.06

M3.0, M8.0

9.11, 17.50

19 16 55.3 +05 10 08

 

69

GJ 213

1

19.13

M4.0

11.51

05 42 09.3 +12 29 22

 

70

GJ 570 A,B,C,D

4

19.19

K5, M1 J, --,T8

5.75, 8.28, 10.05, -

14 57 28.0 -21 24 56

 

71

GJ 908

1

19.35

M1.0

8.99

23 49 12.5 +02 24 04

 

72

eta Cas

2

19.36

G3, K7.0

3.45, 7.51

00 49 06.3 +57 48 55

 

73

GJ 588

1

19.36

M3.0

9.31

15 32 12.9 -41 16 32

 

74

GJ 574

1

19.42

M4.5

12.23

19 20 48.0 -45 33 27

 

75

GJ 285

1

19.46

M4.0

11.19

07 44 40.2 +03 33 09

76

36 Oph (2), GJ 664

3

19.46

K1, K1, K5

5.07, 5.08, 6.33

17 15 21.0 -26 36 10

 

77

GJ 783 A,B

2

19.72

K3, M4.0

5.32, 11.50

20 11 11.9 -36 06 04

 

78

GJ 139

1

19.76

G5

4.26

03 19 55.6 -43 04 11

 

79

GJ 1221

1

19.79

DXP9

14.12

17 48 06.7 +70 52 29

 

80

del Pav

1

19.90

G8

3.56

20 08 43.6 -66 10

 

81

GJ 268 A, B

2

20.01

M4.5 J

12.05, 12.45

07 10 01.8 +38 31 46

 

82

GJ 555

1

20.02

M3.5

11.31

14 34 16.8 -12 31 10

 

83

2MASS 0937+2931

1

20.02

T6.0

 

09 37 34   +29 31

 

84

GJ 338

2

20.11

M0.0, K7.0

7.62, 7.71

09 14 22.8 +52 41 12

 

85

GJ 784

1

20.23

M0.0

7.96

20 13 53.4 -45 09 50

 

86

GJ 581

1

20.47

M2.5

10.56

15 19 26.8 -07 43 20

 

87

LHS 2090

1

20.50

M6.0

 

09 00 23.6 +21 50 05

 

88

GJ 896 A, B

2

20.67

M3.5, M4.5

10.26, 12.40

23 31 52.2 +19 56 14

 

89

LHS 337

1

20.83

M4.0

12.74 (simbad)

12 38 49.1 -38 22 54

 

90

GJ 661 A,B

2

20.85

M3.0 J

9.93, 10.35

17 12 07.9 +45 39

 

91

LHS 3003

1

20.86

M7.0

17.05

14 56 38.5 -28 09 51

 

92

G 180-060

1

20.90

m+

14.79

16 31 18.4 +40 51 54

 

93

GJ 223.2

1

21.03

DZ9

14.45

05 55 09.7 -04 10 17

 

94

GJ 644 A,B,C,D 643

5

21.04

M2.5,-,M7,-,M3.5

9.72,10.54,16.80,10.63,11.74

16 55 28.8 -08 20 11

 

95

GJ 892

1

21.25

K3

5.56

23 13 17.0 +57 10 06

 

96

GJ 1128

1

21.30

M4.5

12.78 (simbad)

09 42 46.4 -68 53 06

 

97

GJ 1157

1

21.32

M5.0

13.80

12 19 00.3 +11 07 31

 

98

GJ 625

1

21.48

M1.5

10.10

16 25 24.6 +54 18 15

 

99

GJ 408

1

21.71

M2.5

10.02

11 00 04.3 +22 49 59

 

100

GJ 829 A, B

2

21.99

M3.5 J

11.06, 11.06

21 29 36.8 +17 38 36

                                        All Data is from the RECONS website  http://www.chara.gsu.edu/RECONS/TOP100.htm  (except as noted)

Jerry Blackwell - NBSO