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Name Parallax Distance Spectral Type Mass Luminosity
(arcseconds) (parsecs) /Luminosity Class (M_Sun) (L_Sun)
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Sun 1/206265 G2 V 1 1
Proxima Cen 0.772 1.30 M5.5 V 0.107 8.2*10**-4
Alpha Cen A 0.747 1.34 G2 V 1.144 1.77
Alpha Cen B 0.747 1.34 K0 V 0.916 0.55
Barnard's star 0.547 1.83 M4.0 V 0.166 3.6*10**-3
Wolf 359 0.419 2.39 M6.0 V 0.092 3.5*10**-4
Lalande 21185 0.393 2.54 M2.0 V 0.464 0.023
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Sirius A 0.380 2.63 A1 V 1.991 26.1
Sirius B 0.380 2.63 white dwarf 0.500 2.4*10**-3
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Procyon A 0.286 3.50 F5 IV-V 1.569 7.73
Procyon B 0.286 3.50 white dwarf 0.500 5.5*10**-4
61 Cyni A 0.286 3.50 K5.0 V 0.703 0.16
61 Cyni b 0.286 3.50 K7.0 V 0.630 0.095
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References: FK-A-6
for everything, except the luminosities;
CK-A-4
for the luminosities.
Note 1: The asterisks indicate omissions of rather obscure little stars.
Note 2: The closest stars are often intrinsically quite dim and the overlap between the table for nearest stars and that for brightest stars is not strong: see Table of Brightest Stars as Seen from Earth.
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