As of 2026-04-29, Alpha Centauri B tops the list with 4 ly.
- #1 Alpha Centauri B — 4 ly
star in the constellation Centaurus
Alpha Centauri is a star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It consists of three stars: Rigil Kentaurus, Toliman, and Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun at 4.2465 light-years (ly), which is 1.3020 parsecs (pc), while Alpha Centauri A and B are the nearest stars visible to the naked eye. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Proxima Centauri — 4 ly
star in Centaurus constellation
Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to Earth after the Sun, located 4.25 light-years away in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Discovered in 1915 by Robert Innes, it is a small, low-mass star, too faint to be seen with the naked eye, with an apparent magnitude of 11.13. Proxima Centauri is a member of the Alpha Centauri star system, being identified as component Alpha Centauri C, and is 2.18° southwest of the Alpha Centauri AB pair. It is currently 12,950 AU (0.2 ly) from AB, which... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 Alpha Centauri A — 4 ly
star in the constellation Centaurus
Alpha Centauri is a star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It consists of three stars: Rigil Kentaurus, Toliman, and Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun at 4.2465 light-years (ly), which is 1.3020 parsecs (pc), while Alpha Centauri A and B are the nearest stars visible to the naked eye. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Alpha Centauri — 4 ly
triple star system in the constellation Centaurus, where one of the three stars, Proxima Centauri, being the closest star to the Earth
Alpha Centauri is a star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It consists of three stars: Rigil Kentaurus, Toliman, and Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun at 4.2465 light-years (ly), which is 1.3020 parsecs (pc), while Alpha Centauri A and B are the nearest stars visible to the naked eye. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Barnard's Star — 6 ly
red dwarf star in the constellation of Ophiuchus
Barnard's Star is a small red dwarf star in the constellation of Ophiuchus. At a distance of 5.96 light-years (1.83 pc) from Earth, it is the fourth-nearest-known individual star to the Sun after the three components of the Alpha Centauri system, and is the closest star in the northern celestial hemisphere. Its stellar mass is about 16% of the Sun's, and it has 19% of the Sun's diameter. Despite its proximity, the star has a dim apparent visual magnitude of +9.5 and is invisible to the unaided... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 Luhman 16A — 7 ly
brown dwarf in the constellation Vela
source Wikidata - #7 Luhman 16B — 7 ly
brown dwarf
source Wikidata - #8 WISE 1049-5319 — 7 ly
binary brown dwarf, third closest star system.
Luhman 16 is a binary brown-dwarf system in the southern constellation Vela at a distance of 6.51 light-years from the Sun. These are the closest-known brown dwarfs and the closest system found since the measurement of the proper motion of Barnard's Star in 1916, and the third-closest-known system to the Sun. The primary is of spectral type L7.5 and the secondary of type T0.5±1. The masses of Luhman 16 A and B are 35.4 and 29.4 Jupiter masses, respectively, and their ages are estimated to be... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 WISE 0855–0714 — 7 ly
sub-brown dwarf located near Earth
WISE 0855−0714 is a brown dwarf of spectral class Y4, located 7.4 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Hydra. It is the fourth-closest stellar or substellar system to the Sun and was discovered by Kevin Luhman in 2013 using data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). It is the coldest brown dwarf found yet, having a temperature of about 285 K. It has an estimated mass between 3 and 10 Jupiter masses, which makes it a planetary-mass object below the 13 Jupiter mass... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Q291301 — 8 ly
red dwarf in the constellation Leo
Wolf 359 is a red dwarf star located in the constellation Leo, near the ecliptic. At a distance of 7.86 light-years from Earth, it has an apparent magnitude of 13.54 and can only be seen with a large telescope. Wolf 359 is one of the nearest stars to the Sun with only the Alpha Centauri system, Barnard's Star, and the brown dwarfs Luhman 16 and WISE 0855−0714 known to be closer. Its proximity to Earth has led to its mention in several works of fiction. Read more on Wikipedia.
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