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Below there are lists the nearest stars separated by spectral type. The scope of the list is still restricted to the main sequence spectral types: M, K, F, G, A, B and O. It may be later expanded to other types, such as S, D or C. The Alpha Centauri star system is the closest star system to the Sun.
This number is likely much higher, due to the sheer number of stars needed to be surveyed; a star approaching the Solar System 10 million years ago, moving at a typical Sun-relative 20–200 kilometers per second, would be 600–6,000 light-years from the Sun at present day, with millions of stars closer to the Sun. The closest encounter to the ...
The closest O-type star to Earth. Zeta Puppis (Naos) 1,080 ± 40: 1: ... List of luminous blue variable stars; List of nearest stars by spectral type; References
Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to Earth after the Sun, located 4.25 light-years away in the southern constellation of Centaurus. This object was 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. Its Latin name
The nearest white giant. Capella A 42.919 ± 0.049 [9] G8III [9] 11.98 ± 0.57 [9] 2.569 ± 0.007 [9] 0.03 [10] The nearest yellow giant, together with Capella A. With a magnitude of 0.08, [11] the Capella star system is the 6th-brightest star in the night sky. Capella B G0III [9] 8.83 ± 0.33 [9] 2.483 ± 0.007 [9] 0.16 [10] The nearest yellow ...
Ferromagnetism: A state of matter with spontaneous magnetization. Antiferromagnetism: A state of matter in which the neighboring spin are antiparallel with each other, and there is no net magnetization. Ferrimagnetism: A state in which local moments partially cancel. Altermagnetism: A state with zero net magnetization and spin-split electronic ...
A celebrated French physicist named Étienne Klein tweeted out an image on July 31 claiming it showed Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the sun.
Star system ← ← Nebula Median distance Stars in system Spectral type Apparent magnitude (V) Comments and references Gamma² Velorum (WR 11/Suhail al Muhlif/Regor) 1096 +26 −23: 2: WC8: 1.83: The Closest Wolf-Rayet star to Earth. HD 45166: 3,232: 2: qWR: 9.88: The primary of HD 45166 is currently the only known example of a qWR star. HD ...