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Object | Type | Date | Distance | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sun | Single Star | antiquity − forever 3rd century BCE — now |
1 AU | Listed for reference Our local star's distance was first determined in the 3rd century BCE by Aristarchus of Samos |
Proxima Centauri | Outlying star in a trinary star system | 1915 — | 1.30 pc | Also called Alpha Centauri C. This is currently the nearest known neighbouring star to our own Sun. This star was discovered in 1915, and its parallax was determined at the time, when enough observations were established. [1] [2] |
Alpha Centauri A/B | Binary star pair of a trinary star system | 1839 − 1915 | 1.34 pc (originally reported as 1 arcsecond) |
This was one of the first three stars to have its distance measured. [3] [4] |
61 Cygni | Binary star | 1838 − 1839 | 3.48 pc (originally reported as 1/3 arcsecond) |
This was the first star other than the Sun to have its distance measured. [5] [6] [7] [4] |
Object | Type | Date | Distance | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sun |
|
Always | 1 AU | Reported for reference |
Proxima Centauri | 1915 | 1.30 pc | ||
Alpha Centauri A/B |
|
1839 | 1.34 pc | |
Alpha Centauri A |
|
1839 | 1.34 pc | |
Alpha Centauri B |
|
1839 | 1.34 pc | |
Alpha Centauri system |
|
1915 | 1.30 pc | |
WISE J104915.57-531906 |
|
2013 | 6.5 ly | [8] |
This is not a Wikipedia article: This is a workpage, a collection of material and work in progress that may or may not be incorporated into an article. It should not necessarily be considered factual or authoritative. |
Text and/or other creative content from this version of Talk:List of nearest stars/workpage was copied or moved into List of star extremes on October 2010. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. |
Object | Type | Date | Distance | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sun | Single Star | antiquity − forever 3rd century BCE — now |
1 AU | Listed for reference Our local star's distance was first determined in the 3rd century BCE by Aristarchus of Samos |
Proxima Centauri | Outlying star in a trinary star system | 1915 — | 1.30 pc | Also called Alpha Centauri C. This is currently the nearest known neighbouring star to our own Sun. This star was discovered in 1915, and its parallax was determined at the time, when enough observations were established. [1] [2] |
Alpha Centauri A/B | Binary star pair of a trinary star system | 1839 − 1915 | 1.34 pc (originally reported as 1 arcsecond) |
This was one of the first three stars to have its distance measured. [3] [4] |
61 Cygni | Binary star | 1838 − 1839 | 3.48 pc (originally reported as 1/3 arcsecond) |
This was the first star other than the Sun to have its distance measured. [5] [6] [7] [4] |
Object | Type | Date | Distance | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sun |
|
Always | 1 AU | Reported for reference |
Proxima Centauri | 1915 | 1.30 pc | ||
Alpha Centauri A/B |
|
1839 | 1.34 pc | |
Alpha Centauri A |
|
1839 | 1.34 pc | |
Alpha Centauri B |
|
1839 | 1.34 pc | |
Alpha Centauri system |
|
1915 | 1.30 pc | |
WISE J104915.57-531906 |
|
2013 | 6.5 ly | [8] |