Re: Looking for a star like our sun within 30 light years.

Date: Tue Oct 31 13:16:18 2000
Posted By: Angelle Tanner, Grad student, Astronomy, UCLA
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 972035487.As

Message:

There are lots of stars within 30 light years of our Sun. Here are the 10 closest.

Name	Distance [light year]
Alpha Centauri	4.27
Barnard's Star	5.97
Wolf 359	7.56
BD +36 2147	8.12
Sirius	8.64
Luyten 726-8	8.93
Ross 154	9.45
Ross 248	10.32
epsilon Eridani	10.69
Luyten 789-6	10.79

I got this information from Introductory Astronomy & Astrophysics by Zeilik, Gregory, & Smith, 1992 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich). Other introductory text book should also have lists of the closest and brightest stars. Good luck with your book!

[The definitive catalog of all stars within about 75 light years of the Earth is the Gliese catalog. Moderator]

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