Star Mass Spec. Type Dist. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sol 1.0 G2 yellow-main - Proxima Centauri .1 M5 red dwarf 4.3 Rigil Kent A 1.1 G2 yellow-main 4.4 Rigil Kent B .89 K6 orange-main 4.4 Barnard's Star .15 M5 red dwarf 5.9 Wolf 359 .2 M8 red dwarf 7.6 Lalande 21185 .35 M2 red dwarf 8.1 Sirius A 2.3 A1 white-main 6.4 Sirius B .98 DA white dwarf 6.4 Luyten 726-8 .12 M6 red dwarf 8.9 UV Ceti .1 M6 red dwarf 8.9 Ross 154 .31 M5 red dwarf 9.5 Ross 248 .25 M6 red dwarf 10.3 Epsilon Eridani .8 K2 orange-main 10.7 Luyten 789-6 .25 M6 red dwarf 10.8 Ross 128 .31 M5 red dwarf 10.8 61 Cygni A .59 K5 orange-main 11.2 61 Cygni B .5 K7 orange-main 11.2 Epsilon Indi .71 K5 orange-main 11.2 Procyon A 1.77 F5 white-main 11.4 Procyon B .63 DF white dwarf 11.4 59 1915 A .4 M4 red dwarf 11.5 59 1915 B .4 M5 red dwarf 11.5 Groombridge A .38 M2 red dwarf 11.6 Groombridge B -- M4 red dwarf 11.6 Lacaille 9352 .47 M2 red dwarf 11.7 Tau Ceti .82 G8 yellow-main 11.9
Mass is in solar masses. Spec. refers to Spectral Type. Rigil Kent is the star system known in the Northern Hemisphere as the Alpha Centauri system. Distance is, of course, in light years.
Source is The Millennial Project by Marshall T. Savage
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